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Contents:

• CHRISTIANMGLE NOW ALLOWS GAY DATG, AFTER A LAWSU
• JAGUARS ACH KEV MAXEN OUT AS GAY HISTORIC ANNOUNCEMENT
• GENEVA COLLEGE ALLEGEDLY FIR GAY SOCCER ACH AFTER INSTAGRAM POSTS ABOUT CLIVENS
• GAY CHRISTIAN MGLE: A STORY OF LGBT SEND ADOLCENTS
• A GAY UPLE RAN A RAL RTRANT PEACE. THEN NEW NEIGHBORS ARRIVED.
• CHRISTIANMGLE FORCED TO ADM THERE ARE GAY CHRISTIANS LOOKG FOR LOVE

CHRISTIANMGLE NOW ALLOWS GAY DATG, AFTER A LAWSU

Men n now check out men, and women n search for women, on the relig datg se ChristianMgle, which prevly sanctned only heterosexual se opened to gay ers after settlg a lawsu that claimed that vlated California’s non-discrimatn the new search functn likely won’t prove very eful to gay men or women — the se now lets them view profil of the same genr, but do not specifilly show them fellow gay ers. “My sense is that a fair number of gay Christians will probably not be terted simply bee they’re not terted givg money to a pany that has to be forced by the urts to serve them, ” Gay Christian Network Executive Director Jt Lee lawsu, acrdg to Christiany Today, argued that ChristianMgle vlated California’s non-discrimatn law that prohibs for-prof pani, such as Spark Networks, which owns ChristianMgle, om discrimatg agast ctomers on the basis of sexual orientatn, among other an email to The Washgton Post, Spark Networks said has no plans to advertise the se to gay Christians, or to go further to make the se work for gay or bisexual ers.

Then shows them the profil of ers of the other sex, but lets them swch to same-sex profil if they several other datg s, which specifilly show gay ers the profil of fellow gay ers, a lbian who search ChristianMgle for women now would end up mostly viewg the profil of straight women. Same for a gay ’s clearly not ial for gay or straight ers: “Nobody wants to have to search through a bunch of profil of straight folks who are not terted you, ” Lee Networks said ChristianMgle has more than 16 ln ers.

”One of the pastors on the ChristianMgle advisory board parted ways wh the pany after learng would allow gay ers.

JAGUARS ACH KEV MAXEN OUT AS GAY HISTORIC ANNOUNCEMENT

“It hurts my Lord and hurts my reputatn as a hband, father, pastor and the reputatn of my church to stay on the advisory board, ” he six remag members of the advisory board listed on ChristianMgle’s webse did not rpond to The Post’s requts for are gay Christians out there lookg to date each other who uld be a market for a datg se, said Benjam Mann, the print of Queer for Christ. The District-based group has 350 members who meet up at events, but Mann don’t anticipate those gay Christians will be on ChristianMgle any time soon.

”Right now, Mann and Lee said, most of the gay Christians they meet at their anizatns’ nferenc and events e secular s like OKCupid. “Some of the apps that exist, pecially for gay men, tend to get a reputatn for beg more for hookups than for relatnships. For a lot of gay Christian men pecially, there n be a kd of uneasy relatnship wh those apps, where they want to meet people, but not to be seen as lookg for a hookup, ” Lee said.

Mann add that an openly Christian profile on a gay datg se — like his, which says he is semary — tends to surprise most gay men, and not a good Spark Networks or another pany created an app tailored to the Christian LGBT muny, they say, there would be a more stori about fah?

GENEVA COLLEGE ALLEGEDLY FIR GAY SOCCER ACH AFTER INSTAGRAM POSTS ABOUT CLIVENS

As a gay Christian, he felt ught between two worlds.

The experienc n lead LGBTQ Christians to feel “eher too gay for Christian spac or too Christian for gay spac or queer spac, ” Evers told Relign News Service. RELATED: Calv Universy’s first openly gay stunt body print pav a path.

The lawsu was filed 2013 by two gay men agast Spark Networks, Inc., the datg se’s owner. The lead platiffs, two gay men who tried g , claimed that the limed optns vlated California’s anti-discrimatn law.

GAY CHRISTIAN MGLE: A STORY OF LGBT SEND ADOLCENTS

” Spark Networks agreed that wh two years, would adjt other searchg and profile featur to give gay and lbian sgl a more tailored experience.

Is gay rights about equal rights or special rights? 45 sends, a search for “gay datg se” on Google returns approximately 3. Bible-believg Christians note that there are multiple referenc to homosexualy eher the Old or New Ttament.

A qutn to self-proclaimed gay Christians: Where is homosexual behavr ever held a posive light, pleasg, praised, or emed a sirable practice acrdg to the Bible, our playbook? On the ntrary, homosexualy is scribed as unnatural, an error, shameful, and grounds for not enterg Heaven, along wh many other ss. It is wh the Christian’s right not to engage liberal theologil disput on Bible translatns and terpretatns purposed to fd homosexualy loophol.

A GAY UPLE RAN A RAL RTRANT PEACE. THEN NEW NEIGHBORS ARRIVED.

” Did God really mean to avoid homosexualy? It is wh the Christian’s right to believe the Spir of the Word, not jt a sgle scripture, to base his or her beliefs that homosexualy is a s for which J Christ died, and fivens and a new life is available to all who repent and are born aga. Bee those who live an unrepentant gay liftyle mand so?

Bee the LGBT muny ntends that the mere act of holdg or exprsg the beliefs is an act of homophobia and hate?

CHRISTIANMGLE FORCED TO ADM THERE ARE GAY CHRISTIANS LOOKG FOR LOVE

“Not only will you stop reprentg what the Word of God says about homosexualy your bs, your bs WILL acmodate and be supportive of our liftyle – or we’ll make you pay. Perhaps the entire 6th chapter of 1 Corthians is ignored or explaed away – as speaks agast homosexualy and lawsus between Christians.

One n only wonr how many gay datg s have been sued for not acmodatg heterosexual sgle match. Jacksonville Jaguars associate strength ach Kev Maxen me out as gay on Thursday what is believed to be a first for a male ach major U. Kev Maxen me out as gay an terview wh Outsports.

In fact, where I grew up wasn’t until my junr year of high school that I heard someone expla ‘gay’ as more than jt a kd of kky sex act. It n be argued that much of what I was tght about sexualy transcends where any of happen to land on the orientatn spectm and I’ve ed been able to see a lot of overlap between what meant to be “straight” and what means for me to be gay but I thk s safe to say there are at least a few distctns when to sexual dynamics wh homosexualy vers heterosexualy.