Religion vs. gay rights: Friction over LGBTQ issues escalates around the world
There's a common theme to some of the week's top headlines
by Bobby Ross Jr.
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(ANALYSIS) The latest clash of religion vs. gay rights at the U.S. Supreme Court.
Friction over LGBTQ issues in faiths around the world, from the global Anglican Communion to the vast Muslim world.
Final congressional passage of a bill to protect same-sex marriage rights.
No doubt, there’s a common theme to some of the week’s top headlines.
At The Associated Press, Jessica Gresko and Mark Sherman report:
The Supreme Court ’s conservative majority sounded sympathetic Monday to a Christian graphic artist who objects to designing wedding websites for gay couples, the latest collision of religion and gay rights to land at the high court.
The designer and her supporters say that ruling against her would force artists — from painters and photographers to writers and musicians — to do work that is against their beliefs. Her opponents, meanwhile, say that if she wins, a range of businesses will be able to discriminate, refusing to serve Black, Jewish or Muslim customers, interracial or interfaith couples or immigrants.
Meanwhile, AP’s global religion team partners with its Lilly Endowment grant partners — Religion News Service and The Conversation — to examine LGBTQ belief and belonging around the world.