Posts Tagged ‘LGBT equality’
Humanists Coming Out and Connecting With LGBT Christians
When I received a Facebook invite regarding Atheist Coming Out Week at Harvard University, I observed the similarities between this material and the LGBT pride pieces I get in my inbox. Both pro-LGBT gatherings and events like the “Why Atheism Matters” Panel celebrate and humanize populations often marginalized in the media. I sat down to…
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Good Monday morning. Welcome to Believe Out Loud’s Week In Review, a weekly digest of the latest headlines at the intersection of Christianity and LGBT equality. If you haven’t heard, this doctor says he’s been to Heaven and back. Earlier this month, Pennsylvania introduced a house bill to ban “therapy” used to change the sexual…
Read MoreMinister Who Helps LGBT Community Now Needs Our Help
North Carolina Church Needs Your Help
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Good Monday morning. Welcome to Believe Out Loud’s Week In Review, a weekly digest of the latest headlines at the intersection of Christianity and LGBT equality. If you were told God is not a Christian, nor a Muslim or a Jew, what would you say? Bishop Shelby Spong, former bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of…
Read MoreMarriage Equality: A New Heaven, A New Earth
Investigative reporting can pull back the curtain on truths that are kept hidden. When Carlos Maza went “under cover” to a NOM (National Organization for Marriage) weekend event for college students, he listened, observed, and took notes on all the anti-gay rhetoric that was paraded out. Toward the end of the event — and the…
Read MoreDeportation Guidelines To Officially Define Same-Sex Couples As Families
Via Huffington Post Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said Thursday that she will instruct immigration agents to consider same-sex relationships the same as heterosexual ones in determining whether an individual should be deported, a victory for advocates and members of Congress who worried verbal instructions could be ignored. Although the administration had previously…
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 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 MoreWe Have Faith: LGBT Clergy and People of Faith Speak Out
By Peggy Gillespie, Co-Founder, Family Diversity Projects We Have Faith: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Clergy and People of Faith Speak Out, a museum quality traveling exhibit, is in previews starting during PRIDE and is already booking up in churches, synagogues, schools, universities, and libraries beyond the fall premier venues in New York, Atlanta, Minneapolis,…
Read MoreIt’s All About Love: Presbyterians Should Not Fear Same-sex Marriage
A Pittsburgh pastor offers support for same-sex marriage.
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