LGBT Equality Archives
Religious Groups Show Growing Support for Same-Sex Marriage
Many religious groups approved of yesterday’s overturn of California’s same-sex marriage ban, writes Sally Steenland.
Two Steps Forward, One Step Back
The Presbyterian Church’s General Assembly meeting last week showcased the church’s steady movement toward LGBT rights, says Marta Cook.
Faith and Family Equality
Report
Sally Steenland, Nan Futrell, and Marta Cook examine the passage of an antigay adoption ballot initiative in Arkansas in 2008 and its implications for faith communities and advocates.
Get to Know Bishop Gene Robinson
Jeff Krehely and Sally Steenland interview CAP’s new Visiting Senior Fellow Bishop Gene Robinson—the first openly gay bishop to be ordained in a major Christian denomination.
The Spirituality of Gender Identity
More faith communities are accepting transgender individuals, writes Sy Mukherjee.
Evangelicals Step Up for Marriage Equality
Marta Cook documents the growing grassroots support for LGBT rights among evangelicals.
Religious Voices Are Critical for the Advancement of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Equality
Last week CAP and the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force released two groundbreaking reports on marriage-equality ballot initiatives in California and Michigan.
Obama’s Notre Dame Dust-Up
President Obama will speak at Notre Dame’s commencement, despite protests, yet it’s the school, not the protesters, that’s in line with mainstream American Catholics, writes Susan Thistlethwaite.
Four Things You Didn’t Know About God and Same-Sex Marriage
Christians who oppose same-sex marriage say it goes against the biblical conception of marriage and sexuality, but they're wrong.
Expressing Faith Through Marriage Equality
Progressive religious leaders should be a strong voice in the fight for marriage equality, writes Sarah Dreier. Opportunities to do so abound this week.
Pope’s Message Mixed, Missed
McDonough and Buckley on the Pope's Message
A Religion-Based Progressive Agenda
In conversation, the bishop addressed the cultural anxieties that inhibit social justice and called for “solidarity and empathy with all of God’s people.”
A Time to Speak: Why Progressive Religious Leaders Must Find Their Voice on Sexual Justice
Why Progressive Religious Leaders Must Find Their Voice on Sexual Justice
Sanctified Hatred: Why Amending the Constitution to Ban Same-Sex Marriage Is Wrong
Why a Federal Marriage Amendment Is Wrong
State of the Union: Marriage
Marriage