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Father James Martin: L.G.B.T. Catholics have been treated like dirt. We can do better.

Politics & SocietyIn All Things

A year after Orlando shooting, Catholic mother uses advocacy to honor slain son

Olga SeguraJune 13, 2017

Maria Wright lost her son, 31-year-old Jerald A. Wright, during the 2016 Pulse nightclub shooting.

Catholic farmer Stephen Tennes is suing the City of East Lansing, Mich., after he was banned from a farmers' market because of his refusal to host a lesbian couple's wedding. Photo courtesy of Alliance Defending Freedom.

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Catholic farmer ousted from Michigan market over same-sex marriage views

Madeleine Buckley - Religion News ServiceJune 02, 2017

A Catholic farmer in Michigan is suing the city of East Lansing after he was barred from a municipal farmers market over his views on same-sex marriage.

Saffron Edwards, 15, holds up a rainbow-colored umbrella during a student walkout at Dowling Catholic High School in Des Moines, Iowa. Students, alumni and supporters were protesting the school’s decision not to hire a gay teacher in April 2015. (AP Photo/The Des Moines Register, Michael Zamora)

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U.S. church wrestles with changing attitudes, pastoral practice toward L.G.B.T. Catholics

Michael J. O’LoughlinMay 18, 2017

Despite shifting views among average Catholics, advocates for L.G.B.T. people say the church can still feel unwelcoming. Church teaching that homosexual acts are “intrinsically disordered” has not changed.