Tag: gay marriage

Bill Gates supports gay marriage with $100K gift

Originally published in Christian Post Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates has waded into the same-sex marriage debate in Washington State with a $100,000 contribution to help defeat a referendum that would ban same-sex marriage. Gates, along with Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, both made the same six-figure contribution said Zach Silk, campaign […]

Facebook backlash may leave UK Christian homeless

Origianlly published in Charisma News Facebook and the First Amendment have been at the centre of a debate over the anti-homosexual comments of teachers in Florida and New Jersey. Now, a housing association manager in England is meeting with ill treatment over some same-sex comments of his own. Adrian Smith, […]

Methodist clergy in US vow to marry gay couples

Originally published in The Christian Century Risking their careers or standing in the United Methodist Church, at least 164 clergy and six congregations from Long Island to the Catskill Mountains and southern Connecticut are vowing to marry same-sex couples. Hundreds of UMC clergy elsewhere in the US have made similar […]