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Read MoreWe Have Faith: LGBT Clergy and People of Faith Speak Out
By Peggy Gillespie, Co-Founder, Family Diversity Projects We Have Faith: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Clergy and People of Faith Speak Out, a museum quality traveling exhibit, is in previews starting during PRIDE and is already booking up in churches, synagogues, schools, universities, and libraries beyond the fall premier venues in New York, Atlanta, Minneapolis,…
Read MoreLutheran Presiding Bishop Keynotes Pro-LGBT Faith Group
Presiding Bishop Mark Hanson of the Evangelical Church in America (ELCA) will provide an historic keynote on July 7, to the ReconcilingWorks biennial gathering running from July 6-10 in Washington, D.C. Formerly known as Lutherans Concerned/North America, ReconcilingWorks launched its new organization name, ReconcilingWorks: Lutherans for Full Participation, on June 12th, to better reflect…
Read MoreChosen and Precious
Rev. Shari Brink offers her reflections on her recent participation at the Reformed Church in America’s General Synod
Read MoreIncluder (CARTOON)
David offers commentary on LGBT-inclusive Christianity in, "Includer."
Read MoreNW Methodists Endorse Same-Sex Marriage
The United Methodist Church in the Northwest, at odds with its parent denomination, has endorsed Referendum 74 and called on voters to make Washington the nation’s seventh state to enact same-sex marriage. The church’s Pacific Northwest Annual Conference passed a resolution worded to “encourage all people to approve Referendum 74 so that the Marriage…
Read MoreGeneral Assembly Committee Approves Marriage Equality Amendment
By More Light Presbyterians Pittsburgh, PA: A historic moment happened last night in the Civil Union and Marriage Committee at the 220th General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (USA). The General Assembly Committee approved a marriage equality overture. The Civil Union and Marriage Committee passed overture 13-04 to amend W-4.9001, the Directory of Worship to…
Read MoreIt’s All About Love: Presbyterians Should Not Fear Same-sex Marriage
A Pittsburgh pastor offers support for same-sex marriage.
Read MoreCould Gay Marriage Debate Drive Young Christians From Church?
As the battle over gay marriage heats up in this election year, one evangelical Christian writer is calling for a truce, fearing that the outspoken opposition to gay marriage among some church leaders could alienate an entire generation of religious youth. Read the whole story at NBC News _________________ Image Flickr Noam C.
Read MoreBishop Gene Robinson’s Keynote Address at MLP Dinner
Bishop Gene Robinson, Diocese of New Hampshire, addressed over 300 people at the National MLP Celebration Dinner in Pittsburgh, PA. “So the real question for your church and mine is this,” he said, “If you’re not in trouble for the gospel you preach, is it really the gospel?” It was not that many years ago…
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