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Australia: Pro Marriage Equality Baptist Minister Gets Reprieve

Saturday, November 26th, 2011

Australia Baptist MinisterA BAPTIST minister who faced the sack over his support for same-sex marriage has won a reprieve after a meeting that was to be held today to decide his future was cancelled.

Lilydale Baptist Church has been in turmoil since senior pastor Matt Glover said on a gay website two months ago that he favoured same-sex marriage.

Conservatives have accused him of ”opening the door to sin”, while activist Christian group Salt Shakers asked followers to pray that God would ”improve or remove” him, Mr Glover says.

Full Story from The Age

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NC: Baptist Pastor Won’t Marry Anyone Until Gay Couples Can Marry

Friday, August 5th, 2011

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) _ For 20 years, Pastor Nancy Petty joined happy couples with the same pieces of biblical wisdom: Love is a gift. Love is tough. Love confronts injustice.

Straight or gay, everybody got the same blessing.

But all that time, a knot was twisting inside Petty’s heart. Straight couples got a marriage license with her signature in ink. Gay couples got a holy blessing and a certificate with no more legal heft than a will scribbled on a bubble gum wrapper.

Full Story from SFGN

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