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  • Pam Werntz Extended Interview

    Watch additional excerpts from our interview about same-sex marriage with Reverend Pam Werntz of Boston’s Emmanuel Episcopal Church. More →

    July 10, 2009 | 0 Comments

  • Mainline Protestants and Same-Sex Marriage

    Episcopalians will debate a proposal that would allow churches to conduct same-sex weddings in the six states that have legalized gay marriage. Most mainline denominations don't officially allow same-sex weddings. But the changing legal situation is adding new pressure.

    July 10, 2009 | Comments (24)

  • Religion and the Courts

    A religion reporter and a political analyst discuss the president's nomination of Sonia Sotomayor to the US Supreme Court and the California Supreme Court's decision to uphold Proposition 8 banning gay marriage.

    May 29, 2009 | Comments (2)

  • Mormons and Proposition 8

    Proposition 8 passed in California mainly because Mormon churches mobilized for it. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints withstood blistering criticism from outside the faith. Now, resentments are festering inside the Mormon community.

    May 22, 2009 | Comments (84)

  • Young Evangelical Christians and the 2008 Election

    A recent survey conducted for Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly finds that young white evangelical Christians are less supportive of John McCain for president than their older counterparts.

    September 29, 2008 | 0 Comments

  • Reverend Ed Bacon

    Read more of Kim Lawton's interview with the Rev. Ed Bacon, rector of All Saints Episcopal Church in Pasadena, California.

    July 18, 2008 | Comments (15)

  • Rev. Bear Ride, Sally Craig & Mary Holder Naegeli

    Read more of the Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly interviews about same-sex marriage with three Presbyterian ministers in California.

    June 27, 2008 | Comments (1)

  • Clergy and Same-Sex Marriage

    Clergy are being pressured to perform same-sex weddings and to perform them inside their houses of worship. This is generating new debates because many religious traditions explicitly define marriage as between a man and a woman.

    June 27, 2008 | Comments (3)

  • U.S. Episcopal Church: What Now?

    BOB ABERNETHY, anchor: Now the Episcopal Church divisions over homosexuality and the interpretation of Scripture. This week the U.S. Episcopal bishops went as far as they said they could to comply with the demand from the worldwide Anglican Communion that … More →

    September 28, 2007 | 0 Comments

  • U.S. Episcopal Bishops’ Meeting in New Orleans

    Another deadline looms for the U.S. Episcopal Church. Episcopal bishops are meeting in New Orleans until Tuesday (September 25), and a key item on their agenda is an ultimatum on gay issues from leaders of the worldwide Anglican Communion.

    September 21, 2007 | 0 Comments