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Lutheran assembly elects first openly gay bishop

Posted: 01 Jun 2013 02:12 PM PDT

This undated image provided by ReconcilingWorks shows Dr. Guy Erwin, a premier scholar on Martin Luther, who was elected as Lutheran Bishop Saturday June 1, 2013 in Los Angeles. Erwin is Bishop of the Southwest California Synod of the Evangelical Church in America (ELCA). (AP Photo/ReconcilingWorks)LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Evangelical Lutheran Church of America elected its first openly gay bishop to a six-year term on Friday at an annual assembly in Southern California, officials said.

Egyptian Christian lawyer convicted of blasphemy

Posted: 01 Jun 2013 11:04 AM PDT

ASSIUT, Egypt (AP) — An Egyptian court has convicted a Coptic Christian lawyer in the southern province of Assiut on charges of blasphemy and sentenced him to one year in prison with hard labor.

Statehouses buck Catholic Church on gay marriage

Posted: 01 Jun 2013 06:47 AM PDT

Rhode Island State Rep. Frank Ferri poses inside the Statehouse in Providence, R.I., Wednesday, May 29, 2013. A faithful member of his Catholic church choir for decades, the openly gay state representative led the fight to legalize same-sex marriage in what may be the most Catholic state in the nation's most Catholic region. And, in May, Rhode Island became the sixth and final New England state to allow gay couples to marry when its Democrat-dominated legislature, led by an openly gay House speaker, reversed course after years of the Catholic Church successfully lobbying lawmakers to resist legalization. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Frank Ferri made peace with God years ago. Last month, Ferri defeated the Roman Catholic Church.

Catholic influence wanes amidst gay marriage fight

Posted: 01 Jun 2013 01:19 AM PDT

Rhode Island State Rep. Frank Ferri poses at the Statehouse in Providence, R.I., Wednesday, May 29, 2013. A faithful member of his Catholic church choir for decades, the openly gay state representative led the fight to legalize same-sex marriage in what may be the most Catholic state in the nation's most Catholic region. And, in May, Rhode Island became the sixth and final New England state to allow gay couples to marry when its Democrat-dominated legislature, led by an openly gay House speaker, reversed course after years of the Catholic Church successfully lobbying lawmakers to resist legalization. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Frank Ferri made peace with God years ago. He defeated the Roman Catholic Church just last month.

Catholic influence wanes amid gay marriage fight

Posted: 01 Jun 2013 01:14 AM PDT

Rhode Island State Rep. Frank Ferri poses at the Statehouse in Providence, R.I., Wednesday, May 29, 2013. A faithful member of his Catholic church choir for decades, the openly gay state representative led the fight to legalize same-sex marriage in what may be the most Catholic state in the nation's most Catholic region. And, in May, Rhode Island became the sixth and final New England state to allow gay couples to marry when its Democrat-dominated legislature, led by an openly gay House speaker, reversed course after years of the Catholic Church successfully lobbying lawmakers to resist legalization. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The political influence of the Catholic Church is waning in New England.

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