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Much Loved Pastor Passes on at 102

Posted on 16 Oct 2020 in Religion

Tonight, LGBTQ Christians and their allies from all faiths and none, are remembering the life and activism of Chester Wenger, who was a pastor within the highly conservative Mennonite Church in the States, who risked everything to proclaim God's love for LGBTQ people. Mr Wenger passed on last weekend at the age of one hundred and two and had no regrets, for he said he had taken his stance as an “act of love on behalf of the church I love, and my conscience is clear”.

Liberating Oneself from Fundamentalism - Blog

Posted on 5 Oct 2020 in Religion

Queerty, which is a leading LGBTQ news and features blog from the United States reports on the case of Nikole Mitchell, a Minnesota based former evangelical Christian who rose through the ranks of a deeply homophobic and transphobic church, called the Woodlands Hill Church during

Far Right "Misuse" Emblems Say Many Pagans

Posted on 27 Sep 2020 in Religion

The UK's dedicated pagan radio station, Wyldwood Radio, which has now been broadcasting over the web for nearly ten years, has joined other pagan organisations in issuing a declaration of support for the Black Lives Matter Movement and also taking the time to con

"Biblical" Campaigner at Employment Tribunal

Posted on 26 Sep 2020 in Religion

A verdict is expected late this week or early next in the case of a self-proclaimed Christian “defender of Biblical truth” campaigner who was let go of as a teaching assistant by a school in the County of Gloucestershire after launching into various fundamentalist Christian announcements on socia

LGBT Jews Celebrate as 'High Holidays' Start

Posted on 21 Sep 2020 in Religion

Tonight, we send our greetings to LGBTQ Jewish people across the globe. At Sundown, on Friday evening, 18th September, is the Jewish New Year, or Rosh Hashanah. It is closely related to creation beliefs and is a festival day, during which people consume sweet foods to symbolize wishes for a swe

Sep

LGBTQ Pagans Mark Autumnal Equinox

Greetings to LGBTQ pagans, as we come to another of the eight equally spaced festivals which map out the wheel of the year.

Sep

Constellation Consternation over Star Report

“The Big Issue”, the weekly street sold magazine, which is also available in some high street shops for the duration of the Covid19 pandemic, has relieving news if you are watcher

Sep

Bizarre Broadcast from Preacher is Mystery

Now an international story. Has Brother Stair finally expired, and did he do it whilst live on his radio ministry programme?

Aug

LGBTQ Muslims Mark Islamic New Year

LGBT Muslim groups have been peaceful Muharram greetings to their members and supporters. Muharram is the Islamic New Year, and falls at sun down tonight, 20th August. The first week or so of Mu

Aug

Anniversary: John Lennon's "Jesus" Remark

Radio Caroline reports that it was this week in 1966 that the religious Texas radio station KLUE organised the first of the bizarre series of “anti-Beatles Bonfires” held by religi