Rosalind Rinker died in Redmond, Washington on January 11 at age 95. She had been a missionary with the Oriental Missionary Society, a staff worker for InterVarsity Christian Fellowship, and was the author of many books on Christian life, including her bestseller, Prayer: Conversing with God.

The formerly “ex-gay” U.K. organization, Courage Trust, in changing its focus from attempted sexual orientation change to the integration of unchanged sexual orientation with an honest life of Christian discipleship has been forced to resign from Britain’s Evangelical Alliance. In a joint EA/Courage press release on March 6, it was stated that at “a meeting…

Jerry Falwell, Pat Robertson and James Dobson were quick to blame gays and lesbians, among others they can’t stand, for the terrorist attacks on September 11. Jerry Falwell said this on Pat Robertson’s “The 700 Club” television show: “I really believe that the pagans, and the abortionists, and the feminists, and the gays and the…

The Vermont State Supreme Court ruling to establish fairness for same-sex couples was passed by the House as a “civil unions” bill now wending its way through the Senate Judiciary. The Religious Right has descended on the state with an all-out attack against homosexuals.

“Homosexuals Can Change, Research Says.” This headline was typical of the overblown reporting of a talk given by psychiatrist Robert Spitzer at this year’s meeting of the American Psychiatric Association. Spitzer’s own expressed cautions about the likely misuse of his presentation tended to get lost the mass media and much of the religious press.