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Source: Pink News , BBC News Gay activists in Greece find that they have, at least temporarily, become strange political bedfellows with the Greek Orthodox Church in opposing a draft parliamentary bill that would allow unmarried couples to make their relationship legally binding, by signing a simple...

Source: This Is Oxfordshire THE Unitarian congregation at Oxford's Harris-Manchester College is calling for gay couples to be allowed to marry in church. More than 300 gay couples have 'married' in the county since civil partnerships became legal on December 5, 2005. But, although they are...

Source: Guardian and PinkNews One of England's most senior bishops has argued that the Bible sanctions same-sex relationships, using the bonds between Jesus and John the disciple, and David and Jonathan as examples. The Bishop of Liverpool, the Right Rev James Jones, a conservative evangelical, expressed...

Source: Cape Argus The Dutch Reformed Church of South Africa rejected gay marriages after a lengthy debate at its general assembly last week. The national synod has met all last week to discuss various issues. In what became a five-hour discussion about homosexuality, the DRC synod agreed that marriages...

Source: Independent (London) Tens of thousands of people in Spain have rallied in defence of the "traditional family" in a country where the government has legalised gay marriage and facilitated divorce. The crowd in the predominantly Roman Catholic country roared when Pope Benedict XVI appeared...

Source: The Local (AFP) Sweden's Lutheran Church said on Wednesday it was in favor of allowing same-sex couples to wed in church but recommended that the term "marriage" be reserved for heterosexual unions. The position of the Church, which has 7.2 million members out of a population of...

Source: Anglican Journal London, Ont. -- A group of Canadian Anglicans on the liberal, or “progressive,” side of issues concerning homosexuality and the church have urged Anglican bishops to “proceed to (the) full inclusion (of gay and lesbian people) by providing access to all sacraments and sacramental...

Source: The Local The Church of Sweden's governing body voted on Thursday in to retain the right to carry out legally binding weddings. When all the votes were counted, 161 delegates had accepted the proposal, with 74 against. The issue has risen to the top of the church agenda following a recent...