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New York Cardinal Timothy Dolan has slammed the Democrat-sponsored Respect for Marriage Act as an assault on religious freedom and on all those who believe in traditional marriage.

Woke students at the University of Florida have protested the appointment of Sen. Ben Sasse (R-NE) as president, citing his stance on LGBTQ issues.

Advancing American Freedom (AAF), former Vice President Mike Pence’s policy group, filed an amicus curiae brief to the U.S. Supreme Court in support of an Oregon baker who was penalized by the state for standing by his Christian faith and not baking a wedding cake for a lesbian marriage.

Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) said Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press” that he was worried same-sex marriage protections would not pass if Republicans control the Senate after the midterm elections.

The Walt Disney Co. is pressuring the U.S. Senate to pass a bill that would codify gay marriage into federal law — an effort spearheaded by the Human Rights Campaign, the scandal-plagued, radical LGBTQ lobbying group.

U.S. Senate candidate Dr. Mehmet Oz announced he would support legislation to codify same-sex marriage if he were elected.

Podcaster and comedian Joe Rogan attacked Republicans for “removing freedoms” like abortion and not codifying same-sex marriage in order to silence left-wing critics who might think him a “secret conservative.”

Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union” that if Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) has time to object to the Walt Disney Corporation’s political stances, he has time to vote to codify same-sex marriages.

Representative Liz Cheney (R-WY) said Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union” that she believes opposition to same-sex marriage is wrong and that Congress should vote to protect it.

Tuesday on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” network anchor Ari Melber weighed in on U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas’ opinion that the court should reconsider past rulings on contraception and same-sex marriage.

Democrat House Speaker Nancy Pelosi received an honorary degree from Brown University, where she spoke at the commencement ceremony of the 2022 graduating class and told them they should fight climate change and “help heal America’s fractured soul.”

In an effort to become more inclusive and welcoming to LGBT people, the French city of Marseille is moving to scrap mother and father from civil documents and replace the terms with “parent 1” and “parent 2”. The city of

German Cardinal Gerhard Müller, the former head of the Vatican’s doctrinal office (CDF) warns of a creeping secularism within the Catholic Church, the National Catholic Register reported Friday.

Jesuit Cardinal Jean-Claude Hollerich told Catholic News Agency (KNA) Tuesday that the Catholic Church should change its teaching on homosexuality.

The Associated Press (AP) published a story Wednesday lamenting African Christians’ ongoing opposition to same-sex marriage.

Rep. Liz Cheney’s newfound support for same-sex marriage garnered mixed reactions from progressives on Sunday, many of whom denounced her reversal as being too little, too late.

GENEVA (AP) – Voters in Switzerland will decide Sunday whether to allow same-sex marriages in the rich Alpine country, one of the few in Western Europe where gay and lesbian couples do not already have the right to wed.

A Catholic high school reoffered a job to a lesbian in a same-sex marriage after a protest by parents, students, and alumni.

Openly homosexual Church of Sweden priest Lars Gårdfeldt has vowed to refuse marriage ceremonies for straight people in protest of a loophole that allows priests to refuse to marry homosexual couples.

Pressure is rising in the Church of Sweden to force priests to conduct same-sex marriages, ahead of internal elections in September.

Just one in five (21.1 per cent) of traditional, opposite-sex marriages in 2018 were religious ceremonies, the lowest on record, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS).

The conference of the Methodist Church of Great Britain has overwhelmingly backed same-sex marriages taking place in their churches, claiming in the new standing order “that marriage can be between any two people”.

A survey found 74 percent of churchgoing Catholics say Catholic politicians who oppose the Church’s teachings should not receive communion.

LGBT activist Father Daniel Horan has accused the nation of Ghana of “homophobia” for its anti-sodomy laws and failure to legalize same-sex marriage.

Citing “advances in assisted reproductive technology,” President Joe Biden’s State Department is “updating” the Immigration and Nationality Act that contains the requirements for the granting of U.S. citizenship to children born abroad. The new policy will allow children of married same-sex couples to have a pathway to citizenship even if those children are not related to a U.S. citizen.

Swedish novelist Jonas Gardell has claimed that his homosexuality is a “gift from God” in response to remarks from a pastor critical of same-sex marriage and gender identity ideology.

The Advocate General at the European Court of Justice (ECJ) has called on the Bulgarian government to recognise a girl with two mothers, despite gay marriages being illegal in the country.

Bishop Richard K. Baawobr of Wa, in northwest Ghana, has urged Parliament to enact laws to defend traditional values against the pressures of the LGBT lobby.

Cardinal Philippe Ouédraogo of Burkina Faso called on Christian families this weekend to “rebel” against LGBT lobbies that wish to “impose same-sex marriage” on the world.

ROME — The far-left National Catholic Reporter laid into Pope Francis on Friday for approving a Vatican ban on blessings for homosexual unions, calling the pontiff a “hypocrite.”

A Belgian bishop said this week he is “ashamed” of the Vatican’s ruling that clergy are not permitted to bless homosexual unions.

The Vatican’s doctrinal office stated Monday that the Church has no power to bless homosexual unions, noting that God Himself “does not and cannot bless sin.”

Polish MEP Ryszard Legutko, of the governing Law and Justice (PiS) party, said the EU Parliament voting to make the bloc an “LGBTIQ freedom zone” was “absurd.”

President Biden’s leftist agenda could play out in the nation’s federal courts according to reports of post-election judges stepping down.

The U.S. Bishops Conference (USCCB) has announced the kickoff of National Marriage Week Sunday in “defense of marriage as a lifelong union of one man and one woman.”

The Supreme Court heard oral arguments in a case about Catholic Social Services in Philadelphia providing foster care services while holding to their beliefs.