Black Christian News

The speaker of parliament Edward Sekandi has today received a petition from a group of people that comprise AIDS service providers, spiritual mentors and counselors calling for the rejection and withdrawal of the Anti Homosexuality Bill, 2009 from parliament.

Some lawmakers sent a letter Thursday to Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Margaret Hamburg calling for a change in policy that bans homosexual men from donating blood. A total of 18 senators signed the letter.

The District of Columbia became the sixth jurisdiction in the U.S. to legalize "gay marriage" March 3, but that could change if a plan to rescind the law and have the nation's capital follow California's lead is successful.

Sen. John McCain's (R-Ariz.) primary challenger, former Arizona congressman J.D. Hayworth, warned this past weekend that the same-sex marriage decision handed down by the Massachusetts Supreme Court is so loose in its logic and wording that it could lead to a man marrying his horse.

Jene Newsome played by the rules as an Air Force sergeant: She never told anyone in the military she was a lesbian.

Disappointed Evangelicals have turned on the Bishop of Liverpool, the Rt Rev James Jones, after he called for a new policy on homosexuality in his Presidential address to his Diocesan Synod on Saturday.

The U.S. Census Bureau has changed its interpretation of the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) to allow it to tabulate same-sex couples who self-identify their union as a marriage, even though DOMA prohibits any federal agency from recognizing same-sex unions as marriages. 

For decades, faith and family have been at the center of the conservative movement. But as the Tea Party infuses conservatism with new energy, its leaders deliberately avoid discussion of issues like gay marriage or abortion. (Pictured: Anastasia Przybylski, the co-founder of the Kitchen Table Patriots, said focusing on economic issues lures Democrats.)

A prominent friend and supporter of James Dobson believes Dobson was pushed aside by the new leadership of Focus on the Family, who want the powerhouse evangelical ministry to project a softer image on issues ranging from abortion to gay marriage to relations with President Obama.

The Proposed Bill Could Punish Homosexuals Who Marry With Life In PrisonStanding onstage in black velvet robes, despite the stifling heat in the open-air church, Pastor Martin Ssempa's face is a mask of disgust.