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After over 10 years of being expelled from the Evangelical Lutheran Church Association (ELCA), the First United Lutheran Church of San Francisco has been welcomed home. To celebrate, they held a service of Reconciliation and Healing in early October. The First United Lutheran Church of San Francisco was kicked out of the organization in 1996 for ordaining…
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Black faith leaders are hosting a town hall meeting tonight in Harlem to help voters talk about what it means to be part of the black, LGBTQ, and faith communities. The talk is part of the NoWedge Campaign 2012, a grassroots movement launched in May to engage Black voters and foster a unified front against right-wing tactics designed…
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Last week, Nordstrom sent an email to over 56,000 employees supporting marriage equality. The Seattle-based company stands behind ballot initiative Referendum 74 that would make same sex marriage legal in the state. In the email, Blake, Pete, and Erik Nordstrom spoke about their approach to business being inclusive for all workers and customers. Nordstrom has been…
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This video, released by the Obama campaign early Monday morning, made a powerful call to action to supporters of LGBTQ equality. Celebrities including Jane Lynch, George Takei, and Billie Jean King shared their stories about the struggle of what it meant to be gay in a world that did not accept them. “Being gay became…
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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…
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In the final stretch of election season and in the aftermath of the Vice Presidential debate, we decided to take an in depth look at how each candidate sees LGBTQ related issues. Here are some of the highlights: Biden has been supportive of nearly all things LGBTQ. He specifically stood up for marriage equality and the…
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The flood gates have only started to leak as the Ginter Park Baptist Church has been asked by the Baptist General Association of Virginia to revoke its membership because they ordained an openly gay minister. If the church does not withdraw their membership by the end of this year, the General Association will not accept their donations.…
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Good Tuesday 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. This lego Bible might be fun for the kids. For the first time, two school districts are celebrating LGBT History Month, with their more than 1 million students. “There…
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Last week, the Public Religion Research Institute released the results of their survey on young Millennial voters and their predicted voting records for the 2012 election. The survey seems to be filled with good news on the young crowd participating in their civic responsibility on November 6th. Nearly two-thirds (66%) of younger Millennials (age 18-25) say they…
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Tensions reached a peak on Thursday after Bishop Marc Andrus, of San Francisco said he was denied entrance to the installation Mass of the new Roman Catholic archbishop, Salvatore Cordileone. With what seemed to only be a time and scheduling conflict, which Andrus explains in detail in his blog post, read as a rescinded invitation to the…
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