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This Sunday, the International AIDS Conference will kickoff in Washington D.C.. Global experts, advocates, and other individuals working in the field of HIV will gather July 22 – 27. As noted in the Washington Post, HIV infection rates have leveled off and today’s global AIDS picture presents several challenges around treatment delivery and prevention,…
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This week in Nashville, Tenn., 70 lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender (LGBT) and ally students from colleges and universities across the nation come together for Campus Pride’s annual social-justice leadership academy, aptly called Camp Pride. The only camp of its kind, the summer leadership academy was started in 2007 by Campus Pride, the leading educational organization…
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By GLAAD Nearly 30,000 people (and rising) have now watched Roman Catholic Priest Bob Pierson tell Minnesota Catholics why their faith can advise them to reject a proposed constitutional amendment that would ban marriage equality – despite what other Catholic leaders in the state are saying. Father Bob Pierson has been an ordained priest for…
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By GLAAD On Thursday, The Baltimore Sun Editorial Board published an article “Gay Marriage and Family Values,” in which it reported the Episcopal Church’s recent official adoption of blessings for gay and lesbian couples on their wedding days. In it, the Editorial Board boldly supported all Maryland families along with the Episcopal Church. See the last…
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In our ordination vows, officers in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) are asked both to “show the love and justice of Jesus Christ” and to “be governed by our church’s polity.” Occasionally, these two vows come into conflict. In regard to same-sex marriage, the conflict is not between church and state but between competing values…
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It has previously been estimated that as many as 40 percent of homeless youth identify as LGBT, and a new Williams Institute study of youth shelters confirms this estimate. Between October 2011 and March 2012, 354 agencies completed surveys about their clients and found that about 40 percent of their homeless and non-homeless clients…
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The Episcopal Church has authorized a new blessing for the union of gay or lesbian couples. The resolution allows provisional use of a liturgical rite for gay and lesbian couples on their wedding day. Titled “The Witnessing and Blessing of a Lifelong Covenant,” the rite is crafted specifically for gay and lesbian commitment ceremonies. Within…
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By Talya Minsberg, journalist and community moderator at The New York Times The southwest Minneapolis suburbs of Minnetonka and Eden Prairie bring to mind Garrison Keillor’s tales from Lake Wobegon: They’re lined with well-maintained homes and tree-lined roundabouts, and home to residents of largely German and Scandinavian ancestry. But the ladies of these towns have…
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Have you made your plans for Minnesota yet? If not, I hope you will join us for our second shared gathering with the Baptist Peace Fellowship of North America! Come for the week of “Peace Camp” or the two days of AWAB events and get renewed for the work of building the Beloved Community wherever…
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By More Light Presbyterians As the dust settles, the headlines don’t capture “the story” within the story of the 220th General Assembly. We had a strong GA Team of two dozen people working on the ground in Pittsburgh; a legislative team working on marriage, ordination and the Confessions; offering four major events; the MLP Booth…
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