Catholic Church

Experts believe GLBT tourism might constitute the biggest increase in India's visitors in the near future. It has the ability to be a safe haven, since homosexuality was decriminalised following a court order. 'It is an emerging tourism trend in Europe and has the potential to become one of the biggest segments in tourism,' tourism director Swapnil Naik said. However, a criminal complaint has been filed against the organizers of an event supporting GLBT tourism - this after complaints from Hindu rightwing groups and the Catholic church.

The Archdiocese of Boston released a new set of guidelines after an 8-year-old boy was refused admission to a Catholic elementary school because his parents are a lesbian couple. A new Catholic schools admissions policy says parochial schools will not “discriminate against or exclude any categories of students.’’ The message was distributed to pastors, parishes, and school administrators by e-mail. Michael B.

The UK-based agency called Catholic Care sought exclusion from 2007 sexual orientation regulations and began legal action to change its constitution - so it could work with married couples only. But it lost the attempt to restrict its service to heterosexual couples after the Charity Commission found there is no justification for barring lesbian and gay parents.

HuffPost reports:

"Anne Hathaway's family left the Catholic Church because of its intolerance of homosexuality. Anne grew up wanting to become a nun but shunned Catholicism when she learned her older brother, Michael, was gay."

Belinda Carlisle has posted a video to her gay son James Duke Mason's YouTube account - asking people to donate to the Protect Maine Equality campaign.

Contact Music reports that a Catholic cardinal of Honduras, Oscar Andres Rodriguez has maligned Ricky Martin - who fathered twins last week - saying:

“What Martin did diminishes the dignity of a human being. You can’t just buy or rent life. It’s even worse when someone famous and in the public eye is doing it.”

The UK's Daily Mail says the Roman Catholic Church is pulling out of three of its top adoption agencies because it cannot comply with new gay equality laws.