Author of Uganda’s gay execution bill to attend prayer breakfast with Obama
David Bahati, the MP who authored Uganda’s anti-homosexuality bill, is expected to attend a prayer breakfast with US president Barack Obama. Bahati told the Ugandan newspaper Sunday Monitor he would be...
View ArticleUgandan MP David Bahati will not attend Obama prayer breakfast
David Bahati, the Ugandan MP who authored an anti-gay bill currently passing through the country, has reportedly been disinvited from a prayer breakfast with US president Barack Obama. Bahati told a...
View ArticleNew Jersey teacher accused of anti-gay Facebook comments
A teacher in New Jersey, US, has been criticised for allegedly saying homosexuality is “perverted” and “breeds like cancer” on her Facebook page. Viki Knox, who works in Union High School in the Union...
View ArticleVideo: US student, 16, confronts Bachmann on marriage rights
Footage of a US student’s careful line of questioning to Michele Bachmann on equal marriage rights has been gaining exposure online. 16-year-old Jane Schmidt challenges the Republican presidential...
View ArticleGeorge Michael slams “twisted” prayer for his death
Recovering from pneumonia, George Michael took to Twitter yesterday with a characteristically colourful series of messages slamming a little-known fundamentalist organisation which told people to pray...
View ArticleUK: Pro-gay Christians urged to pray ahead of same-sex marriage vote
Christians who support equal marriage will hold a Day of Prayer on Sunday ahead of next week’s vote by MPs on the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill for England and Wales. Supportive churches will also...
View ArticleUS: Family Research Council tells members to pray that pro-same-sex marriage...
Conservative Christian lobby group the Family Research Council (FRC) have released guides on their website which urge readers to pray for the US Supreme Court to uphold the nation’s anti-same-sex...
View ArticleUS: Anti-gay pastor Greg Laurie to lead National Day of Prayer events at the...
LGBT campaigners say a pastor who has preached against equal marriage shouldn’t be allowed to lead today’s National Day of Prayer events at the Pentagon and Capitol Hill. The Human Rights Campaign and...
View ArticleChristian Concern cancels rally, conceding that God does not have the power...
Christian Concern has announced that an anti-equal marriage rally planned for Monday to pray that the equal marriage bill for England and Wales would not pass has been cancelled. Despite previously...
View ArticleUS: American Family Association asks people to ‘pray for’ anti-gay TV hosts
The American Family Association has urged its followers to “pray for” anti-gay activists the Benham brothers, after the pair were dropped from a TV deal. David and Jason Benham were due to host...
View ArticleArchbishop of Singapore: I pray the Holy Spirit cures all gay people
The Archbishop of Singapore has called upon the Holy Spirit to “restore” gay people to a life of “wholeness” in an open letter. The LGBT community in Singapore has been facing a backlash over the past...
View ArticleAnti-gay activist: Republicans won the midterm elections because of our prayers
An American Family Association activist has claimed the power of prayer is responsible for Republicans winning the midterm elections. Bryan Fischer, the ‘Director of Issues Analysis’ for the anti-gay...
View ArticleHate group plans to stop same-sex marriage with ‘prayer and fasting’
The Family Research Council is encouraging people to “pray and fast”, in order to thwart an expected ruling from the Supreme Court on same-sex marriage. The US Supreme Court will next month hear...
View ArticleUS politician claims British equality laws ban people praying for Paris
A Christian activist in the US has claimed that the UK’s Equality Act bans people praying for Paris – by enforcing “homosexuality and transgenderism”. Tony Perkins, of the Family Research Council, made...
View ArticleCaitlyn Jenner under fire for praying with pastor who fought against LGBT...
Caitlyn Jenner is under fire – after she met with a pastor who led the charge in repealing an LGBT rights law earlier this year. The city of Houston, Texas faced a battle over the Houston Equal Rights...
View ArticleInternet’s favourite shirtless running guy ‘holds prayer sessions’ at gay bars
You’ve might have already seen a clip of Ethan Renoe – a hunky running fanatic who’s getting a lot of attention online. The runner shot to fame after he was interviewed shirtless in the rain during a...
View ArticleDemocrats stage dramatic walk-out as Republican-invited pastor condemns...
Democrats staged a dramatic walk-out of the Virginia House of Delegates on Tuesday, February 11, after a Republican-invited pastor began attacking same-sex marriage and abortion while leading a prayer....
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