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Shelby Ruch-Teegarden, center, of Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary, joins other protestors during the United Methodist Church's special session of the general conference in St. Louis, Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2019. United Methodist rules forbid same-sex marriage rites and the ordination of “self-avowed practicing homosexuals,” but progressive Methodist churches in the U.S. have increasingly been defying these rules. (AP Photo/Sid Hastings, File)

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How to deal with same-sex unions? It's a question fracturing major Christian denominations
By DAVID CRARY - AP National Writer
Sun,01/07/24-7:16AM , 56 Reads
Catholics around the world are sharply divided by the Vatican’s recent declaration giving priests more leeway to bless same-sex couples.
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Attendees pray during a "rosary rally" on Sunday, Aug. 6, 2023, in Norwood, Ohio. On Nov. 7, Ohio voters approved a constitutional amendment that ensures access to abortion. It was the seventh consecutive state where voters decided to protect abortion access since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the constitutional right to abortion in June 2022. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings, File)

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US Catholic leadership foresees challenges after repeated election defeats for abortion opponents
By DAVID CRARY - AP National Writer
Wed,12/20/23-7:03AM , 47 Reads
Repeatedly in recent years, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops has stipulated that “the threat of abortion remains our preeminent priority.” In the face of recent election setbacks for abortion opponents, leading bishops and their lay allies are reassessing how to move forward with that stance.
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Brian Harrington, right, and Chuck Beauchine pray with other mourners during the funeral of Matthew Shepard at St. Mark's Episcopal Church Friday, Oct. 16, 1998, in Casper, Wyo. Shepard, an openly gay University of Wyoming student, died Monday from a beating in Laramie, Wyoming that's widely considered to have been at least in part motivated by his sexual orientation. (AP Photo/Michael S. Green, File)

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25 years after Matthew Shepard's death, LGBTQ+ activists say equal-rights progress is at risk
By DAVID CRARY - AP National Writer
Wed,10/11/23-11:35PM , 64 Reads
It's been 25 years since Matthew Shepard, a gay 21-year-old University of Wyoming student, died six days after he was savagely beaten by two young men and tied to a remote fence to meet his fate.
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The Rev. Martin Luther King, center, speaks with the media at the Southern Christian Leadership Conference convention in Savannah, Ga., on Sept. 29, 1964. The March on Washington of 1963 was the product of sustained activism by broad coalition. The Black Church was not monolithic then nor now. (Savannah Morning News via AP, File)

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From MLK to today, the March on Washington highlights the evolution of activism by Black churches
By DAVID CRARY - AP National Writer
Tue,08/22/23-12:34AM , 64 Reads
The March on Washington of 1963 is remembered most for the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s “I Have a Dream” speech — and thus as a crowning moment for the long-term civil rights activism of what is sometimes referred to as the “Black Church.”
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