You Are My God
But I trust in you, O Lord; I say, “You are my God.” My times are in your hand; deliver me from the hand of my enemies and persecutors. Let your face shine upon your servant; save me in your steadfast love. Do not let
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When the Right Wing Claims Their Words Don’t Matter
When gay-bashers around the country torture, torment, and kill lesbians, gay men, transgender people, and those perceived to be, they often are repeating words spoken from pulpits. While sitting on a panel of religious types, that was the response I gave when asked if I
The Denial of Same-Sex Marriage Rights
In The Advocate (12/2/2009) it stated: “The New York state senate on Wednesday voted down a marriage equality bill by a wide margin following months of delay and protracted political drama. In a special legislative session, the senate voted 38-to-24 against the bill, eight votes
Unity Launches Online Resource for LGBT Community
For the first time in its 120-year history, Unity is offering spiritual resources specifically targeted to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender persons and their families and friends. Paula Coppel, Unity vice president of communications and publishing, announced the new online LGBT resource center, located at
In Your Dreams! Daydreams
Jubilee! Circle, Columbia, S.C. Readings for the Second and Third Sundays after Epiphany: The Lord is my light and my salvation. (Psalm 27:1-9) Come and see! (John 1:29-42) Our first song tonight comes from the fifth album released by the Dave Matthews Band. Busted Stuff
Glory in Stained Glass
Our sexual orientation is an important piece of the puzzle for us. It is, indeed, a very large piece – but it is still only a piece. For some of us, it takes some time after we’ve come out for us to get the pieces
Can We Forgive YOU Over ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’?
If we look at research reports, the U.S. military and larger society appear ready now to “allow” lesbian, gay, and bisexual people to serve openly in the armed forces. A Pew Research Center poll released earlier this month found that 58% of U.S.-Americans favor repealing
The Eleven Commandments of Gay Rights Activism
Wherever you find Gay Rights activism, you’ll also find varying degrees of reticence to combat homophobia and heterosexism in a meaningful way. All too often, that reticence will have a political/ideological justification: “That’s just not the way they do things on Capitol Hill. We can’t
The Media, Suicide and Homophobia
What can clearly be referred to as a continuing epidemic, within only the past few weeks, a number of gay young men have taken their lives by all indications as a result of the unrelenting homophobic taunts, harassment, and attacks they had to endure by
Disqualified!
Do not let anyone disqualify you, insisting on self-abasement and worship of angels, dwelling on visions, puffed up without cause by a human way of thinking, and not holding fast to the head, from whom the whole body, nourished and held together by its ligaments