Posts Tagged ‘Bishop Gene Robinson’
#RefuseToBeComplicit with White Supremacy in Your Church
An open letter to white people of faith:
At every point in the history of the United States there have been people whose faith has provided the bedrock for lifelong efforts to end violence, oppression, and inequity—Dorothy Day, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, Bishop Gene Robinson—and there have been others who have used their religion as a weapon to further these same forces; to maintain the oppressive status quo rather than challenge it.
Read MoreBishop Gene Robinson Accepts Award for Commitment to LGBT Equality
The 25th National Conference on LGBT Equality: Creating Change, was held in Atlanta last week. Sponsored by the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, the conference is an annual organizing and skills-building event that attracts over 3,000 attendees each year. For the third year in a row, the “Practice Spirit, Do Justice” track featured workshops…
Read MoreBishop Gene Robinson On Media Matters Radio
On Friday, September 29, Bishop Gene Robinson went on Media Matters Radio to discuss the National Organization for Marriage’s continued opposition to LGBT equality and their use of religion, particularly against marriage equality for gay and lesbian couples. Robinson made headlines in 2003 when he became the first openly gay man to be elected to…
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…
Read MoreIntegrity’s Transgender Documentary Nears Completion!
Transgender documentary nears completion.
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