Posts Tagged ‘Believe Out Loud’
Facebook Comments And Conversations This Week
This week we started selling the new Believe Out Loud t-shirt on Facebook, and within a few days we received several comments.
Read MoreRoom For All Christian Camp 2012: LGBTQ Youth In Search Of God
By Marilyn Paarlberg, Executive Director, Room For All Room for All Christian Camp seeks to create a safe space for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) youth to develop community and to contemplate together their questions about life and God. Room for All Christian Camp is a ministry of The Reformed Church of Highland Park, NJ…
Read MoreThoughts On A Blessing
Rev. Marci Glass' reflections on a Holy moment.
Read MoreCountry Music Star Supports Marriage Equality
In an interview with The Independent, Carrie Underwood, Country Music star, American Idol winner and Christian, has come out in favor of same-sex marriage. Underwood is a person of faith and her views about marriage equality come “because of her Christian values, rather than in spite of them.” Underwood draws much of her fan…
Read MoreWhen Pride Is Not A Sin: The Season Of Overcoming Gay Shame
A deeper look into the question, "Is pride a sin?"
Read MoreCatholic Coalition Supports Theologian Criticized By Rome
Equally Blessed released the following statement in response to the criticism of Just Love, by Sister Margaret Farley, a Catholic theologian emeritus at Yale University, released today by the Vatican’s Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith: “We are saddened, but not surprised that the Roman Catholic hierarchy has found fault with the valuable…
Read MoreCNN Poll: Majority Of Americans Support Marriage Equality
A majority of Americans say they support legally recognizing same-sex marriage amid growing evidence that the public’s become more comfortable with gays and lesbians, according to a new national poll. Read the whole story at CNN _____________________ Image Flickr JoelnSouthernCA
Read MoreFederal Appeals Court Refuses To Revisit Proposition 8
More Light Presbyterians gives thanks for the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruling refusing to consider a prior ruling that struck down Proposition 8. The ruling had found Proposition 8 unconstitutional because it denied LGBT couples the right to marry. The case is expected to be appealed to the United States Supreme Court. From…
Read MoreHundreds Of Iowa Methodists Protest Church Stand On Gays
By Todd Erzen, Des Moines Register Hundreds of Iowa Methodists signed protest documents at their annual conference Sunday declaring they are prepared to buck the leadership of their church on matters concerning gays and gay marriage. A group called Do No Harm Iowa has gathered as many as 500 signatures — including those of about 70…
Read More300+ Mormons March In Salt Lake City Gay Pride Parade
By Julia Lyon, The Salt Lake Tribune Before the drag queens in heels danced across Main Street, more than 300 members of the LDS Church left Utah Gay Pride Parade spectators in tears Sunday morning. One Mormon father turned to the crowd and thanked people for forgiving him. The group, Mormons Building Bridges, said they…
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