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<title>GayNow | Latest News | Religion</title>
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<description>Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgendered (LGBT) News, Issues and Networking</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 10:35:28 MDT</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[French historian kills himself at Notre Dame Cathedral after gay marriage rant]]></title>
	<link>http://gaynow.com/story.php?title=french-historian-kills-himself-at-notre-dame-cathedral-after-gay-marriage-rant</link>
  <source url="http%3A%2F%2Fwww.guardian.co.uk%2Fworld%2F2013%2Fmay%2F21%2Ffrench-historian-kills-himself-notre-dame-gay-marriage"><![CDATA[French historian kills himself at Notre Dame Cathedral after gay marriage rant]]></source>
	<description><![CDATA[In what appears to be a suicide based on France's gay marriage law passing, a 78-year-old French historian took his own life inside Paris' famous Notre Dame Cathedral. The far-right activist was standing in front of the main alter when he killed himself, although authorities have not released how he took his own life. The man's last blog post condemned the gay marriage law. ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 10:35:28 MDT</pubDate>
	<author>Staff</author>
	<category>Religion</category>
	<votes>1</votes>
	<guid>http://gaynow.com/story.php?title=french-historian-kills-himself-at-notre-dame-cathedral-after-gay-marriage-rant</guid>
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	<title><![CDATA[Church Of Scotland Votes For Openly Gay Ministers]]></title>
	<link>http://gaynow.com/story.php?title=church-of-scotland-votes-for-openly-gay-ministers</link>
  <source url="http%3A%2F%2Fwww.huffingtonpost.co.uk%2F2013%2F05%2F20%2Fchurch-of-scotland-votes-for-gay-ministers_n_3307506.html%3Futm_hp_ref%3Duk"><![CDATA[Church Of Scotland Votes For Openly Gay Ministers]]></source>
	<description><![CDATA[Great Scot: Amid of series of votes today concerning gay clergy and civil union weddings performed by the Church of Scotland, the church's General Assembly ruled that each individual church -- whether liberal "revisionist" or traditional -- may decide to ordain openly-gay lesbian and gay ministers: "This is a positive step forward for a more equal society, and speaks to the progressive values of 21st century Scotland." ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 13:19:59 MDT</pubDate>
	<author>Staff</author>
	<category>Religion</category>
	<votes>1</votes>
	<guid>http://gaynow.com/story.php?title=church-of-scotland-votes-for-openly-gay-ministers</guid>
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	<title><![CDATA[Minneapolis church celebrates gay marriage bill with rainbow communion bread]]></title>
	<link>http://gaynow.com/story.php?title=minneapolis-church-celebrates-gay-marriage-bill-with-rainbow-communion-bread</link>
  <source url="http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nydailynews.com%2Flife-style%2Feats%2Fchurch-celebrates-gay-marriage-rainbow-communion-bread-article-1.1347952"><![CDATA[Minneapolis church celebrates gay marriage bill with rainbow communion bread]]></source>
	<description><![CDATA["So many people have been hurt by the church and by Christianity. But this was a beautiful moment." To commemorate Minnesota's gay marriage victory last week, parishioners at Minneapolis' Revolution Church took the body of Christ in a different communion form: rainbow-colored. Meanwhile, opponents of gay marriage and conservative pundits are outraged. ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 18:17:00 MDT</pubDate>
	<author>Staff</author>
	<category>Religion</category>
	<votes>1</votes>
	<guid>http://gaynow.com/story.php?title=minneapolis-church-celebrates-gay-marriage-bill-with-rainbow-communion-bread</guid>
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	<title><![CDATA[Bryan Fischer, Anti-Gay Spokesman, Refuses To Talk About 'Gay Impulses' During Radio Interview (AUDIO)]]></title>
	<link>http://gaynow.com/story.php?title=bryan-fischer-anti-gay-spokesman-refuses-to-talk-about-gay-impulses-during-radio-interview-audio</link>
  <source url="http%3A%2F%2Fwww.huffingtonpost.com%2F2013%2F05%2F11%2Fbryan-fischer-gay-impulses-interview_n_3254740.html%3Futm_hp_ref%3Dpolitics%26ir%3DPolitics"><![CDATA[Bryan Fischer, Anti-Gay Spokesman, Refuses To Talk About 'Gay Impulses' During Radio Interview (AUDIO)]]></source>
	<description><![CDATA[Someone finally asked Bryan Fischer if he was gay, and you won't believe his response. The American Family Association spokesperson is one of the most fervently anti-gay men in the country, with constant accusations that the LGBT community is immoral, and even responsible for the decline of Western civilization. But when it comes to his own possible gay impulses, Fischer owns up to the temptation: "Everybody experiences sexual impulses that, if they acted on those impulses, it would destroy them. You've experienced them. I've experienced them. Every man, every woman has experienced certain sexual impulses that, if they acted on them, if they conducted themselves by yielding to those impulses, would destroy them. Ask Tiger Woods about that." ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Sat, 11 May 2013 10:24:44 MDT</pubDate>
	<author>Staff</author>
	<category>Religion</category>
	<votes>1</votes>
	<guid>http://gaynow.com/story.php?title=bryan-fischer-anti-gay-spokesman-refuses-to-talk-about-gay-impulses-during-radio-interview-audio</guid>
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	<title><![CDATA[Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone, Anti-Gay Catholic Leader, Decries Rhode Island's Marriage Equality As 'Injustice']]></title>
	<link>http://gaynow.com/story.php?title=archbishop-salvatore-cordileone-anti-gay-catholic-leader-decries-rhode-islands-marriage-equality-as-injustice</link>
  <source url="http%3A%2F%2Fwww.huffingtonpost.com%2F2013%2F05%2F05%2Farchbishop-salvatore-cordileone-marriage-equality-injustice-rhode-island_n_3220016.html"><![CDATA[Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone, Anti-Gay Catholic Leader, Decries Rhode Island's Marriage Equality As 'Injustice']]></source>
	<description><![CDATA[Rhode to mayhem: Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone, a man who was arrested for a DUI shortly after becoming the highest-ranking Catholic  in San Francisco, is now saying that Rhode Island's historic gay marriage law is "a serious injustice" because "every child deserves a mother and father united in marriage." Cordileone went on to write, in a piece for the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' (USCCB), that "regardless of what law is enacted, marriage remains the union of one man and one woman – by the very design of nature, it cannot be otherwise." ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2013 12:22:36 MDT</pubDate>
	<author>Staff</author>
	<category>Religion</category>
	<votes>3</votes>
	<guid>http://gaynow.com/story.php?title=archbishop-salvatore-cordileone-anti-gay-catholic-leader-decries-rhode-islands-marriage-equality-as-injustice</guid>
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	<title><![CDATA[Mormon church OK with ending Boy Scouts' ban on gay youth]]></title>
	<link>http://gaynow.com/story.php?title=mormon-church-ok-with-ending-boy-scouts-ban-on-gay-youth</link>
  <source url="http%3A%2F%2Fusnews.nbcnews.com%2F_news%2F2013%2F04%2F26%2F17928520-mormon-church-ok-with-ending-boy-scouts-ban-on-gay-youth%3Flite"><![CDATA[Mormon church OK with ending Boy Scouts' ban on gay youth]]></source>
	<description><![CDATA[Mormonomics: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, a Mormon church that has the largest number of sponsored scout groups, is now throwing its weight behind the BSA's controversial decision to allow gay scouts, but not scout leaders: “The current BSA proposal constructively addresses a number of important issues that have been part of the ongoing dialogue, including consistent standards for all BSA partners, recognition that Scouting exists to serve and <strong>benefit youth rather than Scout leaders</strong>, a single standard of moral purity for youth in the program, and a renewed emphasis for Scouts to honor their duty to God." For more, click the link below. ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Fri, 26 Apr 2013 08:27:46 MDT</pubDate>
	<author>Staff</author>
	<category>Religion</category>
	<votes>1</votes>
	<guid>http://gaynow.com/story.php?title=mormon-church-ok-with-ending-boy-scouts-ban-on-gay-youth</guid>
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	<title><![CDATA[Delaware's Glasgow Church Posts Symbolic Anti-Gay Marriage Sign]]></title>
	<link>http://gaynow.com/story.php?title=delawares-glasgow-church-posts-symbolic-anti-gay-marriage-sign</link>
  <source url="http%3A%2F%2Fwww.huffingtonpost.com%2F2013%2F04%2F25%2Fdelaware-church-anti-gay-marriage-sign-_n_3155761.html"><![CDATA[Delaware's Glasgow Church Posts Symbolic Anti-Gay Marriage Sign]]></source>
	<description><![CDATA[A church sign worth a thousand words: A viral church sign in front of a Delaware Church is causing quite an uproar online, but the Glasgow Church is stating that it welcomes gays: "The recent sign posting was not intended to offend anyone in the gay community... It was only meant to say that the cross of Jesus Christ is greater than any political position one might hold on this matter... Our church will welcome any and all people, regardless of their politics and/or sexuality, who wish to attend. We will treat the professed homosexual with the same dignity and respect with which we treat the heterosexual." Unless of course, they understand math. For more, click the link below. ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2013 13:41:51 MDT</pubDate>
	<author>Staff</author>
	<category>Religion</category>
	<votes>1</votes>
	<guid>http://gaynow.com/story.php?title=delawares-glasgow-church-posts-symbolic-anti-gay-marriage-sign</guid>
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	<title><![CDATA[John Paulk Formally Renounces, Apologizes for Harmful 'Ex-Gay' Movement]]></title>
	<link>http://gaynow.com/story.php?title=john-paulk-formally-renounces-apologizes-for-harmful-ex-gay-movement</link>
  <source url="http%3A%2F%2Fwww.advocate.com%2Fpolitics%2Freligion%2F2013%2F04%2F24%2Fjohn-paulk-formally-renounces-apologizes-harmful-ex-gay-movement"><![CDATA[John Paulk Formally Renounces, Apologizes for Harmful 'Ex-Gay' Movement]]></source>
	<description><![CDATA[Wonder how his "wife" will take it: After a decade in the ex-gay movement, John Paulk is formally apologizing for a process that he now says a) does not work and b) hurts people: "We declared that sexual orientation could be changed through a close-knit relationship with God, intensive therapy and strong determination... While many things in my life did change as a Christian, my sexual orientation did not... I do not believe that reparative therapy changes sexual orientation; in fact, it does great harm to many people." Paulk is also breaking up with his wife of 20-years, another "ex-gay" woman, Anne Paulk. ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2013 13:45:28 MDT</pubDate>
	<author>Staff</author>
	<category>Religion</category>
	<votes>2</votes>
	<guid>http://gaynow.com/story.php?title=john-paulk-formally-renounces-apologizes-for-harmful-ex-gay-movement</guid>
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	<title><![CDATA[I left Westboro — and now I’m fighting for gay equality]]></title>
	<link>http://gaynow.com/story.php?title=i-left-westboro-%E2%80%94-and-now-i%E2%80%99m-fighting-for-gay-equality</link>
  <source url="http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nypost.com%2Fp%2Fentertainment%2Fleft_westboro_and_now_fighting_for_1rEvK8bYM7op0rfelzRwKP%3Futm_source%3DSFnewyorkpost%26utm_medium%3DSFnewyorkpost"><![CDATA[I left Westboro — and now I’m fighting for gay equality]]></source>
	<description><![CDATA["When I was in the rainbow house last week, I saw my parents go by on their daily walk. I hadn’t seen them in four years. And I couldn’t go to them, couldn’t talk to them. It wouldn’t be productive. I just watched them walk by and I started crying." In an interview with the <i>New York Post</i>, Libby Phelps Alvarez, the granddaughter of Westboro Baptist Church-founder Fred Phelps, describes what it was like to grow up in the church, defect and leave her family, and come around full circle as a gay rights activist with the rainbow house (Planting Peace). To read the full article, click the link below. ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2013 15:31:35 MDT</pubDate>
	<author>Staff</author>
	<category>Religion</category>
	<votes>1</votes>
	<guid>http://gaynow.com/story.php?title=i-left-westboro-%E2%80%94-and-now-i%E2%80%99m-fighting-for-gay-equality</guid>
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	<title><![CDATA[Church of England may allow 'responsible' gay couples to have their relationships blessed by a priest]]></title>
	<link>http://gaynow.com/story.php?title=church-of-england-may-allow-responsible-gay-couples-to-have-their-relationships-blessed-by-a-priest</link>
  <source url="http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dailymail.co.uk%2Fnews%2Farticle-2306755%2FChurch-England-allow-responsible-gay-couples-relationships-blessed-priest.html%3Fito%3Dfeeds-newsxml"><![CDATA[Church of England may allow 'responsible' gay couples to have their relationships blessed by a priest]]></source>
	<description><![CDATA[Blessing and a curse: In a move that mirrors the decision to bless divorcee remarriages over a decade ago, the Church of England has announced that it is considering a blessing for "responsible" same-sex couples, although the church's tenets on homosexual "sin" will remain the same. The new blessing, as well as the growing divide in the church over the U.K.'s proposed gay marriage legislation, may cause further rifts in the iconic church. For more, click the link below. ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Wed, 10 Apr 2013 08:01:00 MDT</pubDate>
	<author>Staff</author>
	<category>Religion</category>
	<votes>1</votes>
	<guid>http://gaynow.com/story.php?title=church-of-england-may-allow-responsible-gay-couples-to-have-their-relationships-blessed-by-a-priest</guid>
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	<title><![CDATA[Detroit-area Catholic leaders urge gay marriage supporters to skip Communion]]></title>
	<link>http://gaynow.com/story.php?title=detroit-area-catholic-leaders-urge-gay-marriage-supporters-to-skip-communion</link>
  <source url="http%3A%2F%2Fwww.freep.com%2Farticle%2F20130408%2FNEWS05%2F304080041%2FDetroit-area-Catholic-leaders-urge-gay-marriage-supporters-to-skip-Communion"><![CDATA[Detroit-area Catholic leaders urge gay marriage supporters to skip Communion]]></source>
	<description><![CDATA[What Would Jesus Say?: One of Detroit's highest-ranking Catholic officials and a legal adviser to the Vatican, Archbishop Allen Vigneron, has called on marriage equality Catholics to turn down Communion, which he has likened to "perjury." Vigneron: "Catholics who promote same-sex marriage... should not approach for holy Communion. They also risk having holy Communion withheld from them... being rebuked and/or being sanctioned... public efforts to change society's definition of marriage... amount to committing objectively wrong actions." Should Vigneron not take Communion, then? For more, click the link below. ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Mon, 08 Apr 2013 13:43:30 MDT</pubDate>
	<author>Staff</author>
	<category>Religion</category>
	<votes>3</votes>
	<guid>http://gaynow.com/story.php?title=detroit-area-catholic-leaders-urge-gay-marriage-supporters-to-skip-communion</guid>
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	<title><![CDATA[Fox host Don Imus: Jesus might have been gay]]></title>
	<link>http://gaynow.com/story.php?title=fox-host-don-imus-jesus-might-have-been-gay</link>
  <source url="http%3A%2F%2Fwww.rawstory.com%2Frs%2F2013%2F04%2F03%2Ffox-host-don-imus-jesus-might-have-been-gay%2F"><![CDATA[Fox host Don Imus: Jesus might have been gay]]></source>
	<description><![CDATA[Don Imus one-ups Bill O'Reilly in "pissing off Fox" contest: Citing the Gospel of Judas Iscariot, Fox host and radio personality Don Imus suggested that Jesus may have been gay: “There were hundreds of gospels written, only four made it into the [Bible]. There was the Gospel of Thomas, Mary had a gospel, they all had a gospel. But Judas — there’s some indication there that Jesus may have been gay." When Imus' guest, Fox News political analyst Kirsten Powers, doubted him, Imus retorted: "I didn’t write it. Don’t be shooting the messenger here.” For more, click the link below. ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Thu, 04 Apr 2013 08:13:34 MDT</pubDate>
	<author>Staff</author>
	<category>Religion</category>
	<votes>1</votes>
	<guid>http://gaynow.com/story.php?title=fox-host-don-imus-jesus-might-have-been-gay</guid>
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	<title><![CDATA['I love you, too':  Cardinal Dolan says Catholic Church must embrace gays and lesbians]]></title>
	<link>http://gaynow.com/story.php?title=i-love-you-too-cardinal-dolan-says-catholic-church-must-embrace-gays-and-lesbians</link>
  <source url="http%3A%2F%2Fusnews.nbcnews.com%2F_news%2F2013%2F03%2F31%2F17540236-i-love-you-too-cardinal-dolan-says-catholic-church-must-embrace-gays-and-lesbians%3Flite"><![CDATA['I love you, too':  Cardinal Dolan says Catholic Church must embrace gays and lesbians]]></source>
	<description><![CDATA[The feeling isn't mutual: In an interview on ABCs “This Week,” New York Cardinal Timothy Dolan said that the Catholic church us trying their "darndest to make sure we’re not anti-anybody," specifically, the church's treatment towards gays and lesbians in the fight for traditional marriage: "We gotta do better to see that our defense of marriage is not reduced to an attack on gay people. And I admit, we haven’t been too good about that... The first thing I’d say to them is, ‘I love you, too, and God loves you, and we want your happiness." But despite the kind words, Dolan still believes that the traditional marriage is key: "Sexual love … is intended only for a man and woman in marriage, where children can come about naturally." For more, click the link below. ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Sun, 31 Mar 2013 12:05:56 MDT</pubDate>
	<author>Staff</author>
	<category>Religion</category>
	<votes>1</votes>
	<guid>http://gaynow.com/story.php?title=i-love-you-too-cardinal-dolan-says-catholic-church-must-embrace-gays-and-lesbians</guid>
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	<title><![CDATA[Fox News Contributors Say Marriage Equality Would Criminalize Christianity]]></title>
	<link>http://gaynow.com/story.php?title=fox-news-contributors-say-marriage-equality-would-criminalize-christianity</link>
  <source url="http%3A%2F%2Fthinkprogress.org%2Flgbt%2F2013%2F03%2F26%2F1776861%2Ffox-news-contributors-say-marriage-equality-would-criminalize-christianity%2F"><![CDATA[Fox News Contributors Say Marriage Equality Would Criminalize Christianity]]></source>
	<description><![CDATA[Second-class citizen definition wars: Speaking on American Family Radio this week, Fox News contributor Todd Starnes posited that this week's DOMA and Prop8 trials forced Christians into "second class citizen" status: "Because we support the traditional, Biblical definition of marriage, or perhaps we are pro-life, and that means we’re somehow second-class citizens who don’t deserve to be in the public marketplace of ideas." Meanwhile, Fox's Erick Erickson, in an article for RedState.com, took it a step further: "Within a year or two we will see Christian schools attacked for refusing to admit students whose parents are gay..We will see private businesses shut down because they refuse to treat as legitimate that which perverts God’s own established plan. In some places this is already happening." For more, click the link below. ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Fri, 29 Mar 2013 10:08:07 MDT</pubDate>
	<author>Staff</author>
	<category>Religion</category>
	<votes>1</votes>
	<guid>http://gaynow.com/story.php?title=fox-news-contributors-say-marriage-equality-would-criminalize-christianity</guid>
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	<title><![CDATA[Cardinal Keith O'Brien had long-term secret boyfriend]]></title>
	<link>http://gaynow.com/story.php?title=cardinal-keith-obrien-had-long-term-secret-boyfriend-1</link>
  <source url="http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gaystarnews.com%2Farticle%2Fcardinal-keith-obrien-had-long-term-secret-boyfriend210313"><![CDATA[Cardinal Keith O'Brien had long-term secret boyfriend]]></source>
	<description><![CDATA[It was the never-ending string of anti-gay comments that led Cardinal Keith O'Brien's former colleagues -- including a long-tern boyfriend and two gay priests -- to come forward in 2012, according to several unnamed sources. O'Brien, who resigned this month because of allegations of sexual misconduct, was the highest-ranking Roman Catholic in the U.K., and the most outspoken on gay marriage. One source: "These guys, we now know, were part of an inner circle. In the 30 years since these allegations took place there's been ample time to complain. The Cardinal has had a huge profile for the past decade. But the door wasn't just shut on them, it was bolted in the past 18 months." ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Fri, 22 Mar 2013 13:11:15 MDT</pubDate>
	<author>Staff</author>
	<category>Religion</category>
	<votes>2</votes>
	<guid>http://gaynow.com/story.php?title=cardinal-keith-obrien-had-long-term-secret-boyfriend-1</guid>
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	<title><![CDATA[Meet the guy who painted his house in LGBT pride colors (VIDEO)]]></title>
	<link>http://gaynow.com/story.php?title=meet-the-guy-who-painted-his-house-in-lgbt-pride-colors-</link>
  <source url="http%3A%2F%2Ftv.msnbc.com%2F2013%2F03%2F22%2Fmeet-the-guy-who-painted-his-house-in-lgbt-pride-colors%2F"><![CDATA[Meet the guy who painted his house in LGBT pride colors (VIDEO)]]></source>
	<description><![CDATA[“The Westboro Baptist Church is the poster child of being anti-gay, so we figured no better place to go and no better place to start changing that message." In an interview with <i>EdTV</i>, Planting Peace founder Aaron Jackson elaborates on why he bought and painted the now famous, rainbow-colored "Equality House," and even more importantly, what he plans to do with it. To watch the 6-minute video, click the link below. ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Fri, 22 Mar 2013 12:27:20 MDT</pubDate>
	<author>Staff</author>
	<category>Religion</category>
	<votes>1</votes>
	<guid>http://gaynow.com/story.php?title=meet-the-guy-who-painted-his-house-in-lgbt-pride-colors-</guid>
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	<title><![CDATA[Westboro Baptist Church Members 'Love' Rainbow Gay Pride House Next Door (For Now) (VIDEO)]]></title>
	<link>http://gaynow.com/story.php?title=westboro-baptist-church-members-love-rainbow-gay-pride-house-next-door-for-now-video</link>
  <source url="http%3A%2F%2Fwww.usnews.com%2Fnews%2Fnewsgram%2Farticles%2F2013%2F03%2F20%2Fwestboro-baptist-church-rainbow-house-gay-pride-kansas-next-door"><![CDATA[Westboro Baptist Church Members 'Love' Rainbow Gay Pride House Next Door (For Now) (VIDEO)]]></source>
	<description><![CDATA[Missing the point entirely:  A spokesperson for the Westboro Baptist Church, Shirley Phelps-Roper, told the press this week that the new rainbow-painted "Equality House" across the street, a project by Planting Peace founder Aaaron Jackson, is fine with the "God Hates Fags" family:  "I just love it. [The Equality House] keeps the eyes of the whole earth on this message. Now everyday all people are thinking about is God will not have same-sex marriage." Um...what? For more, click the link below. ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Wed, 20 Mar 2013 11:04:59 MDT</pubDate>
	<author>Staff</author>
	<category>Religion</category>
	<votes>2</votes>
	<guid>http://gaynow.com/story.php?title=westboro-baptist-church-members-love-rainbow-gay-pride-house-next-door-for-now-video</guid>
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	<title><![CDATA[Pope Francis’ Old Colleagues Recall Pragmatic Streak]]></title>
	<link>http://gaynow.com/story.php?title=pope-francis%E2%80%99-old-colleagues-recall-pragmatic-streak</link>
  <source url="http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2013%2F03%2F20%2Fworld%2Famericas%2Fpope-francis-old-colleagues-recall-pragmatic-streak.html%3Fhp%26_r%3D1%26"><![CDATA[Pope Francis’ Old Colleagues Recall Pragmatic Streak]]></source>
	<description><![CDATA[“The melody may be the same, but the sound is completely different." When Cardinal Bergoglio was facing Argentina's gay marriage law in 2010 -- which eventually passed -- the Holy See-to-be was actually on the side of marriage equality, according to past colleagues. Asking for the church to accept what he called the "lesser of two evils," Pope Francis “wagered on a position of greater dialogue with society.” For more, click the link below. ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Wed, 20 Mar 2013 07:53:14 MDT</pubDate>
	<author>Staff</author>
	<category>Religion</category>
	<votes>2</votes>
	<guid>http://gaynow.com/story.php?title=pope-francis%E2%80%99-old-colleagues-recall-pragmatic-streak</guid>
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	<title><![CDATA[Westboro Equality House: Aaron Jackson Paints Rainbow Home Across From Anti-Gay Church (VIDEO)]]></title>
	<link>http://gaynow.com/story.php?title=westboro-equality-house-aaron-jackson-paints-rainbow-home-across-from-anti-gay-church-video</link>
  <source url="http%3A%2F%2Fwww.huffingtonpost.com%2F2013%2F03%2F19%2Fwestboro-equality-house-aaron-jackson-rainbow_n_2906337.html%3Futm_hp_ref%3Dreligion%26ir%3DReligion"><![CDATA[Westboro Equality House: Aaron Jackson Paints Rainbow Home Across From Anti-Gay Church (VIDEO)]]></source>
	<description><![CDATA[When Fred Phelps wakes up and looks out the window, he's not going to like this at all: In an effort to raise awareness (and maybe to simply irk the "God Hates Fags" minions across the street), Aaron Jackson bought the house across the street from the Westboro Baptist Church and painted it in rainbow colors. Jackson, who is the founder of the non-profit Planting Peace, explains his motivation  for painting the "Equality House." To watch the video interview and read more, click the link below. ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Tue, 19 Mar 2013 19:02:49 MDT</pubDate>
	<author>Staff</author>
	<category>Religion</category>
	<votes>2</votes>
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	<title><![CDATA[Is Westboro Baptist Church Founder Fred Phelps Gay?]]></title>
	<link>http://gaynow.com/story.php?title=is-westboro-baptist-church-founder-fred-phelps-gay</link>
  <source url="http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opposingviews.com%2Fi%2Fmoney%2Fjobs-and-careers%2Flauren-drain-former-westboro-baptist-church-member-thinks-founder-fred"><![CDATA[Is Westboro Baptist Church Founder Fred Phelps Gay?]]></source>
	<description><![CDATA[Um...you think?: Westboro Baptist Church survivor Lauren Drain, who left the "God Hates Fags" church and has since become an LGBT advocate, is alleging this week that the group's founder, Fred Phelps, is gay: “I never understood why, when [the media asked him], ‘Why are you so against the homosexuals? Did you have a homosexual experience? Do you have homosexual tendencies?’ And he would get so mad, he would shut down. And he’d be like, ‘I can’t talk to this person anymore, they’re stupid.’ His reaction to that was stronger than any other question you can ask him." Drain's memoir, “Banished: Surviving My Years in the Westboro Baptist Church," came out last week. For more, click the link below.  ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Sat, 16 Mar 2013 11:04:09 MDT</pubDate>
	<author>Staff</author>
	<category>Religion</category>
	<votes>3</votes>
	<guid>http://gaynow.com/story.php?title=is-westboro-baptist-church-founder-fred-phelps-gay</guid>
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