Pennsylvania

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The Pennsylvania Family Institute president says gay marriage attacks against Chick-fil-A published in a gay blog are trumped up.

Michael Geer, president of the Pennsylvania Family Institute, says the post provoking anger towards Pennsylvania Chick-fil-A chicken restaurants for "endorsing" its efforts are misleading. more >>

The Pennsylvania parents who turned to prayer instead of medicine as their son died of bacteria pneumonia were found guilty of involuntary manslaughter and child endangerment Friday.

Herbert and Catherine Schaible could face five to 10 years in prison for the manslaughter charge and 3-1/2 to seven years for endangering the welfare of a child in the 2009 death of their 2-year-old son.

The couple, who have six other children, must await until Feb. 2 to be sentenced by Common Pleas Judge Carolyn Engel Temin. Bail was set at $150,000 pending that hearing, according to the Philadelphia Inquirer. more >>

The National Association of Research and Therapy of Homosexuality opened its Pennsylvania convention on Friday, kicking off three days of talks on “The Scientific & Ethical Treatment of Unwanted Homosexuality.”

The convention, unsurprisingly, has drawn protests from gay rights groups who say the organization is spreading a message that is false and hurtful to gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people.

A coalition of gay rights groups such as Truth Wins Out and Equality Pennsylvania, are staging the “Lift Your Luggage” protest at NARTH’s conference to dispute the psychology of homosexual healing. more >>

HARRISBURG, Pa. – Daniel Mullins walked awkwardly into the middle of Sunday service at the Wilco Travel Plaza mobile chapel, looking confused and worn out.

He wore a red and black, long-sleeved flannel shirt with a large rip in the back despite the 80 degree summer heat. His eyes were sunken in and his shoulders slumped as if beaten by the world.

“Something just brought me here, I don’t know why,” said Mullins, 47, a truck driver who made an unplanned visit to the Transport for Christ mobile chapel in Harrisburg, Pa., on Sunday. more >>

A multi-site church in Beaver, Pa., received the green light this week by its presbytery to leave and realign with another denomination.

The Beaver-Butler Presbytery of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) agreed on Tuesday to settlement terms with First Presbyterian Church, reportedly the largest congregation in the presbytery.

First Presbyterian will retain all of its property and assets in exchange for $133,700. The local congregation now anticipates being accepted as a member into the smaller and more conservative denomination, the Evangelical Presbyterian Church. more >>

Anglicans in Pittsburgh who broke from The Episcopal Church announced this week that they will appeal the recent ruling that strips them of their church properties.

Now called The Anglican Diocese of Pittsburgh, the breakaway group of 51 local congregations say if the ruling is left uncontested, "the award of all diocesan assets to the minority party ... would establish a precedent that we believe the minority would use to take steps to seize all the assets of all our local parishes."

"Our decision to appeal is for the purpose of protecting the mission of our fifty-one local congregations," the diocese said in a statement Thursday. more >>