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Contents:

• A GAY MIC TEACHER GOT MARRIED. THE BROOKLYN DCE FIRED HIM.
• TO HAVE AND TO HOLD: GAY MARRIAG NEW YORK CY BEG
• GAY MARRIAGE NEW YORK
• DIRECTORY - GAY MARRIAGE OFFICIANTS NEW YORK - PAGE ONE
• CONSERVATIVE PARTY IS OBSTACLE TO GAY MARRIAGE
• TE TO EPISPAL CHURCH’S PAST, BISHOPS SPL ON GAY WEDDGS
• A GAY TEACHER NEW YORK WAS FIRED OM A CATHOLIC SCHOOL AFTER MARRYG HIS PARTNER
• GAY RIGHTS VS. FREE SPEECHSUPREME COURT BACKS WEB DIGNER OPPOSED TO SAME-SEX MARRIAGE
• JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS ASSISTANT COACH KEV MAXEN MAK HISTORY AFTER COMG OUT AS GAY

A GAY MIC TEACHER GOT MARRIED. THE BROOKLYN DCE FIRED HIM.

The weddgs of gay and lbian upl who had been mted to each other for s are some of the most movg weddg ceremoni I've ever performed. Joseph Catholic Amy LaBan said he did not keep his sexual orientatn a secret at work, although he “didn’t make a big al of my weddg at all” bee he was aware of church teachg on homosexualy. More about Liam StackA versn of this article appears prt on, Sectn A, Page 21 of the New York edn wh the headle: Brooklyn Dce Fir Gay Teacher Who Wed.

TO HAVE AND TO HOLD: GAY MARRIAG NEW YORK CY BEG

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“Marriage equaly is alive and well, ” New York Cy Council Speaker Christe Qun, the body’s first openly gay lear, said a prs briefg outsi the clerk’s office. AdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENTMany of New York Cy’s most outwardly gay-iendly parish are ncentrated Manhattan, a center of both gay culture and efforts to build a gay-iendly Watts for The New York TimThe pews fill up quickly each Sunday at the Church of St.

GAY MARRIAGE NEW YORK

Pl the Apostle, a Roman Catholic parish Midtown Manhattan, wh worshipers who travel om all rners of the cy to attend what markets as s gay-iendly 5 p. Mistri; anizg events like spirual retreats, hik and happy hours at lol gay bars; celebratg Mass and other events durg Pri Month; and by speakg up for the gay Watts for The New York TimWhen the Vatin issued a statement March that said prits uld not bls same-sex unns, which rid as a form of s, the parish and a handful of others Manhattan issued statements of dismay or ed hoi durg Mass as an opportuny to fort L.

”The cy’s most outwardly gay-iendly parish are ncentrated Manhattan, a center of both gay culture and efforts to build a gay-iendly Catholicism. Interviews wh more than two dozen gay Catholics New York revealed a powerful sire to rencile their sexual inty wh their fah both God and an stutn that has often approached them wh hostily. Stephanie Samoy, another member of the group, said the parish was “not jt welg to gays and lbians, they’re welg to women, they’re welg to mori and people of lor.

Lbian, gay and bisexual people are much ls likely than heterosexuals to attend relig servic, intify as a member of a relig group or believe that Scripture is the word of God, acrdg to Pew Rearch Center survey data om 80 percent of people surveyed that poll said they nsired the Catholic Church to be “uniendly” to the L. Catholic teachg scrib homosexual acts as “trsilly disorred” and says that “unr no circumstanc n they be approved. ”In recent years, nservative Catholic hard-lers have blamed homosexualy for the clergy sex abe sndal, falsely lkg homosexualy and pedophilia, and further alienatg L.

DIRECTORY - GAY MARRIAGE OFFICIANTS NEW YORK - PAGE ONE

”The efforts to create a gay-iendly Catholicism highlight the reful path the Catholic Church and s clergy mt walk liberal plac like New York, an important Amerin relig center where churchgoers often look askance at the Vatin’s stanc on admistered day-to-day by more liberal, self-erng relig orrs — cludg the Jus, the Plist Fathers and the Francisns — affords the parish and their prits the eedom to do thgs like preach hoi that extol the digny of gay people and the value of their relatnships a way that prits who work directly for the rdal tend to also giv the archdce some distance om activi that tradnalists might oppose, like the Pri march participatn of St. Long, a father of ne, has ed two simple weapons: an unshakable belief that gay unns would unrme the stutn of marriage, and his power to btow, or whdraw, the Conservative Party ballot le next year’s legislative electns. Long said he believed that legalizg gay unns would unrme an stutn that is “part of the rock of our society.

CONSERVATIVE PARTY IS OBSTACLE TO GAY MARRIAGE

13 after someone told Dce officials he’d gotten married to a man Augt, LaBan said a Youtube vio posted over the Joseph’s Catholic Amy Astoria (Google Maps)“I’m stripped of both of my jobs, all of my employment, my health surance and, most importantly, the muny life that has meant so much to me, not bee of my work performance — not the slightt — but bee I’m gay, ” he said. AdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENTTe to Epispal Church’s Past, Bishops Spl on Gay Talaie for The New York TimJuly 18, 2011The Epispal Church, which has been straed by gay-rights issu sce the electn of an openly gay bishop New Hampshire eight years ago, is now divid over how to rpond to the legalizatn of same-sex marriage New York.

TE TO EPISPAL CHURCH’S PAST, BISHOPS SPL ON GAY WEDDGS

As a rult, gay and lbian Epispalians will be allowed on Sunday to get married by prits Brooklyn and Queens, but not the Bronx or Manhattan or on Staten Island; Syrace but not is bee the church has not taken a firm posn natnally on same-sex marriage, leavg lol bishops wh wi latu to ci what prits may do when the law tak effect New York State. In the state, wh six Epispal dc, the bishops are spl: two have given the green light for prits to officiate at same-sex marriag, one has said absolutely not, two are uncid and one has staked out a middle ground, allowg prits to bls, but not officiate at, weddgs of gay men and Epispal Church, known as one of the most welg to gay men and lbians among male Prottant nomatns, fds self an uneasy posn on the issue — embracg neher the clear stance agast same-sex marriage taken by Roman Catholic, evangelil Prottant, Mlim, Mormon and Orthodox Jewish lears, nor the supportive posn of Reform Jewish, Unarian Universalist and many liberal Prottant lears. Now, gay and lbian Epispalians are fdg their joy at the legalizatn of same-sex marriage tempered by the ambiguy over where they stand their church.

” But New York State’s bishops differ over jt what a “genero pastoral rponse” means, and even the bishops most supportive of gay rights are stgglg to balance their sire to sanctify the relatnships of all of their parishners wh their reluctance to further alienate nservative Anglins Ai and even the Uned bishops of the Long Island and Central New York Dc have thorized prits to pri at same-sex weddgs; the bishop of the New York Dce (which clus three of the cy’s five boroughs) is allowg them to bls but not officiate at such r; the bishop of the Albany Dce is barrg any volvement by prits; and the bishops of the Rochter and Wtern New York Dc rema unclared. “The landspe regardg marriage is still changg across the untry, wh the church and for gay or lbian upl themselv, ” Bishop Sisk, who supported the legalizatn of same-sex marriage, said an terview nducted by e-mail. ” A number of gay Epispalians profsed sympathy for what they viewed as Bishop Sisk’s effort to balance petg views.

A GAY TEACHER NEW YORK WAS FIRED OM A CATHOLIC SCHOOL AFTER MARRYG HIS PARTNER

“That’s a fair middle-of-the road-posn, ” said Mary O’Shghnsy, ordator of the New York metropolan area chapter of Integry USA, which advot equal treatment for gay men and lbians the Epispal Church. Bishop Sisk has said that gay and lbian prits “livg mted relatnships” should marry — even though they nnot do so church. Some gay and lbian Epispalians said they were ntent to allow the church to proceed slowly bee they believed was movg what they viewed as the right directn.

“The bishop might be pletely behd gay marriage, but he also unrstands that unls we have the nversatn, and unls we are patient, the church will break, ” said Javier Galó-Cava, a gay Epispalian and actor who worships at St. ”A versn of this article appears prt on, Sectn A, Page 1 of the New York edn wh the headle: Te to Epispal Church’s Past, Bishops Spl on Gay Weddgs. “I’m stripped of both of my jobs, all of my employment, my health surance and, most importantly, the muny life that has meant so much to me, not bee of my work performance – not the slightt – but bee I’m gay, ” he said.

GAY RIGHTS VS. FREE SPEECHSUPREME COURT BACKS WEB DIGNER OPPOSED TO SAME-SEX MARRIAGE

You're not alone:Top-level pro soccer player Josh Cavallo out as gay, enuragg others they're 'not alone'Grdr:Texas man sentenced to feral prison for lurg and attackg gay men through Grdr appIn a statement sent to USA TODAY, officials om the school and church where LaBan worked nfirmed his termatn was not bee he was not good at his job.

ImageLorie Smh said her Christian fah requir her to turn away ctomers seekg servic to celebrate same-sex Woolf for The New York TimThe Supreme Court sid on Friday wh a web signer Colorado who said she had a First Amendment right to refe to sign weddg webs for same-sex upl spe a state law that forbids discrimatn agast gay people. ’”The se, though amed as a clash between ee speech and gay rights, was the latt a seri of cisns favor of relig people and groups, notably nservative cisn also appeared to suggt that the rights of L.

JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS ASSISTANT COACH KEV MAXEN MAK HISTORY AFTER COMG OUT AS GAY

The liberal jtic viewed as somethg else entirely — a dispute that threatened societal protectns for gay rights and rolled back some recent an impassned dissent, Jtice Sonia Sotomayor warned that the oute signaled a return to a time when people of lor and other mory groups faced open discrimatn. ”A Colorado law forbids discrimatn agast gay people by bs open to the public as well as statements announcg such discrimatn. Kavangh and Amy Coney Barrett, shifted the urt to the urts have generally sid wh gay and lbian upl who were refed service by bakeri, florists and others, lg that potential ctomers are entled to equal treatment, at least parts of the untry wh laws forbiddg discrimatn based on sexual owners of bs challengg those laws have argued that the ernment should not force them to choose between the requirements of their fahs and their livelihoods.