Gay Rights

U.S. bishop, ex-Irish president among those addressing LGBTQ Catholics for Pride Month

06/06/2021 at 8:41 PM By Kevin Edward White
By John Lavenburg, Crux, June 2, 2021 People take part in the Gay Pride Parade in Rio de Janeiro Sept. 22, 2019. The Brazilian bishops' conference has come under fire from some of its more conservative members since it announced this year's Fraternity Campaign, which defends Indigenous peoples,... read more

Judge Denies College Exemption From Policy Allowing Men to Live in Women’s Dorms

06/06/2021 at 12:53 PM By Kevin Edward White
By Virginia Alen, Daily Signal, May 21, 2021 Biological men who "identify" as women can live in colleges' female dorm rooms under a new Biden administration directive. A federal judge denied the College of the Ozarks’ request for an injunction and temporary restraining order of the... read more

Faced with opposition from the Vatican, prominent Catholics opt for disobedience

05/15/2021 at 5:20 PM By Kevin Edward White
‘I was appalled,’ said the former president of Ireland, Mary McAleese, ‘appalled by the very idea a Vatican document would say a gay couple is not capable of either receiving or expressing God’s grace.’ Religion News Service, May 12, 2021 Over the past week, Catholic priests all... read more

Indiana Court Dismisses Lawsuit Filed By Gay Catholic Teacher

05/10/2021 at 1:43 PM By Kevin Edward White
By Ryan J. Farrick, Legal Reader, May 8,. 2021 An Indiana court has dismissed the lawsuit filed by a gay teacher who claimed he was dismissed from his position at a Catholic high school after marrying another man. According to The Indianapolis Star, Joshua Payne-Elliott worked as a... read more

‘Apostasy’: Gay ‘pride’ flag to fly over Toronto Catholic schools

05/09/2021 at 10:15 PM By Kevin Edward White
By Pete Baklinski, LifeSite News, May 7, 2021LifeSiteNews has been permanently banned on YouTube and Facebook. Click HERE to sign up to receive emails when we add to our video library. The Toronto Catholic District School Board (TCDSB) voted last night to declare June “Pride Month” and to... read more

Biden Admin to Fly Rainbow Flag at U.S. Embassies Around the World

04/27/2021 at 10:32 AM By Kevin Edward White
By Catholic Vote Newsfeed, April 24, 2021 Secretary of State Antony Blinken sent a directive authorizing U.S. outposts to fly the “LGBT Pride” flag on the same flagpole as the U.S. flag starting in May. Under U.S. law, embassies and other official outposts must be granted permission by... read more

Austrian Catholics fly rainbow flag in face of Vatican

04/05/2021 at 2:43 PM By Kevin Edward White
AFP, VIENNA, April 4, 2021 The Catholic church of the parish of Hard is one of many in Austria that decided to fly the rainbow flag in solidarity with the LGBTQ community after the Vatican ruled last month that the church could not bless same-sex partnerships. The powerful Vatican office... read more

Same-Sex Blessing Reaction Echoes Rollout of Humanae Vitae

04/03/2021 at 3:46 PM By Kevin Edward White
Just as they did in 1968, Catholic dissidents push alternate narrative ahead of official Church teaching. By Judy Roberts, National Catholic Register, March 31, 2021 For Catholics who welcomed the Vatican’s recent statement barring blessings of same-sex unions, the flurry of objections... read more

Cardinals uphold Vatican statement on same-sex unions

03/19/2021 at 5:47 PM By Kevin Edward White
By Matt Hadro, Catholic News Agency, March 19, 2021 Two cardinals on Thursday upheld the Vatican’s recent statement that the Church cannot bless same-sex unions. At an online panel hosted by Georgetown University, Cardinal Peter Turkson—prefect of the Vatican’s Dicastery for Promoting... read more

LEFT-WING CATHOLICS RIP THE POPE

03/19/2021 at 3:40 PM By Kevin Edward White
Catholic League president Bill Donohue, a valued member of our Catholic Citizens of Illinois Advisory Board, comments on the way some Catholics are reacting to the Vatican statement on gay unions: Freedom From Religion Foundation, an anti-Catholic organization, is not happy with the recent... read more

The Biden Administration Pushed 24 Pro-LGBTQ+ Actions in its First 50 Days

03/17/2021 at 11:00 AM By Kevin Edward White
LGBTQ+ groups hope to hold Biden accountable by continuing to push the administration toward its equality goals. BY Nico Lang, Them, March 12, 2021 When Joe Biden campaigned for president in 2020, he vowed to give LGBTQ+ people a “partner in the White House” following four years of... read more

Vatican’s Doctrinal Office: Catholic Church Cannot Give Blessings to Same-Sex Unions

03/15/2021 at 11:53 AM By Kevin Edward White

WATCH: GOP is ‘canceling’ conservatives, caving to gays, says pro-family former drag queen

02/17/2021 at 1:28 PM By Kevin Edward White

Pope Francis Calls for Civil Union Law for Same-Sex Couples, in Shift From Vatican Stance?

10/21/2020 at 11:40 AM By Mary Anne Hackett

Pope Francis tells parents who affirm their children as LGBT: ‘God loves your children as they are’

09/19/2020 at 11:52 AM By Kevin Edward White

Cancel Culture: Our renowned health book suddenly banned by Amazon – after 3½ years of successful sales.

09/02/2020 at 8:41 PM By Kevin Edward White
Vice President of Dignity Detroit Carolyn Shalhoub, 73, left, of Royal Oak poses with President Frank D'Amore, 67, of Dearborn

Archdiocese of Detroit throws out 2 LGBTQ Catholic groups

08/11/2020 at 4:47 PM By Kevin Edward White
Father Seamus Madigan, head chaplain of the Irish Defence Forces, in a video endorsing the Dublin LGBT 'Pride' parade.

Irish Catholic priest takes part in ‘virtual’ homosexual ‘Pride’ parade

07/08/2020 at 9:32 PM By Kevin Edward White

Supreme Court Upholds Right of Christian Schools to Hire Christian Teachers

07/08/2020 at 1:53 PM By Kevin Edward White

Legal Experts Warn: SCOTUS Ruling Redefining Sex Opens ‘Pandora’s Box’

06/24/2020 at 5:49 PM By Mary Anne Hackett