Posts Tagged ‘Believe Out Loud’
A Lutheran Pastor’s Thoughts On Inclusivity In The Faith Community
“It’s about relationship,” I say to the people in our small Lutheran congregation. “Authentic faith is grounded in, springs from, and blossoms into relationship. Relationship that has a particular shape to it….this shape,” I say, making the sign of the cross. “Relationship that is first and foremost a deep engagement with others, represented in this…
Read MoreFour UCC Ministers Make Most Inspiring LGBT Religious Leaders List
Via United Church of Christ News Four United Church of Christ ministers appear on the Huffington Post’s list of “Most Inspiring LGBT Religious Leaders.” Bishop Yvette Flunder, senior pastor of City of Refuge UCC in San Francisco; the Rev. Jo Hudson, senior pastor at Cathedral of Hope UCC in Dallas; and the Rev. William R.…
Read MoreOnly Marriage Guarantees That All Couples Can Be There For Each Other
By Believe Out Loud Washington United for Marriage released a new ad this month. As Washingtonians prepare to vote on marriage equality, families are reminding voters around the state why we must approve Referendum 74. Learn more about the campaign by clicking here. Image and video via Washington United for Marriage
Read MoreLGBT Rights To Take Center Stage At The Supreme Court
On Monday the United States Supreme Court returns from its summer break. From their very first day back on the job, the justices will begin considering what is surely the largest number of LGBT equality cases that they have ever faced in a single term. And these aren’t just any cases, either. The cases on…
Read MoreCivil Rights Groups And LGBT Groups Join Forces For Marriage Equality
Reverend Donte Hickman believes that marriage is a union between one man and one woman, and he will not marry same-sex couples at his church in Baltimore. Nonetheless, for months, he has been advocating in favor of the Civil Marriage Protection Act, which allows gays and lesbian couples to get a civil marriage license from…
Read MoreWhat The United Methodist Church Can Learn From Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell
Military’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy. An analysis of the success or lack thereof of the new policy has proven that despite the dire predictions of many, morale has not suffered, the mission of the military has not been impeded, and honesty and openness about the historical reality of the presence of lesbian and gay…
Read MoreLet Mainers Know Why Marriage Matters To You
This November, Mainers will head to the polls to vote on the freedom to marry. The way to win this historic campaign and win marriage for all Maine families is to share stories of why marriage matters to same-sex couples and their families. We need you, our supporters, to share your stories. One of the…
Read MoreChick-fil-A Will No Longer Give Money To Anti-Gay Organizations
Via Huffington Post Could Chick-fil-A be turning over a new leaf? A Chicago-based lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) advocacy group reports that the restaurant chain — which was at the epicenter of a media firestorm this summer after its president confirmed his company’s anti-gay stance — has agreed to cease donations to right-wing groups…
Read MoreMarble Collegiate Church Welcomes LGBT Christian Dialogue
ONE year after Matthew Vines was forced to leave the Wichita, Kan., church he had attended since birth — not because he is gay, but because he tried to convince people there was nothing wrong with that — he was sitting facing a crowd of 235 Christians, most of them gay or lesbian, at…
Read MoreBelieve Out Loud Joins Faith Groups To End Dangerous Psychological Abuse Of Minors
A coalition of more than 30 national religious leaders gathered by Gaylesta, a therapy association for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people, and Rev. Rebecca Voelkel, Faith Work Director for the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Action Fund and Convenor of the National Religious Leadership Roundtable, have endorsed Senate Bill 1172, which will…
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