Southern Baptists target porn, sports betting, same-sex marriage and “willful childlessness”
United States AP Southern Baptists meeting this week in Dallas will be asked to approve resolutions calling for a legal ban on pornography and a reversal of the US Supreme Court’s approval of same-sex marriage. The proposed resolutions call for laws on gender, marriage and family based on what they say is the Biblically stated […]
Pakistan’s Imran Khan to remain in jail despite acquittal in marriage case
Islamabad, Pakistan Reuters Former Prime Minister Imran Khan and his third wife were acquitted on charges of marrying unlawfully by a Pakistan court on Saturday, yet he will not be freed after authorities issued fresh orders to arrest him. The ruling came a day after his Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party won more seats in parliament, […]
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I’m getting close to 30 years of marriage! Where have the years gone? A married couple (picture posed by models) PICTURE: DragonImages/iStockphoto Trying to work out why our marriage has worked is a difficult thing, and there are many factors. One thing I’ve come to realise is that Becky and I challenge each other. We […]
In the US, United Methodists vote to remove anti-gay language from their official teachings on societal issues
Charlotte, North Carolina, US AP United Methodist delegates on Thursday removed a 52-year-old declaration from their official social teachings that deemed “the practice of homosexuality…incompatible with Christian teaching” – part of a wider series of historic reversals of the denomination’s longstanding disapproval of LGBTQ activity. The historic vote came as delegates also approved a new […]
India’s Assam scraps colonial-era Muslim marriage law
Guwahati, India Reuters India’s Assam state has scrapped an 89-year-old law that allowed marriage involving underage Muslims, against opposition from leaders of the minority community who called the plan an attempt to polarise voters on religious lines ahead of elections. Assam, which has the highest percentage of Muslims among Indian states at 34 per cent, […]
Pakistan ex-PM Imran Khan and wife jailed for seven years for unlawful marriage
Islamabad, Pakistan Reuters Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Khan were sentenced to seven years in prison and fined on Saturday by a court that ruled their 2018 marriage broke the law, his party said. It was the third ruling against Khan this week and comes ahead of national elections on […]
Sight-Seeing: Is being rich bad for your soul? Yes, but not for the reason you expect
In an article first published on Religion News Service, CHARLES C CAMOSY says the rich don’t just end up making themselves unhappy. They want us to be unhappy too…
Explainer – Five things the Catholic Church’s document on same-sex blessings does (and doesn’t) say
Vatican City RNS In an unprecedented opening by the Catholic Church toward welcoming LGBTQ people, the Vatican’s Dicastery of the Doctrine of the Faith approved the blessing of same-sex couples on Monday in a document titled Fiducia Supplicans, or Requesting Trust. Pope Francis approved the document, formally called a declaration – a term that signals […]
Retired US Catholic bishop gets married after bid to leave priesthood denied
Albany, New York, US AP An 84-year-old retired Catholic Bishop of Albany, who has been accused of sexual abuse and has unsuccessfully sought to be removed from the priesthood, said this week that he recently married a woman in a civil ceremony. Emeritus Bishop Howard Hubbard made the surprise announcement on Tuesday during a tumultuous […]
United Methodists: Bishop Scott Jones moves from “extreme centre” of UMC to new Global Methodist Church
He isn’t the first bishop to leave the United Methodist Church for the fledgling conservative denomination. But his exit has arguably caused the greatest stir reports EMILY MCFARLAN MILLER, of Religion News Service…