News Tidbits

Pacific Daily News: Guam: Church lawyers to challenge law lifting statute of limitations on child sex abuse suits

Georgia Voice: Senate Resolution 105: Georgia Legislature’s first ‘religious freedom’ fight of 2017?

Al*com: Suspended Chief Justice Roy Moore argues ethics charges should be dismissed

Religion News Service: Christian leaders to Trump: We’re praying for you, but ...

Pink News: Conservative group says parents should pull kids out of Boy Scouts after trans ban lifted 

ABC News (Australia): Will the new health watchdog stop gay conversion therapy?

Buzzfeed: Gay Conversion Therapy Has Been Driven Underground, But It’s Still Widespread In Australia

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Associated Press: Last charge dropped against antiabortion duo behind Planned Parenthood videos

Associated Press: Alabama's chief justice defends his marriage memo

On Top Magazine: FRC's Tony Perkins 'Disturbed' By Navy Plan To Name Ship After Gay Icon Harvey Milk

Fort Lauderdale Sun Sentinel: Orlando group says it will sue Palm Beach County if it bans gay conversion therapy for minors

The Advocate: Seattle Bans Conversion Therapy for Minors

ABC News (Australia): George Pell subject of Victoria Police investigation into multiple allegations of sexual abuse

Colorado Public Radio: Bus Tour Hits Conventions Asking Voters, Politicians To Pray For America

People Magazine: Josh Duggar Sued over Ashley Madison Profile: DJ Alleges Duggar's Use of His Picture Cost Him Jobs

The Age: Gay, celibate and Christian: US evangelical in Melbourne for same-sex talks

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Reuters: Mississippi clerks cannot claim religious exception to gay marriage - judge

Associated Press: Alabama Supreme Court justice will face judicial panel over anti-LGBT order

NPR: Pope Francis: Church Should Apologize To Gays And Other Marginalized Groups

Religion News Service: Catholic bishop apologizes for ‘betrayal’ of sexual abuse

Dallas Morning News: LGBT activists protest Fort Worth pastor who wished more would have been killed in Orlando massacre

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The Tennessean: Lawsuit challenges Tennessee counseling law

Indiana Gazette: Pennsylvania Rep. Saccone promotes bill to display 'In God We Trust'

LGBT Weekly: HRC Alabama blasts disgraced Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore over latest stall tactics

Cincinnati*com: Ark Encounter sponsors Indy 500 driver

Associated Press: Mormon church sued by 4th Navajo alleging sexual abuse

Associated Press: Cultural sensitivities obstacle at UN AIDS conference

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Al*com: Legal group representing Roy Moore calls ethics complaint 'outrageous'

Christian News Wire: President George W. Bush to be Given the 'Family and Democracy' Award at World Congress of Families X, Tbilisi, Georgia

Daily Utah Chronicle: Students Protest Honorary Degree for Woman Involved with Hate Groups

Washington Post: Franklin Graham’s response to federal recognition for Stonewall: ‘A monument to sin?’

Raw Story: Trump-loving tow truck driver says God told him to leave disabled Bernie Sanders supporter stranded

Kansas City Star: Planned Parenthood sues Kansas, challenging Brownback's order to cut off funding

Kansas City Star: Children fled with Kansas mom’s guns while she showered, testimony says (Trigger warning) 

Associated Press: Congress sued for barring atheist from delivering invocation

Associated Press: Tennessee: LGBT community braces for impact of new counseling law

The Irish Times: Northern Ireland: Belfast bakers at centre of ‘gay cake’ case to appeal ruling

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The Guardian: Tennessee continues anti-LGBT legal onslaught with 'therapist bill'

NBC Local 15: Alabama: Justice Moore addresses complaints filed against his marriage orders

St. Louis Post-Dispatch: 'Religious freedom' measure defeated in Missouri House committee

Lexington Herald Leader: State awards $18 million tax break to Noah’s Ark theme park

Washington Blade: Booker, Murray introduce legislation against ‘ex-gay’ therapy

Scientific American: Many More Republicans Now Believe in Climate Change

USA Today: When religion and the LGBT collegiate athlete collide

Pink News: University awards honorary degree to director of listed anti-LGBT hate groups

Pink News: NOM declares another funding emergency as donations dry up

Gay Star News: Singapore pastor does not believe gay Christians deserve to be happy with who they are

Commentary Tidbits

Daily Xtra: Dallas gaybashings leave Toronto gay man shaken (Trigger warning)

Mother Jones: Ted Cruz's Dad Says It's "Appalling" to Have a Gay Mayor

Huffington Post: 6 Things You Should Know About Alabama's Chief Justice Roy Moore

Christian Science Monitor: Roy Moore: the Alabama judge who 'relishes' gay marriage fight 

Think Progress: What It’s Like To Escape Ex-Gay Therapy — And Then Defeat It

Right Wing Watch: Meet Marco Rubio's 'Religious Liberty Advisory Board'

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Talking Points Memo: Duggar Family Reality Show Finally Gets The Axe After Molestation Allegations 

Courthouse News Service: Gay Ugandans Suing Lively Seek Redactions

Gay Star News: Contractor sues Ford for firing him after he complained about it ‘promoting sodomy’

Pink News: Record broken by crowdfunding campaign for anti-gay bakery 

The Guardian: Australia: Sydney archbishop tells Catholics to resist being bullied into supporting gay marriage

Al*com: Roy Moore tells radical anti-abortion, anti-gay rights group that America is under attack

The Advocate: Pastor Encourages Christians to Fight Same-Sex Marriage Ruling With Guns