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By More Light Presbyterians, 220th General Assembly Pittsburgh, PA – The 220th General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (USA) discussed two different ways to expand the 2 million member denomination’s understanding of marriage to include committed same-sex couples. While neither option ultimately collected the majority of votes needed to begin the ratification process, this discussion…
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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,…
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Presiding Bishop Mark Hanson of the Evangelical Church in America (ELCA) will provide an historic keynote on July 7, to the ReconcilingWorks biennial gathering running from July 6-10 in Washington, D.C. Formerly known as Lutherans Concerned/North America, ReconcilingWorks launched its new organization name, ReconcilingWorks: Lutherans for Full Participation, on June 12th, to better reflect…
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The UCC Coalition for LGBT Concerns celebrated the 40th anniversary of LGBT ministry and advocacy in the United Church of Christ and welcomed Open and Affirming (ONA) congregation #1,000–Pillar of Love Fellowship in Chicago. Administered by the Coalition, ONA is the largest and fastest-growing LGBT-welcoming-church movement in the world. “We’ve renewed the Coalition’s commitment…
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The United Methodist Church in the Northwest, at odds with its parent denomination, has endorsed Referendum 74 and called on voters to make Washington the nation’s seventh state to enact same-sex marriage. The church’s Pacific Northwest Annual Conference passed a resolution worded to “encourage all people to approve Referendum 74 so that the Marriage…
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By More Light Presbyterians Pittsburgh, PA: A historic moment happened last night in the Civil Union and Marriage Committee at the 220th General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (USA). The General Assembly Committee approved a marriage equality overture. The Civil Union and Marriage Committee passed overture 13-04 to amend W-4.9001, the Directory of Worship to…
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As the battle over gay marriage heats up in this election year, one evangelical Christian writer is calling for a truce, fearing that the outspoken opposition to gay marriage among some church leaders could alienate an entire generation of religious youth. Read the whole story at NBC News _________________ Image Flickr Noam C.
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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…
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By Jeff Woodard, UCC Smiles on the faces of same-gender couples representing a variety of generations walked hand in hand, beaming as brightly as the summer sun above, during a boldly colorful display of diversity June 23 at the 24th annual LGBT Pride Parade and Festival in Cleveland, Ohio. More than 60 groups marched in…
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Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu, Nobel Peace Prize winner, key player in bringing down South Africa’s apartheid system, might invite comparison with a variety of figures — Martin Luther King, perhaps, or Frederick Douglass. But Lady Gaga? Tutu is “a rock star” on a par with Gaga, says his close friend Robert Taylor, an author,…
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