“I think that my attitude is that gays and lesbians should have access and opportunity the same way everybody else does, in every institution and walk of life,” the president said.
Archbishop Jose Gomez publicly censured Cardinal Mahony who retired after 25 years of being Cardinal Archbishop of the city in 2011. Catholic author and journalist Philip Lawler stated "it’s awfully healthy" that "one bishop made a public fraternal correction on another, which has not happened before".
Archbishop Michael Miller says the attack on Trinity Western University is "an example of the threats to freedom of conscience and religion that are becoming increasingly common in this country."
"Russia is a country thousands of years old, founded on its own traditional values, the protection of which is dearer to me than even oil and gas," said the bill's main sponsor.
The Southern Poverty Law Center has built an elaborate fundraising empire by branding mainstream Christian ministries – including the American Family Association, the Family Research Council, and Concerned Women for America – as “hate groups” for opposing homosexuality.