75% of lesbian, gay and bisexual pupils in faith schools experience homophobic bullying at school, compared to 65% in non-faith schools (Stonewall’s The School Report, 2007 ). Their 2012 School Report, which has just been published, doesn’t give the current…
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Lesbian Kindergarden Head’s Sacking by Catholic Church is Allowed by Court
The European Court of Human Rights has just stepped in to order compensation is paid when the Catholic Church sacks heterosexual staff who it judges are ‘living in sin’. This decision should also help lesbians and gay men, just as…
Education Secretary criticises Catholic Education Service for anti-gay marriage petition in schools
Pink News reports that the Secretary of State for Education, Michael Gove, has issued a confusing decision. Gove has criticised the Catholic Education Service for ‘unintentionally blurring’ the line between faith and the illegal promotion of political views (it advised…
Catholic Priest and Government Minister’s Homophobia in Uganda
FURTHER UPDATE – Tuesday 3 July There have been further developments – the High Court hearing in Kampala (where LGBT and Human Rights activists took Ugandan Ethics Minister Simon Lokodo to court for shutting down a LGBT rights convention in…
Catholic Bishops’ Response to Equal Marriage Proposals: Don’t do it
“In the interest of upholding the uniqueness of marriage as a civil institution for the common good of society, we strongly urge the Government not to proceed with legislative proposals which will ‘enable all couples, regardless of their gender to…
A “reasonable and informed article that proves the Church of England” wrong
The Devil’s Advocate in another post here has supported the Church of England in its opposition to same sex marriage equality, claiming “the Church’s point of view takes into account the actual constitution, jurisprudence, precedents, trends, and so forth around…
Equal Civil Marriage – more cold water poured on it by Church of England
Echoes of Catholic Archbishops’ opposition The Church of England has been accused of scaremongering in its opposition to civil marriage equality. It has sent in its formal 13 page response to the government’s proposals and included some sound-bite red herrings…
Britain needs more gay and religious free speech. Change the law now
Intended to protect us from harassment, the Public Order Act gives the police a free pass for harassing ordinary people. Section 5 of the Public Order Act is criticised by free speech campaigners. I think LGBT Catholics should be joining…
Catholic, HIV Positive and One of God’s Children
Catholics for Choice is a US organisation campaigning about sex & sexuality, HIV, religion in public policy, abortion & contraception and new reproductive health technologies. It has many things of interest to LGBTQ Catholics, among them this personal account from…
US Catholic hospital refuses to treat gay man living with HIV – God’s Judgement
A gay HIV-positive man is suing a US Catholic hospital in the city of Elizabeth, New Jersey, just across the Hudson River from Brooklyn, New York, for illegal discrimination against him because he is both gay and has HIV. The…
