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			<title>Gay U.S. bishop should resign: Sudan church leader</title>
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			<description>Sudan&#039;s Anglican church leader called for the resignation of openly gay Bishop Gene Robinson on Tuesday to save Anglicanism from schism. </description>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<title>Moral Dilemma: When Weddings Are a Career Risk</title>
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			<description>On a Sunday morning last month, the Rev. Eileen Lindsay stood smiling at the front of her California church, sunlight streaming through the stained-glass windows.</description>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 19 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<title>Pastors defy United Methodist officials to conduct gay weddings</title>
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			<description>Some have officiated at such ceremonies, some plan to and 82 retired ministers have offered their services. Bishop warns that violating church guidelines has consequences.</description>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<title>A 1913 Law Dies to Better Serve Gay Marriages </title>
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			<description>Massachusetts may have been the first state to legalize same-sex marriage for its residents, but when California last month invited out-of-state gay and lesbian couples to get married, the potential economic benefits did not go unnoticed here.</description>
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			<title>Facing Criticism, McCain Clarifies His Statement on Gay Adoption </title>
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			<description>As several gay rights groups criticized Senator John McCain for saying he opposed gay adoption, the McCain campaign issued a clarification on Tuesday saying that he believed the issue should be decided by the states, and that such adoptions should not be subject to a federal ban.</description>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<title>Gay U.S. bishop laments Anglican rift</title>
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			<description>Shunned by a once-a-decade summit of top Anglican clergy, the world&#039;s only openly gay bishop called for a cessation of hostilities last night during his first-ever sermon to British worshippers, saying the question of homosexuality has been &quot;elevated way above its place&quot; in a world shot through with hunger and suffering.</description>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<title>Young religious conservatives form their own group</title>
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			<description>The topic of the high school discussion was homosexuality, and almost everyone in the class expressed the view that &quot;it&#039;s OK to be gay.&quot; </description>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 13 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<title>McCain, Obama quietly take opposing stands on California&#039;s same-sex marriage ban measure</title>
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			<description>McCain comes out in favor, Obama opposed.</description>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<title>California Episcopal Church talks about abandoning weddings in wake of same-sex ruling </title>
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			<description>The controversy over same-sex marriage -- along with a growing sense that many couples who marry in churches never return -- has prompted faith leaders to say it&#039;s time to reconsider how couples tie the knot. </description>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<title>Unitarians oppose anti-gay marriage ballot measures</title>
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			<description>Unitarian Universalists ended their annual General Assembly meeting in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., with a call to oppose ballot measures in Florida and California that would outlaw same-sex marriages.</description>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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