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Perry to evangelicals: I’m one of you

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Mon, 08 Aug 2011 20:00:22 +0000

(Houston) Texas Gov. Rick Perry sent a strong message to the nation’s evangelicals Saturday: he is a member of the important constituency for Republicans that he soon may call upon to help him(...)

Focus on Family may boycott conservative rally, thanks to GoProud

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 14:19:17 +0000

(Colorado Springs, Colo.) Colorado-based Focus on the Family is considering ending its sponsorship of a national conservative political action rally because of the involvement of a gay(...)

Minister, ‘formerly’ gay, aims to heal evangelical rift

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Wed, 12 May 2010 21:30:53 +0000

Minister, once gay, aims to heal evangelical rift

(Norton, Mass.) Bill Henson says he was a gay man.

Then he decided homosexual relationships were sinful and married the only woman he ever found(...)

California mayor apologizes for remark about gays

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 14:07:02 +0000

(Vallejo, Calif.) A Northern California mayor is apologizing for comments he made to The New York Times that gays will not go to heaven.

Vallejo Mayor Osby Davis issued a prepared statement(...)

Evangelical leader Dobson leaving radio show

Jennifer Vanasco — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 12:00:44 +0000

(Denver) James Dobson, the voice of conservative Christian group Focus on the Family, will no longer host its flagship radio broadcast and is cutting formal ties with the organization that he(...)

Evangelicals step up for marriage equality

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 18:14:10 +0000

From a press release from American Progress:

Brent Childers used to call himself a “Jesse Helms Republican” who justified his homophobic beliefs through biblical interpretation. But last(...)

Best-selling Bible to become more gender-inclusive

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 20:20:28 +0000

The top-selling Bible in North America will undergo its first revision in 25 years, modernizing the language in some sections and promising to reopen a contentious debate about changing gender(...)

Corvino: What makes a space “safe”?

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 21:00:43 +0000

A friend writes, “I’m coordinating a safe-space training at [an urban public university]. One participant stated that she felt she was a strong ally, but her religious beliefs dictate that(...)

Parish rift forms at prominent Florida megachurch

Jennifer Vanasco — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 19:00:40 +0000

Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church was a forerunner to modern evangelical megachurches and a fiercely conservative voice on social issues like homosexuality and abortion in the mostly liberal, Democratic city of Fort Lauderdale.

Evangelical group faces ‘serious’ shortfall

Jennifer Vanasco — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 13:07:55 +0000

(Denver) A “serious budget shortfall” at Focus on the Family has prompted the conservative Christian group to issue a special fundraising plea, and contributed to a decision to cede control of(...)