Posts Tagged ‘Believe Out Loud’
The Calm After The Storm
Via Huffington Post Two lovers. That’s how I got here. Two lovers caught up in a moment set my life spinning in motion. You know the story, cells divide and life explodes. But before my fingernails took shape and before the first thud of contracting muscle sent blood flowing through my veins, something else occurred;…
Read MoreDemocratic Platform Draft Includes Marriage Equality
Via Washington Blade The Democratic Party platform drafting committee approved on Sunday language endorsing same-sex marriage in addition to other pro-LGBT positions as part of the Democratic Party platform, according to two sources familiar with the drafting process. Retiring gay Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.), who sits on the committee, told the Washington Blade on Monday…
Read MoreA Christian’s Fight For LGBT Rights
Via Huffington Post A few Saturday's ago, my husband and I spent our afternoon in the fellowship hall of St. Luke's Community Church. As Christians, it's not uncommon for us to spend part of our weekends gathered with people at a place of worship. What was different about this church gathering was that we didn't…
Read MoreWe’re Christian, And We Support LGBT Equality
We're all in this together help us send some LGBT-inclusive Christian love to Atlanta
Read MoreMarriage Equality Gaining Support In Maryland
A new poll has good news for marriage equality in Maryland, with a growing majority of state voters saying they would vote in November to uphold a state law legalizing same-sex marriage. Perhaps just as significantly, support among African-Americans voters has gone up in the past six months. In November, Maryland voters will face…
Read MoreBeing Christian And Welcoming
Via GLAAD In light of Chick-Fil-A COO Dan Cathy’s statement that his opposition to marriage equality is rooted in his belief in the “biblical definition of the family unit,” GLAAD would like to point to the many Christians who understand that the “biblical” definition of family is not limited to husband, wife, and children, and…
Read MoreSeasons Of Love
Michael Adee bids farewell to More Light Presbyterians
Read MoreAirforce Chaplain Quits Southern Baptists Over Same-Sex Marriage
Via Associated Press A long-serving Air Force chaplain has left the Southern Baptist Convention after the conservative denomination publicly questioned his attendance at a same-sex civil union ceremony at his base in New Jersey. The chaplain, Col. Timothy Wagoner, is remaining on active duty and has affiliated with the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship, which holds more…
Read MoreSex, God, Race And AIDS
Rev. Dr. Nancy Wilson, Huffington Post It’s been 30 years since AIDS came into focus and dominated the Metropolitan Community Churches with funerals, grief, and love. We were a young, growing, international church. Even with gay men dying weekly, our membership held strong across the country, and churches were being born across the world. Many…
Read MoreSupporters Outnumber Anti-Gay Protestors at North Carolina Churches
By Matt Comer, qnotes Protesters and street preachers with the anti-gay and anti-choice Operation Save America were outnumbered last weekend by peaceful supporters at three churches’ worship services in Concord, N.C., a suburb minutes outside of Charlotte. Several dozen protesters, including families with young children and teens, stood outside of Trinity United Church of Christ,…
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