Posts Tagged ‘Believe Out Loud’
Marylanders For Marriage Equality Surpasses 100 Coalition Partners
Via The Advocate Marylanders for Marriage Equality, the coalition working to uphold the new state law in a referendum, announced that more than 100 organizations have joined the campaign. The coalition reached the milestone this week, according to a news release. Marylanders for Marriage Equality includes a broad array of LGBT organizations, organized labor, religious…
Read MoreNorthfield Minister Advocates For Marriage Equality In Minnesota
Via Northfield News As Minnesotans we will soon be voting on the proposed marriage amendment. I’ve been thinking about how my mind has changed, because of my faith. I grew up in a small town in northwest Iowa. I attended our town’s United Church of Christ weekly and took my faith very seriously. Homosexuality was…
Read MoreMinnesota Airs First Marriage Equality Commercial
Via The Advocate The first ad to make the case for marriage equality in Minnesota features a couple married for 59 years talking about the evolution of their own beliefs. Yvonne Peterson says, “If someone had asked me if gay people should get married, I would have said no.” Now as time has passed, and…
Read MorePretty In Pink: A Father’s Unconditional Love
Last week, when the big Chick-Fil-A kerfuffle was reaching a fever pitch, I tweeted a couple of jokes showing support for those who, like myself, are upset over the amount of money Dan Cathy donates to anti-gay causes. The tweets took off, and before I knew it I was receiving a flurry of responses.…
Read MoreThe Spiritual Gifts Belong To All Of Us
Via GoDanRiver It seems to be open season on gays these days, doesn’t it? It must be an election year. Between the local PFLAG controversy and the national Chick-fil-A Customer Appreciation Day — which was well attended locally — social conservatives are seizing the opportunity to express their disapproval of homosexuality in ways new and…
Read MoreKidnapping Is Not A Christian Value
By Rev. Susan Russell, Huffington Post There’s been much ado this week about the call by anti-gay activist Bryan Fischer for an “underground railroad” that would effectively abduct children from same-sex parents. According to The New Civil Rights Movement, Fischer tweeted that he believes it’s his duty to Christ to steal the children of gay…
Read MoreWashington Minister Hopes To Officiate Weddings For Gay Sons
Via The Advocate In its repeated effort to make the message on marriage equality about love and commitment, a new ad from the Pride Foundation again showcases religious parents who want that special moment when they watch their son get married. In the video, Lutheran minister Gib Rossing and his wife, Beth, of Olympia, Wash., explain…
Read MoreCatholics Speak Out In Support Of Same-Sex Marriage
Via Associated Press Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, a former Maryland lieutenant governor and member of one of the nation’s most well-known Catholic political families, has joined supporters of a Maryland law allowing same-sex marriage. Townsend, the eldest child of Robert F. Kennedy, noted her famous uncle John F. Kennedy’s emphasis on separation of church and state.…
Read MoreHow the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) Harms Families
By More Light Presbyterians Last week another federal judge ruled the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) unconstitutional in the case of Pedersen v. Office of Personnel Management. What is the real-life impact of DOMA? In its latest episode, In The Life Media sat down with five families to answer exactly that question. There are 1,138 benefits,…
Read MoreHow Labels Can Strip Us Of Our Humanity
By Claudette Ortiz, Las Cruces Sun-News I don’t think homosexuality is a sin, so for those among my church family who believe it is I want you to know that, as you love the sinner but hate the sin, I love the judge but hate the judgment. Besides, my column is more about figuring out ways…
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