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Philly parish says no to gay activist workshop during World Meeting of Families

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The Philadelphia Inquirer-Daily News Building in Philadelphia, PA. Taken from North Broad and Callowhill Streets. (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) A group of LGBT activists has been told it cannot use a local Catholic parish ’s space for its workshop during next month’s World Meeting of Families in Philadelphia . Pro-homosexual groups   New Ways Ministry ,   Dignity USA ,   Fortunate Families   and Call to Action , calling themselves “ Equally Blessed ” as a coalition, had planned to use the parish center of Saint John the Evangelist Church in downtown Philadelphia for a “supplemental conversation” to the   Catholic event ,   according   to the Philadelphia Inquirer . A workshop called "TransForming Love: Exploring Gender Identity From Catholic Perspectives" was scheduled by the group for September 26 at the Saint John parish space, just a few blocks from the Pennsylvania Convention Center where the World Meeting of Families will be held. “The...

Homosexual threats to religious freedom real and growing.

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The evidence is mounting that the religious freedoms we’ve long enjoyed are now at stake. It’s time to take this seriously. Stay tuned to BreakPoint Threats against religious liberty and freedom of conscience are no longer theoretical—they’re real, and they’re growing. Just ask Jack Phillips , the owner of Masterpiece Cakeshop in Denver, who declined to make a wedding cake for two men who got “married” in Massachusetts. Phillips said this would violate his Christian beliefs , and there are other shops who would make the cake. But Colorado’s new law on civil unions does not provide religious protections for businesses, so Phillips is being hauled before Colorado’s Civil Rights Commission. If he loses, he faces fines of up to $500 per case and a year in jail. Phillips’ attorney says that forcing him to “choose between his conscience and a paycheck . . . is intolerable.”  But that’s a choice that same-sex “marriage” is forcing upon those of us with traditional relig...