http://pewforum.org/ The Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life seeks to promote a deeper understanding of issues at the intersection of religion and public affairs. en-us Copyright: (C) Copyright 2005 The Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life. All rights reserved. info@pewforum.org (PewForum Info) info@pewforum.org (PewForum Info) Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:40:01 -0500 Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:40:01 EST http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://pewforum.org/images/rssfeeds.gif http://pewforum.org/ http://pewforum.org/news/rss.php?NewsID=19091 Some D.C. Council members and Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton are reaching out to the Catholic Archdiocese of Washington to see whether they can find a compromise so the Church will not end its social services contracts with the city if the council legalizes same-sex marriage. Gay Marriage http://pewforum.org/news/rss.php?NewsID=19091 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST http://pewforum.org/news/rss.php?NewsID=19090 Drive through Vallejo and you will see a once-proud Navy town clearly down on its luck. A motel room goes for $30.99 a night, including HBO. Gay Marriage http://pewforum.org/news/rss.php?NewsID=19090 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST http://pewforum.org/news/rss.php?NewsID=19092 Conservative members of America's largest Lutheran denomination announced that they are splitting from the Chicago-based Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, making it the second mainline Protestant church to undergo a major schism over the issue of homosexuality and related matters of biblical authority. Gay Marriage http://pewforum.org/news/rss.php?NewsID=19092 Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST http://pewforum.org/news/rss.php?NewsID=19084 The split over gay clergy within the country's largest Lutheran denomination has prompted a conservative faction to begin forming a new Lutheran church body separate from the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. Gay Marriage http://pewforum.org/news/rss.php?NewsID=19084 Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST http://pewforum.org/news/rss.php?NewsID=19076 The nation's Catholic bishops approved a position paper that emphasizes the church's traditional positions on marriage Tuesday, the same day that the D.C. Council agreed to schedule a vote on legalizing same-sex unions for Dec. 1. Gay Marriage http://pewforum.org/news/rss.php?NewsID=19076 Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST http://pewforum.org/news/rss.php?NewsID=19075 Judith Ford and Yvonne Mazzola rushed to a judge in 2007, as soon as New Jersey made civil unions legal. Gay Marriage http://pewforum.org/news/rss.php?NewsID=19075 Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST http://pewforum.org/news/rss.php?NewsID=19071 Sharon Henry, music minister at Stockton's Valley Ministries MCC church, had a commitment ceremony in October 2004. Gay Marriage http://pewforum.org/news/rss.php?NewsID=19071 Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST http://pewforum.org/news/rss.php?NewsID=19049 Gay and lesbian couples marked the one-year anniversary of the day Connecticut began allowing same-sex marriages, voicing optimism that other states eventually will follow suit despite recent votes in Maine and California where gay marriage rights were shot down. Gay Marriage http://pewforum.org/news/rss.php?NewsID=19049 Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST http://pewforum.org/news/rss.php?NewsID=19048 The fight over a proposed same-sex marriage law here heated up this week as the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Washington said that if the law passed, the church would cut its social service programs that help residents with adoption, homelessness and health care. Gay Marriage http://pewforum.org/news/rss.php?NewsID=19048 Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST http://pewforum.org/news/rss.php?NewsID=19038 Now that Salt Lake City has approved ordinances that make it illegal to fire or evict someone for being gay, will the Legislature and Gov. Gary Herbert follow suit? Gay Marriage http://pewforum.org/news/rss.php?NewsID=19038 Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST