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First United Lutheran Welcomed Back to the ELCA
After over 10 years of being expelled from the Evangelical Lutheran Church Association (ELCA), the First United Lutheran Church of San Francisco has been welcomed home. To celebrate, they held a service of Reconciliation and Healing in early October. The First United Lutheran Church of San Francisco was kicked out of the organization in 1996 for ordaining…
Read More‘NoWedge’ Event Shows Blacks and LGBTQ Not Exclusive Identities
Black faith leaders are hosting a town hall meeting tonight in Harlem to help voters talk about what it means to be part of the black, LGBTQ, and faith communities. The talk is part of the NoWedge Campaign 2012, a grassroots movement launched in May to engage Black voters and foster a unified front against right-wing tactics designed…
Read MoreHow People Of Faith Can Support Marriage Equality This Fall
This November, marriage is on the ballot in Maine, Maryland, Minnesota, and Washington. And it’s a big deal – if a majority of voters in any of the four states vote to support the freedom to marry for same-sex couples, we’ll make history by securing our first-ever marriage win at the ballot box. It’s potentially…
Read MoreStickers Someday
I was sitting in that red swivel chair I had in my office when I heard her knock. Her knuckles trampolined against the glass pane that was next to my door, and sent bullets of sound ricocheting off pictures, and books, and the potted plant my boss had given me on my first day, which…
Read MoreNaked Before God: A Sermon
When I first read the lectionary readings for today, several weeks ago, a theme jumped out at me, which became the title for this sermon. Please, be comfortable, we are all going to keep our clothes on here. But I saw this Gospel passage in a new way, when I read it in company with…
Read MoreThere Is No Power But God, A Prayer
Receive these words and believe them for they are true… God is the only power in my life. Nothing from without can touch the perfect Life of God within. No past experience has power over me. I am a perfect child of God and nothing that anyone has ever done or said can interfere with…
Read MoreNordstrom Comes Out Supporting Marriage Equality
Last week, Nordstrom sent an email to over 56,000 employees supporting marriage equality. The Seattle-based company stands behind ballot initiative Referendum 74 that would make same sex marriage legal in the state. In the email, Blake, Pete, and Erik Nordstrom spoke about their approach to business being inclusive for all workers and customers. Nordstrom has been…
Read MoreLGBTQ Celebrities Make Emotional Case To Support President Obama
This video, released by the Obama campaign early Monday morning, made a powerful call to action to supporters of LGBTQ equality. Celebrities including Jane Lynch, George Takei, and Billie Jean King shared their stories about the struggle of what it meant to be gay in a world that did not accept them. “Being gay became…
Read MoreWeek In Review
Good Monday morning. Welcome to Believe Out Loud’s Week In Review, a weekly digest of the latest headlines at the intersection of Christianity and LGBT equality. If you haven’t heard, this doctor says he’s been to Heaven and back. Earlier this month, Pennsylvania introduced a house bill to ban “therapy” used to change the sexual…
Read MoreObama And Biden Versus Romeny And Ryan On LGBTQ Issues
In the final stretch of election season and in the aftermath of the Vice Presidential debate, we decided to take an in depth look at how each candidate sees LGBTQ related issues. Here are some of the highlights: Biden has been supportive of nearly all things LGBTQ. He specifically stood up for marriage equality and the…
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