On Monday, February 13, 2006 my partner and I, along with several other couples, went to the Richland County courthouse here in South Carolina to apply for a marriage license. This is the third time in as many years that we’ve visited the courthouse as
Garden of Grace United Church of Christ, Columbia, S.C. Readings for the Fourth Sunday after Epiphany: Deuteronomy 18:15-20, Mark 1:21-28 How many email accounts do you have? More than one? More than two? More than three? More than you can reasonably count? Have any of
It’s in giving that we receive. (Prayer of St. Francis, 13th century saint) When you give, You begin to live, You get the world. (“You Might Die Trying,” Dave Matthews Band, 21st century musical group) I have what some people might call “issues” around money.
Dotti Berry and Roby Sapp were just being themselves. That’s how the trouble started. In 2004, they bought a new house in a Blaine, Washington neighborhood and were planning their wedding. They were legally married in Portland, Oregon on March 7, 2004, a union that
Metropolitan Community Church of Columbia, S.C. Readings for the First Sunday of Advent: O that you would tear open the heavens and come down, so that the mountains would quake at your presence — as when fire kindles brushwood and the fire causes water to
Readings: Exodus 33:12-23, Matthew 22:15-22 I used to think my dad was God. He was a Southern Baptist preacher and each Sunday I’d see him ascend onto the stage and take his place behind the pulpit. There he was – placed high above those of
Listen to the podcast interview. Editor’s note: The website referenced below doesn’t exist anymore and redirects to a well-known dating service. The editors of this website make no representations as to the gay-friendliness of the redirected website. If you’re gay or lesbian, you’re already in
It seemed a small number to begin a global network (15 people in a lounge room in Surry Hills, Sydney) but Anthony Venn-Brown is optimistic growth will happen relatively quickly. Freedom 2 B(e) is a network that has been created to connect and support GLBTIQ
MCC Columbia, S.C. Readings: Luke 15:11-24, Romans 8:5-11 Back in 1953, Leonard Stern, one of the writers for the TV show “The Honeymooners,” was working on writing a new character into the series. He was stuck for a descriptive passage and yelled out to his co-writer Roger
Author Wayne Besen has released an explosive letter by Love In Action’s co-founder and former ex-gay John Evans, which rebukes gay conversion groups saying that they “shattered lives.” The group he started has recently made headlines because it runs a boot camp for gay teens