Children of same-sex parents no longer able to be baptized

RICHMOND, Va. -- Liberty University President Jerry Falwell Jr. urged students, staff and faculty at his Christian school to get a permit to carry a concealed weapon on campus to counter any copycat attack like the deadly rampage in California just days ago.

RICHMOND, Va. -- Liberty University President Jerry Falwell Jr. urged students, staff and faculty at his Christian school to get a permit to carry a concealed weapon on campus to counter any copycat attack like the deadly rampage in California just days ago.

The advent of same-sex marriage is creating a riff in the state’s large Catholic population. In a statement, The Catholic Bishops of Florida said they were “deeply disappointed” in Judge Hinkle’s ruling ushering in same-sex marriage in the Sunshine State.

Priests do not have to report sexual abuse discovered during confession, Louisiana Supreme Court ruled on Friday.

PARIS -- Pop star Madonna has staged an impromptu concert at Paris' Republique plaza to honor victims of the Nov. 13 attacks in which 130 people died.

As anti-LGBT "religious freedom" bills continue to pop up in state legislatures around the country, data from a new poll shows that the lawmakers behind the "turn away the gays" bills aren't listening to their constituents. In fact, only 30 percent of those polled believe it is OK for businesses to refuse to provide products or services to LGBT people for religious reasons.

A man filed a federal lawsuit this week claiming New York Police Department officers shoved him to the ground and broke his ribs as he left NYC Gay Pride last year. He also alleges cops used gay slurs towards him, the New York Post reports.

Kevin Jackson planned an afternoon date with a 15-year-old boy Thursday that got him booked into jail instead, police say.

MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) — Nine Manhattan pastors are pushing for sexual orientation and gender identity protections.

NEW YORK -- Many of the black evangelical leaders invited to a meet-and-greet with Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump were surprised that the gathering was being advertised as an endorsement. After they objected, the Trump campaign decided to keep the meeting private and quietly cancel a press conference meant to announce their support.

Here’s a secret that has stopped the Equality Act in its tracks in the U.S. Senate. The Republicans and religious leaders have framed the subject as one of “religious freedom,” and have won that debate since our lobbyists aren’t addressing it as it should be: religious institutions wanting special rights to discriminate.

Megan Rohrer has been making history their entire life.

GOSHEN, Ind. (AP) — Two Mennonite institutions have announced their withdrawal from the Council of Christian Colleges and Universities due to recent decisions to allow the hiring of married gay and lesbian faculty and staff.

GOSHEN, Ind. (AP) — Two Mennonite conferences will review the credentials of a Goshen pastor who presided over the marriage of a same-sex couple in violation of the religion's rules.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — A retired United Methodist bishop is facing formal complaints over a gay wedding he performed in Alabama.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The Methodist church's highest court will decide later this month whether a minister who officiated his gay son's wedding can keep his pastoral credentials.

Dozens of United Methodist ministers who blessed a same-sex wedding in Philadelphia will face no discipline for breaking church law, but acknowledge they could be punished if they do it again, according to a settlement announced by the denomination.

(CNN) -- A Pennsylvania minister was defrocked on Thursday after he was found guilty in a church trial for officiating his son's same-sex wedding, according to church officials.

A pastor who presided over his son’s same-sex wedding ceremony and vowed to perform other gay marriages if asked can return to the pulpit after a United Methodist Church appeals panel on Tuesday overturned a decision to defrock him.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A Methodist pastor who became a gay rights activist after he was disciplined for officiating at his son's wedding to another man will soon find out whether he can remain an ordained minister in the nation's second-largest Protestant denomination.

(CNN) -- The Pennsylvania minister who was defrocked for officiating his son's same-sex wedding was reinstated Tuesday by the United Methodist Church.

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (AP) — The United Methodist Church has dropped its case against a retired minister accused of breaking church law by officiating at his son's same-sex marriage.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — The United Methodist church is settling a complaint against a retired bishop who performed a same-sex wedding in Alabama, and a church leader said the agreement showed the denomination doesn't have to be divided by differences over gay marriage.

NEW YORK (AP) _ The dispute among United Methodists over recognition of same-sex couples has lapsed into a doctrinal donnybrook, pitting clergy who are presiding at gay weddings in defiance of church law against proponents of traditional marriage who are trying to stop them.

OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Michael Sam became the first openly gay player to appear in a Canadian Football League game Friday night, playing sparingly for the Montreal Alouettes in a 26-23 loss to the Ottawa Redblacks.

And this woman led the Republican polls for president four years ago.

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — The Republican-led state House approved legislation Thursday that supporters said would protect people’s religious beliefs from government overreach and opponents charged would permit discrimination against gays and others.

LANSING, Michigan — Faith-based adoption agencies could refuse to participate in adoptions that violate their religious beliefs under bills approved Wednesday by the Republican-led state House.