Tags: LGBT
Children’s rights paramount as trans parent gets visitation appeal
The National Secular Society has welcomed a ruling that a transgender parent can appeal to have contact with her children,... Read More »
Tribunal rejects ‘religious discrimination’ case against the NHS
A 'devout Christian' who was sacked as an NHS director after opposing same-sex adoption has lost his claim for religious... Read More »
Inclusion of trans pupils violates religious rights, claim parents
Parents of a pupil at a Church of England primary school have withdrawn their 6-year-old son in protest at the school... Read More »
Same-sex marriages need not be recognised in NI, court rules
The High Court has ruled that same-sex marriages which are entered into in England do not need to be recognised in... Read More »
NSS calls for ban on ‘gay conversion therapies’ after church starvation
The National Secular Society has called on the government to consider banning so-called gay conversion 'therapies'... Read More »
DUP vows to resist calls to legalise abortion and same-sex marriage
DUP leader Arlene Foster has said her party will retain Northern Ireland's restrictions on abortion and same-sex marriage,... Read More »
NSS criticises Archbishops over clerical hostility to LGBT+ rights
The National Secular Society's Executive Director, Keith Porteous Wood, has criticised Church of England leaders for... Read More »
‘Moderate’ Indonesia launches anti-gay police taskforce after public caning of two men
Indonesia's police are to launch a new crackdown on gay people, following a brutal public caning and the mass arrest... Read More »
Ashers Bakery loses appeal over cake with “Support Gay Marriage” slogan
A bakery firm which cancelled an order for a cake with the slogan "Support Gay Marriage" has lost its appeal against... Read More »
BBC Trust rules against presenter who asked Christian Concern campaigner if she was a bigot
Former BBC presenter Iain Lee has said he is "flabbergasted" after the BBC Trust ruled his interview with a Christian... Read More »
Supreme Court legalises same-sex marriage across USA
In an historic case the US Supreme Court has ruled 5-4 that same-sex couples have a legal right to marriage.
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Tribunal to rule on Gay clergyman refused NHS chaplaincy job because he is in same-sex marriage
A Bishop stripped a Church of England clergyman of the licence needed to take a hospital chaplaincy job because he... Read More »
'Gay cake' ruling: “no exceptions” to equality laws for religious beliefs
Belfast County Court has ruled that the Ashers Bakery, run by a Christian family, unlawfully discriminated against... Read More »
“Sodomite Suppression Act” proposed by US Christian lawyer
A California lawyer has proposed a "Sodomite Suppression Act" and warned of "God's just wrath" should the state of... Read More »
Homophobic preacher invited to address University of Westminster Islamic Society
Sheikh Haitham al-Haddad, who once said "godless homosexuals" engaged in a "criminal act", is to be hosted by the... Read More »
NSS warns against bill allowing religious exemptions to Northern Ireland’s equality laws
Democratic Unionist Party backbencher Paul Givan MLA (pictured above) has proposed a Private Members Bill that would... Read More »
Head of Russian Orthodox Church says secularization in Europe has reached “apocalyptic dimensions,” calls for “Christian values”
Patriarch Kirill, leader of the Russian Orthodox Church, has told an audience in Serbia that Europe has abandoned... Read More »
Christian bakers in gay campaign cake row could face legal action
A Northern Ireland bakery run by devout Christians could face legal action after it refused to make a cake with a... Read More »
Christian Legal Centre brings a familiar tactic to bear on religious discrimination case
The Christian Legal Centre (CLC) is launching yet another attempt to gain privileges for Christians in the workplace... Read More »
Magazine raises potential conflict of interest in Scottish gay adoption charity decision
The Scottish Review, an on-line magazine for discussion of Scottish affairs, questions in its latest issue whether... Read More »
Bishop wants to withhold communion from Catholic MPs who vote against doctrine
The Bishop of Portsmouth, Philip Egan, has said in an interview that Catholic politicians who voted for same-sex marriage... Read More »
Scottish charity regulator will not challenge appeal panel’s ruling on Catholic adoption agency
The Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator (OSCR) will not appeal a court ruling quashing its decision to revoke... Read More »
Fundamentalist Christians claim victory over “gay cure” bus advert
The Christian Legal Centre and an organisation called Core Issues Trust, which claims to offer curative "therapy"... Read More »
CofE General Synod member Andrea Minichiello Williams urges Jamaica to keep law that criminalises homosexuality
One of the Sussex Diocese of Chichester representatives on the Church of England General Synod, Andrea Minichiello... Read More »
Christian guest house owners who turned away gay couple lose court appeal
The Supreme Court has rejected an appeal by the owners of a guest house after they had been found guilty of discrimination... Read More »
