What the Church Could Learn from LGBTQ+ Activists In October 2007 I delivered a series of lectures on the subject of “Homosexuality, the Church, and Society.” The lectures were held at the Booth Playhouse in the Blumenthal Performing Arts Center in ... 05/19/2024 - 1:00 pm | View Link
The United Methodist Church just held a historic vote in favor of LGBT inclusion. Here's what that means for the organization's future The changes immediately open new doors for LGBTQ members — but over a quarter of U.S. congregations have already left the UMC, and more could follow. 05/9/2024 - 3:21 am | View Link
“Draw The Circle Wide”—United Methodist Church Repeals Ban on Gay Clergy, Allows LGBTQ Weddings United Methodist Church (UMC) delegates repealed the longstanding ban on LGBTQ clergy. At the first meeting of the UMC’s General Conference in five years, the delegates removed a rule prohibiting ... 05/8/2024 - 2:33 pm | View Link
Legislature restores exemption allowing religious groups to discriminate based on gender identity The Minnesota Legislature voted Tuesday to restore an exemption in state law protecting religious organizations and schools against claims of gender identity-based discrimination. 05/8/2024 - 12:01 am | View Link
United Methodists in US repeal longstanding ban on LGBT clergy United Methodist delegates in the US repealed their church’s longstanding ban on LGBT clergy with no debate on Wednesday, removing a rule forbidding “self-avowed practising homosexuals” from being ... 05/1/2024 - 4:54 am | View Link
To her Fort Collins family, 5-year-old Aurora Rae Masters shone like a beacon of light.
Aurora Masters, 5, of Fort Collins, died May 13, 2024, five days after a tragic backyard accident. (Photo provided by Masters family)
“She came along when I was at a really bad mental health place,” Tom Masters, Aurora’s father, told The Denver Post in an interview Monday, explaining how Aurora had reignited his passion for life.
Let’s turn out some lights in the city too
Re: “Residents are darkening the skies to aid millions of migratory birds,” and “Grand Lake selected for DarkSky Colorado mentorship program,” May 12 news stories
I live in the city and love it, but I am ever aware that people in other parts of the state are working to preserve the wondrous experience of looking up into a starry sky.
These last final weeks of this year’s legislative session have been incredibly demanding. The last-minute rush to pass bills and finish our work means many long days and late nights. Every legislator has been feeling the strain.
But for myself and my daughter — who also serves as my legislative aide — the last few weeks have been particularly taxing as we’ve also contended with making our way through more than 20,000 emails I’ve gotten from both sides of the gun issue.
By JOSEF FEDERMAN and DANICA KIRKA (Associated Press)
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli officials seized a camera and broadcasting equipment belonging to The Associated Press in southern Israel on Tuesday, accusing the news organization of violating a new media law by providing images to Al Jazeera. The U. S. privately urged the Israeli government to reverse the decision, two senior U.
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The Republican Party of Wisconsin had their state convention this weekend and what a shitshow it was! About the only thing they managed to do was showcase how deep their disarray really is.
During the entire thing, party leaders repeatedly called for unity on all the different areas where there are internal riffs.