Posts by Believe Out Loud
Rhode Island Marriage Equality Honors Baptist Founder Roger Williams
With same sex marriage in Rhode Island becoming law of the land today, New England becomes the first region in the United State to vote in favor of marriage equality. Rhode Island may have been the last state in the Northeast to grant LGBT couples the same civil rights as other couples, but this victory…
Read MoreThe Power Of Grace In My Non-Traditional Family
This is my family: 2 gay moms and 3 straight kids. 2 Whites, 2 Blacks and 1 Puerto Rican. 3 siblings from 3 different birth families. 5 different souls. This is not an effort to get people to change their minds about marriage, but rather, to give people a look into my heart and my non-traditional family. My two…
Read MoreLove The Sinner: Read A Book
“Love the sinner. Hate the sin.” How many times do we hear this, particularly in response to the debate over homosexuality in the church? I cannot count the number of comments and conversations that begin something like this: “As Christians, we love everyone. We love the sinner, but hate the sin. Haven’t you read the…
Read MoreWill G.R.A.C.E. Be Present At Bob Jones University?
As I reported at Truth Wins Out, G.R.A.C.E. has begun a formal investigation into allegations of sexual abuse within the Bob Jones University (BJU) network. At present, they are seeking for anyone who was the victim of sexual abuse or assualt by anyone associated with Bob Jones University or who reported abuse or sexual crimes…
Read MoreThe Illusion Of The Middle Ground
In recent years some Christian leaders have responded to the gay issue by making a ministry of “building bridges” between those who believe that being gay is a sin and those who don’t. These pastors and ministry leaders make a point of never committing on the matter either way. Instead, as one ministry typical of the…
Read MoreFriends Without Benefits
“It is not good for man to be alone.” Genesis 2:18 For those who strive to rebut charges of anti-gay discrimination by underscoring their love of sinners, friendship has become an important rhetorical device. The National Organization for Marriage’s Jennifer Roback Morse said of a hypothetical gay man or woman, ”What I would hope for…
Read MoreBoy Scouts Should Welcome All
After reviewing the Membership Standards Resolution published on Friday by the National Executive Committee of the Boy Scouts of America (BSA), More Light Presbyterians calls on the BSA to end homophobia in scouting by welcoming both youth members and adult leaders in the future policy. The proposed Membership Standards Resolution to be voted on in May reads, “No youth…
Read MoreCatholic School Teacher Outed In Mother’s Obituary and Fired, Students Rally Support
Carla Hale was fired from her job as a physical education teacher at Bishop Watterson High School, a private Catholic school in Columbus, Ohio for being gay. She was not out to her students, but when her mother died, her partner, Julie, was listed as her spouse in the obituary. That was enough to have her…
Read MoreSame-Sex Couple To Wed At Methodist Convocation
They met while in seminary. “Seeing her was the first time in my life I was taken aback by someone’s presence. I instantly thought who is this woman,” said Mary Ann Kaiser. That was the beginning of a love story between Mary Ann and Annanda—a journey that is leading them to the wedding aisle at Reconciling Ministries…
Read MoreGay Man Rebuffed By Bishop Launches Petition For Dinner and Dialog With Roman Catholic Hierarchy
Nicholas Coppola, the Catholic man stripped of all volunteer duties after he married his husband, has launched a Change.org petition, inviting Cardinal Timothy Dolan to dinner and conversation about the relationship between the Roman Catholic hierarchy and LGBT people. Nicholas launched the Change.org petition after delivering over 18,000 signatures collected through Faithful America to the Diocese of Rockville Center,…
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