Love Rising Up, To Break Every Chain

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This piece is an excerpt of a sermon delivered by Rev. Dr. Sidney Fowler at the First Congregational United Church of Christ in Washington, D.C., on Easter Sunday, March 31, 2013.  Very early last Tuesday morning, several hundred folks gathered from around the US at the Lutheran Church of the Reformation here in DC. An Interfaith…

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Will SCOTUS Tie The Knot?

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When the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) decided to review two lower court cases focusing on the legal definition of marriage, the nation’s highest court thrust itself into the center of a national debate. How exactly does the U.S. law define “marriage?” More to the point, should same-sex couples have the same federal…

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Mexico Moves Toward Marriage Equality

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The Supreme Court of Mexico ruled in favor of marriage equality on Wednesday. This decision overturns the southern state of Oaxaca’s ban on gay marriage and puts the country on track to legalize same-sex marriage before the United States. This is not the first time the Supreme Court of Mexico has ruled in favor of…

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LGBT Rights To Take Center Stage At The Supreme Court

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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…

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