Homosexuality

“Mcalpine was arrested in Workington, in Cumbria, last month while preaching to shoppers. He said he refrained from speaking about homosexuality in his sermon but when a passerby inquired on the issue, he told the person it was a sin.” Charges against him have been dropped.

Missouri Synod Lutherans respond to the Evangelical Synod’s (ELCA) acceptance of gay couples into the clergy.

“A church body‘s acceptance of homosexual activity promotes a false security about behavior and conduct which God has forbidden and from which He longs to redeem us,” the document, titled “

“‘My freedom was taken away on the hearsay of someone who disliked what I said, and I was charged under a law that doesn’t apply.’He said he was not homophobic and has gay friends, but he feels compelled by his faith to urge people to abandon all types of sins so they can seek salvation.” Details…

Crunchy Con- “Gay rights and religious liberties, again”

Report in the Bangor Daily News

The Boston Globe has the story

Baptist Press-” Despite pressure, Miss Calif. stays true to Christian beliefs”

GetReligion- “We are all conservative Christians now”

eHarmony and Bob Jones University both are cited in this Washington Post article

HT: Rod Dreher