In my city and perhaps most others, there are many churches that have no official policy of being welcoming to gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender people. The general assumption, in the GLBT community, is that if we’re not issued an “official” welcome, that means that
A part of Marxist theory contains the concept of “false consciousness!” It’s “ a failure to recognize the instruments of one’s oppression or exploitation as one’s own creation, as when members of an oppressed class unwittingly adopt views of the oppressor class.” (Answers.com) “Where members of
The following is a compilation of some of my remarks regarding “Christianity and same-sex love that I made on a few blogs, one of which is my own titled, “A Christian Voice For Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, And Transgender Rights,” located at www.christianlgbtrights.org. I thought you
Banners currently hanging from several Australian churches feature the words “Jesus Loves Osama” against a camouflage background. These splashy “advertisements” have been generating headlines, stirring the public, and drawing comment from political and religious leaders. Prime Minister John Howard claimed to “understand the Christian motivation”
As a woman Moderator of a very Twenty-first Century church, Metropolitan Community Churches, I felt enormous compassion and solidarity with Presiding Bishop (Primate) Kathleen Jefferts Schori as she recently traveled to Tanzania in her historic role as the first and only woman to serve as
It is better to trust in the Lord than to put confidence in man. (Psalm 118:8) This people draw nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoreth me with their lips; but their heart is far from me. But in vain do worship me, teaching
What do a defrocked Methodist minister, a furniture maker and a former, self-described, homophobic, right-wing bigot have in common? A commitment to ending religious-based discrimination against gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people. Their weapon of choice? Advertising. “These ads are intended to start something –
Many of you have been writing to me, in the aftermath of General Convention, to ask what I am thinking, now that the Convention has called upon the Church to deny consent to the consecration of partnered people as bishops. Frankly, like all of you,
One of the publications I receive is the “United Church News: Northern California Nevada Edition.” This is a publication of the United Church of Christ. In the most recent edition (June/July 2006), the major article is entitled, “Amplifying The Mainline: How The Mainline Church Is
For me, any questions about whether the Church should welcome Gay people is a question that doesn’t need to be raised. Of course the answer is a resounding YES. But why anyone who is gay may ever wish to go into a church is much