Michael Adee Departing MLP For Global LGBT Faith Project

By Believe Out Loud | June 18, 2012
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Michael Adee departing MLP for Global LGBT Faith Project & Patrick Evans hired as Interim Executive Director It all began with one Presbyterian minister in 1974 when Rev. David Sindt held up that iconic sign, “Is Anybody Else Out There Gay?” at the General Assembly. More Light Presbyterians was born and for 38 years has…

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Country Music Star Supports Marriage Equality

By Believe Out Loud | June 12, 2012
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  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…

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Hundreds Of Iowa Methodists Protest Church Stand On Gays

By Believe Out Loud | June 5, 2012
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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…

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Out Of The Amendment One Ashes: All Means All

By Believe Out Loud | May 15, 2012
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Last Wednesday morning, North Carolinians awoke to the news that discrimination had been written into their constitution via the passage of Amendment One.  While tears turned to cheers when President Obama announced his support of marriage equality, people in 42 states are still left with legal bans on marriage equality, all of them in existence…

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