Posts by Believe Out Loud

President Obama’s recently unveiled comprehensive immigration proposal could be an answered prayer for the Catholic Church, which has long pushed for immigration reform. However, the U.S.’s Roman Catholic bishops have responded to the proposal by sending an unpublished letter of protest to the President. In Obama’s proposal, the President treats “same-sex families as families;” a…

Today, the leaders of the Boy Scouts of America chose to postpone until May a vote that could have lifted their exclusionary policy toward having gays and lesbians in the organization. While I am disappointed that the Boy Scouts of America have yet to end their national membership ban with regard to participation of boys, men…

My family is a family formed by scouting. I can very vividly remember the time I was genuinely lost. It was at Mt. Rogers in Mouth of Wilson, Virginia. I was a young scout who was taking my time looking at all the sights and sounds when I looked up and noticed my group was…

Exciting news broke yesterday, as the Boy Scouts of America announced that they would be “actively considering” ending a discriminatory policy that bans gay scouts and leaders. The story has centered, rightly, on those most directly impacted by the policy, people like Jen Tyrrell, who was kicked out as a scout leader for being gay,…

In my career as a Broadway producer, I work amongst artists, craftspeople, writers, performers, and any number of theatre professionals who literally pour all of their passions – and their love – into their work. My latest project is a rock musical entitled BARE, a show rooted in probably the most well-known and romantic tale…