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February 2018

February 23, 2018

Court Rules in Favor of Another Judge Who Won’t Do Gay Weddings

We have been following the case of Judge Ruth Neely, a Wyoming magistrate who lost...

December 2017

December 15, 2017

The Court’s Gay Marriage Ruling Already Allows for Dissenters

It sounded like the Supreme Court will rule in favor of the Christian baker who...

December 07, 2017

The Case of the Gay Wedding Cake

The Supreme Court on Tuesday heard arguments in the case of Masterpiece Cakeshop, v....

July 2017

July 19, 2017

A confessional text on marriage, natural law & human law

Since Lutherans believe that marriage is a civil ordinance rather than a sacrament (though still...

June 2017

June 14, 2017

Court upholds right of church to fire gay employee

The music director of Holy Family Catholic Church in Chicago announced his engagement to another...

January 2017

January 13, 2017

Gay divorce

We have gay marriage. Now we are also getting gay divorce. The New York Times...

August 2016

August 29, 2016

Defending that LCMS judge who opposes gay marriage

As we've blogged about, Municipal Judge Ruth Neely of Pinedale, Wyoming--a member of the Lutheran...

August 23, 2016

Pastors, have you been asked to do a gay wedding?

There have been about 120,000 same-sex marriages since they were legalized nation-wide last year. The...

August 19, 2016

Why won’t bishops discipline Joe Biden?

Vice President Joe Biden performed a gay wedding earlier this month, getting special certification from the...

May 2016

May 12, 2016

Removing a judge for not following the LGBT agenda?

The Wyoming Commission on Judicial Conduct and Ethics is recommending that Judge Ruth Neely be removed...

December 2015

December 03, 2015

Christian teaching on marriage as discrimination?

The Catholic church of Australia published a booklet about marriage, explaining why the institution is...

November 2015

November 04, 2015

Father seeks right to marry adopted son

It seems that before gay marriage was legal, in order to form a family union,...

October 2015

October 26, 2015

Catholic synod on family makes few changes

A synod of bishops has been meeting at the Vatican discussing "the family" and possible...

October 21, 2015

Westboro Baptist pickets Kim Davis for opposing gay marriage

The Westboro Baptist Church, known for its "God hates gays" demonstrations and military funeral disruptions,...

September 2015

September 15, 2015

Kim Davis solution?

Kim Davis has returned to work as a county clerk after serving time in jail...

September 09, 2015

Kentucky clerk released from jail

Kim Davis, the Kentucky county clerk who has been in jail for the last five...

September 04, 2015

Clerk who refuses to issue marriage licenses to gays is jailed

Kim Davis, the county clerk in Kentucky who refuses to issue marriage licenses to same-sex...

August 2015

August 05, 2015

IRS won’t revoke tax-exempt status over gay marriage

When the Supreme Court was hearing arguments about gay marriage, the solicitor general made some...

July 2015

July 20, 2015

Poll on gay marriage shows surprising results

An Associated Press poll on gay marriage shows a sharply and almost evenly-divided country when...

July 09, 2015

Gay marriage among the ancients

I've been hearing from gay marriage defenders that same-sex marriages are not an unprecedented cultural...

July 08, 2015

Gay marriage & civil liberties in Canada

Gay marriage won't affect anyone else but the same-sex couples who now can get married,...

July 06, 2015

The right to dignity

To find a right to abortion in the Constitution, the Supreme Court justices in Roe...

July 03, 2015

“There are not two sides.”

As the nation's media openly joined in the celebrations of the Supreme Court's decision on...

July 02, 2015

Government approved churches?

Conservative churches are troubled with the gay marriage decision and feel threatened lest the government...

June 2015

June 29, 2015

How should the church respond?

Russell Moore on the gay marriage ruling and on how churches should respond: As I...

June 27, 2015

Newspaper won’t allow opinions against gay marriage

Where we are already, after the Supreme Court's gay marriage ruling: A Harrisburg, PA, newspaper...

June 26, 2015

Supreme Court makes gay marriage the law of the land

The Supreme Court has legalized gay marriage throughout the nation, going so far as to...

May 2015

May 04, 2015

Christian leaders threaten civil disobedience

A number of prominent Christian leaders are threatening civil disobedience if the Supreme Court rules...

April 2015

April 29, 2015

What happened to the wedding cake bakers

You know the Christian bakers who refused to make a wedding cake for a gay...

April 28, 2015

Today the Supremes take up gay marriage

Today the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on whether state laws defining marriage as...