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scandal–plagued Hillsong Church, has stepped down from almost all of his positions at the Australia-based megachurch ahead of a looming court date next month.“I’ve made a decision to step aside from my role on the Hillsong Church boards that oversee the governance of our operations,” Houston, 67, wrote in an email sent to congregants Friday and seen by The Post.

a long shot.”But that’s not stopping Attorney General Mark Brnovich, an anti-LGBTQ extremist and former federal prosecutor trained to only bring cases he knows have a chance of succeeding.Brnovich is running to unseat Democratic U.S. Senator Mark Kelly in the 2022 election.“Is it a long shot? Yeah, I recognize that,” Brnovich told Bloomberg News.

Good Without God: What a Billion Nonreligious People Do Believe” — was a good choice for the position due to young people’s increasing lack of religiosity. “There is a rising group of people who no longer identify with any religious tradition but still experience a real need for conversation and support around what it means to be a good human and live an ethical life,” Epstein, who grew up in a Jewish home, told the New York Times in an interview published Thursday.

was drafted in response to one parent’s complaint about an LGBTQ pride flag that’s been hanging in a middle school classroom for years.District Superintendent Dr. Brad Yates deemed the LGBTQ flag “controversial” in a letter to parents and in a Facebook post last week.

out a senior American official could lead to further outings among the church’s hierarchy.In July, Monsignor Jeffrey Burrill, general secretary of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops — the church’s official mouthpiece in the U.S.

Inside Edition, American Airlines said that he was an Envoy Air employee, adding that the pilot “accessed the public address system upon landing and made troubling comments until a crew member could intervene.”“To our affected passengers, we apologize for your experience and what you heard does not reflect our values,” American Airlines said.Steve Cowell, a veteran pilot, told Inside Edition that the speech was “nothing more than a very, very public cry for help.”Read More:Chasten and Pete

said on Aug. 15, urging followers to “pray the Rosary for him.”After testing positive, Burke, 73, tweeted on Aug.

pressure Israel to divide its land and blamed droughts in California on same-sex marriage.In a recent appearance on right-wing ministry leader Jan Markell’s “Understanding the Times” radio show, he claimed that COVID-19 was a “judgment” on widespread acceptance of LGBTQ people, Right Wing Watch reports.Koenig and Markell also accused LGBTQ people of prepping children to be “groomed and sexualized,” calling it a “war on children.”Merkell kicked off the attack during her July 29 broadcast by

according to Brian’s own shocking admission in a newsletter sent to his congregation over Christmas.Authorities in New South Wales, Australia subpoenaed the 67-year-old reverend by way of his attorney on Thursday afternoon, The Australian has reported. He is due to appear in court on Oct.

reported. “Data app signals suggest he was at the same time engaged in serial and illicit sexual activity.” The Wisconsin-based priest’s alleged “activity” included attending a “gay bathhouse” in Las Vegas. “On Monday, we became aware of impending media reports alleging possible improper behavior by Msgr.

last Sunday that anyone who believes in evolution must oppose marriage equality and that homosexuality “proves the existence of God.”“When two people of the same sex get together, it’s out of sheer wanton lust and pleasure only for self,” Hibbs said during his sermon. “Nothing comes of it.

U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham doesn’t often talk about principles, but on Wednesday the South Carolina Republican declared his willingness to go to war for them.

a Washington Post exposé on “a growing Christian movement that is nondenominational, openly political and has become an engine of former president Donald Trump’s Republican Party.”As The Post explains, “It is a world in which demons are real, miracles are real, and the ultimate mission is not just transforming individual lives but also turning civilization itself into their version of God’s Kingdom: one with two genders, no abortion, a free-market economy, Bible-based education, church-based

National Catholic Reporter.No details have yet been made public about when Anatrella will face trial, but the Paris Archdiocese previously reprimanded Anatrella in 2018 due to the allegations against him, preventing him from practicing therapy or hearing confession.Anatrella allegedly positioned himself as an expert on men struggling with their sexuality, reportedly using so-called “body therapy” to “heal” them.That “therapy” included massaging clients, masturbating them, and forcing sex on them

announced it would not take up the case of Arlene’s Flowers, a Washington state florists owned by Barronelle Stutzman, who in 2013 refused a same-sex couple’s wedding request. The case was a darling of the religious right, the far right, and her hate group attorneys, who falsely parroted the claim that because Stutzman was following her religious beliefs, the elderly florist may lose her business, her home, and her savings.

a case against the City of Philadelphia that had ended its contract because the adoption organization refused to serve same-sex couples and LGBTQ parents.“Not a green light for other organizations” to violate anti-discrimination laws, NBC News’ Pete Williams said.Catholic Social Services and the religious right groups supporting this lawsuit were seeking to revoke non-discrimination protections for LGBTQ people, along with minority religious groups like Jews and Muslims in an attempt to hand

published on Medium on Memorial Day, Leona Kimes, 37 — currently a lead pastor of Hillsong Boston — has alleged that in the seven years she spent as a nanny for Hillsong NYC pastors, she was “subjected to manipulation, control, bullying, abuse of power, and sexual abuse.”Her allegations join a months-long stream of claims about the formerly celebrity-adored church and its leaders, beginning with the shocking news that its now-fired head “hypepriest” pastor Carl Lentz had cheated on his wife.

Salt Lake City Tribune reports.He received criticism from a number of women, which led to Smith branding them nonbelievers and encouraging his followers to do the same.Calvin Burke, a gay BYU student and practicing Mormon, responded by tweeting out an apology for Smith’s comments.“On behalf of Mormonism, I apologize for Hank Smith,” Burke wrote.Smith responded by calling Burke “Korihor,” a term from the Book of Mormon associated with the anti-Christ.

The Pitch, those who refuse to sign the letter are “expected not to return” to their jobs in the fall. At least three teachers reportedly won’t be returning, after declining to sign.Whitefield’s headmaster, Dr.

Senator Lisa Murkowski, is a far right wing, pro-Trump religious extremist who believes being gay is “a choice” but being conservative is not.Tshibaka has written in years past in support of so-called “ex-gay” groups like the now-defunct Exodus International, supported psychologically-damaging “conversion therapy,” said gay people were “molested” as children, and opposes separation of church and state, according to a CNN investigative report.Tshibaka, a pastor who co-founded a Pentecostal

Tucker Carlson appears to have written that he was a member of the “Dan White Society” and the “Jesse Helms Foundation.”Dan White, assuming it’s the same one, is the man who assassinated Harvey Milk, one of America’s first openly-gay elected officials. At the same time, in 1978, he also assassinated San Francisco Mayor George Moscone.Jesse Helms is an infamous white supremacist who served as a Republican U.S.

ChéAhn, held a “Global Summit” last weekend that featured various right-wing pastors as speakers, including Trump-supporting evangelist Mario Murillo.Murillo, who has vehemently refused to accept the results of the 2020 presidential election, used his preaching slot to declare that God will destroy the United States to save it from the Democrats.“I felt the fierceness, the rage, and the absolute spirit of God Almighty,” Murillo said.

Right Wing Watch’s Kyle Mantyla.“Jesus wasn’t a wimp,” Jansen told parishoners. “He was a tough guy. He was a man.

embattled-megachurch revealed he had lived a double life as a pop-star preacher, performing his hit song “Healer” for Hillsong United with an oxygen tube in his nose — a ruse to hide a crippling addiction to pornography. (When Guglielmucci’s “lie was later exposed, Hillsong proactively removed the album that his recording of ‘Healer’ appeared on from shelves worldwide” and he has “never been employed at Hillsong Church in any capacity” a rep for the church confirmed to The Post.)The comeback

the AP reports.“The LGBTQ community opposes the bill, arguing it could lead to challenges against ordinances in several cities that prohibit discrimination on the basis of race, religion, sex, age, sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression,” the AP adds.

registered Lighthouse City Mission Incorporated as a charity helping the “financially disadvantaged,” “people with chronic illness,” “migrants, refugees,” and the “general community in Australia,” among others. “Our mission is to provide food, clothing and a community of support for people who need it in the Port Adelaide area,” the charity’s Instagram bio more succinctly describes.

Jenna Ellis is furious about the Dept.

temporarily served as lead pastor for Hillsong’s NYC branch in the wake of Carl Lentz’s adulterous fall from grace — is leaving and embarking for sunnier shores, to set up his own religious institution in Hawaii. “My family and I will be moving to Hawaii in August, where I will begin the process of planting a local church close to where my brother lives with his beautiful wife and little boy,” Termini, 38, said in an Instagram post Thursday, before launching into praise for Hillsong founders

last year, the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline operates 24/7 and toll-free, and can be accessed by dialing 988 regardless of location in the U.S.Legislation creating the toll-free number required LGBTQ cultural competency training for counselors, a voice response option which would allow LGBTQ youth to access specialized care, and LGBTQ resources on the Lifeline website.The passage of the National Suicide Prevention Hotline Designation Act also marked the first time that legislation

Mike Pence is re-establishing himself as an individual political entity after spending four years in President Donald Trump’s shadow as his loyal vice president, and once again he is embracing the more extreme religious and anti-LGBTQ elements of the conservative world.The former Vice President and former Second Lady, Karen Pence, on Wednesday visited Franklin Graham and his Samaritan’s Purse ministry, an evangelical Christian humanitarian aid organization that uses disasters to spread the

Jack Phillips, the Colorado Christian baker who refused to bake a wedding cake for a same-sex couple and won a very narrow victory in the U.S. Supreme Court – which was quickly misused by the Trump administration to expand anti-LGBTQ discrimination – is back in court this week.Phillips, who owns Masterpiece Cakeshop, refused to bake a birthday cake for a transgender woman back in 2017.

official ministry to pastors, summarizes a publication from last year called “Biblical Principles for Human Sexuality,” written by David Closson, FRC’s Director of Christian Ethics and Biblical Worldview.“The apostle Paul explains that humanity has rejected God, exchanging the truth about Him and the things He created for a lie,” FRC, a recognized hate group, summarizes.

Arkansas Republican Governor Asa Hutchinson‘s desk is legislation that, if signed into law, would allow a vast array of healthcare workers including doctors and pharmacists, hospitals, and even students to deny service to LGBTQ people or anyone else for any reason, including religious or moral, if doing so would violate their conscience.SB 289, the “Medical Ethics and Diversity Act,” is sponsored by Republican state Senator Kim Hammer, a Missionary Baptist preacher and hospice pastor who earlier

Tony Perkins, president of the anti-LGBTQ hate group Family Research Council, had an open door to President Donald Trump’s Oval Office until January 20.  Now he says President Joe Biden’s policies are “literally from the pit of hell.”Perkins, who continues to serve as Vice Chair of the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom, was also on President Donald Trump’s evangelical executive advisory board.

almost 16 million views due to the woman’s brazen proselytizing and bigotry.In captions accompanying the video, Kaiden — who is trans — notes that the woman was staring at him and his cousin, Jordan, before approaching their table.She asks them if they “go to church anywhere?”When they say that they don’t, she responds, “Do you guys know how to get to heaven?”“I don’t know you guys at all,” Jordan replies.Unfazed, the woman proceeds to misgender Kaiden, saying, “I know, I know, I just see you

Plans for the United Methodist Church to split into two denominations — one that supports LGBTQ people, and one that does not — have finally been revealed.Conservative leaders within the church announced Monday that they will seek approval to form the Global Methodist Church, more than a year after the church started to divide itself over the issue of same-sex marriage.Related: United Methodist Church splits over gay marriageThe specifics of the proposal, as set forth by 16 United Methodist