• A Pentagon list overhaul puts Mormon church’s Christian identity back in the spotlight

    A Pentagon list overhaul puts Mormon church’s Christian identity back in the spotlight

    Jun 11, 2026 09:30 PM EDT

    ... who have long considered themselves members of the religious right. Like evangelicals, most Latter-day Saints hold conservative views on topics such as abortion and LGBTQ+ issues. Bowman said the question of Latter-day Saints' Christian identity exploded during Mitt Romney’s 2012 presidential campaign. “At the time — and often ...

  • Some Republican governors are rebranding Pride Month with conservative alternatives

    Some Republican governors are rebranding Pride Month with conservative alternatives

    Jun 05, 2026 12:23 AM EDT

    ... re gonna celebrate something so opposite to what we know to be right,” Derrick said. Marina Lowe, who leads legal and legislative affairs for the LGBTQ+ advocacy group Equality Utah, said that Pride Month is not the antithesis of other values-based recognitions. Many LGBTQ+ people also value faith and ...

  • Hungarian Prime Minister Magyar to amend constitution to remove President Sulyok

    Hungarian Prime Minister Magyar to amend constitution to remove President Sulyok

    Jun 01, 2026 06:52 PM EDT

    ... including failing to speak out when Orbán made dehumanizing statements about his political opponents and critics, or when the previous government passed legislation banning the LGBTQ+ Pride event. “It is in Hungary’s interest that this institution — the office of the president — regain the prestige that has been eroded by ...

  • Sites tied to equality movements join list of America’s most endangered historic places

    Sites tied to equality movements join list of America’s most endangered historic places

    May 20, 2026 10:29 PM EDT

    ... to teach visitors about the history of women's rights. New York: Stonewall National Monument The first and only U.S. national monument dedicated to LGBTQ+ history was the subject of administration actions that saw the rainbow Pride flag removed from its flagpole earlier this year before it was restored ...

  • San Diego mosque attack heightens fears as anti-Islam rhetoric rises in U.S.

    San Diego mosque attack heightens fears as anti-Islam rhetoric rises in U.S.

    May 19, 2026 10:50 PM EDT

    ... 30 seconds we have left, the Associated Press reports that the manifesto that was left behind had hateful rhetoric toward Jewish people, Muslims, Islam, the LGBTQ community, Black people, women, the political left and right.At this point, what's the path forward here? What's it going to take ...

  • Poland registers first same-sex marriage after court's ruling

    Poland registers first same-sex marriage after court's ruling

    May 14, 2026 04:37 PM EDT

    ... these people live around us, among us, near us, and that they deserve the same feelings of respect, dignity and love as any other person.” LGBTQ+ individuals for decades have been fighting for equal rights in Poland, where same-sex marriage and civil partnerships are illegal. None of the rulings ...

  • Pope Leo XIV prays with Archbishop of Canterbury Sarah Mullally in historic encounter

    Pope Leo XIV prays with Archbishop of Canterbury Sarah Mullally in historic encounter

    Apr 27, 2026 03:39 PM EDT

    ... the Anglican Communion, whose 100 million members in 165 countries are deeply divided over issues such as the role of women and the treatment of LGBTQ+ people. Many in England and other Western countries hailed her appointment as a historic breaking of a stained-glass ceiling. But the communion's ...

  • 988 hotline linked to thousands of fewer youth suicide deaths since launch, study finds

    988 hotline linked to thousands of fewer youth suicide deaths since launch, study finds

    Apr 24, 2026 07:47 PM EDT

    ... for sustained investment in 988 from federal, and especially state, lawmakers,” said Jonathan Purtle, a New York University mental health policy researcher. Specialized line for LGBTQ+ youth In a Capitol Hill hearing Tuesday, Sen. Tammy Baldwin pressed Kennedy to follow through on a “legal requirement” to restore 988's specialized ...

  • Pope urges U.S. and Iran to resume peace talks, condemns capital punishment

    Pope urges U.S. and Iran to resume peace talks, condemns capital punishment

    Apr 23, 2026 07:33 PM EDT

    On LGBTQ+ blessings and morality Leo was asked about the recent invitation by Cardinal Reinhard Marx, archbishop of Munich, for the priests and pastoral workers in his archdioceses to adopt a set of guidelines formalizing and ritualizing blessings of same-sex couples. The guidelines were approved last year by a ...

  • Supreme Court will hear from religious preschools challenging exclusion from taxpayer-funded program

    Supreme Court will hear from religious preschools challenging exclusion from taxpayer-funded program

    Apr 20, 2026 02:29 PM EDT

    ... family in Colorado, to overturn the ruling.The high court recently has backed other claims of religious discrimination while taking a more skeptical view of LGBTQ+ rights. The justices last month ruled against another law in Colorado that banned “conversion therapy” for LGBTQ+ kids after the measure was challenged by ...