What Was the Best Catholic LGBT News in 2012?

Catholic lay support aids marriage equality victories in Maine, Maryland, Minnesota, and Washington State, 23%
The University of Notre Dame gives official recognition to a gay-straight alliance after years of student activism. 5%
At New Ways Ministry's Seventh National Symposium, Australia's Bishop Geoffrey Robinson calls for the church hierarchy to re-think its sexual ethics teachings. 8%
Cardinal Francis George apologizes for comparing the LGBT community to the Ku Klux Klan. 2%
Priests in Minnesota and Maryland publicly counter the local hierarchy's opposition to marriage equality. 14%
Maryland priest who denied communion to a lesbian woman at ther mother's funeral is removed from pastoral ministry. 3%
Ontario requires all schools, including state-supported Catholic schools, to institute gay-straight alliances. 2%
Surveys show increase in support for LGBT issues among Hispanics, especially Catholics. 8%
Austrian Cardinal overturns a pastor's decision to bar a gay man from serving on a parish council. 5%
Berlin's Cardinal Rainer Maria Woelki suggests that the church should treat gay and straight couples similarly. 9%
Catholics in Media Associates gives its top award to TV's Modern Family, a show featuring a gay family. 4%
Jesuit author James Martin endorses Spirit Day, a national program to end bullying of LGBT youth. 2%
Students at Stonehill College, a Catholic campus in Massachusetts, win a new and improved non-discrimination policy. 1%
Bishop Richard Malone in Maine announces that the diocese will not take an active political role against the state's marriage equality referendum. 9%
Pastor at Most Holy Redeemer parish in San Francisco reverses his earlier decision to ban drag queens from parish events. 2%
Other 1%

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2 Comments

Erma - 11 years ago

When the informed Laity act on their conscience, against the perceived misguided
stance of the Hierarchy, it is an indication of growth in spiritual maturity.
Casey Lopata - 11 years ago

Though not strictly "Catholic" related, one of the best news items that influenced Catholics and others was President Obama's endorsement of same sex marriage.

What Was the Best Catholic LGBT News in 2012?

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