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Soulforce & Groundswell for Courage Partnership
Soulforce and Groundswell for Courage, Auburn Seminary's Social Action Initiative, have agreed to work together on a five to seven year campaign for LGBT equality, the first phase of which is a nationwide screening of Macky Alston's Sundance Award Winning fillm "Love Free or Die" and its tookit for conversations with Christians about gay issues, "My Mind Was Changed." Read the Press Release >>
Soulforce & 108Productions "Corpus Christi" Play
Soulforce and 108Productions have agreed to work together on a one-year campaign to screen their documentary "Corpus Christi: Playing with Redemption," the first of which will take place in San Francisco April 29-30, 2012. Make your reservation to attend today! Read the Press Release >>
Why Religion?
We recognize that oppression is most often rooted in religious belief and ideologies of power in which women, people of color and non-gender conforming (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex and queer) people are subjugated and subjected to the violence of exclusion. You will find us most often in dialogue with religious leaders, denominations and institutions who discriminate in polity, policy or practice. We are committed to decriminalization of sexual minorities by all church and state sanctioned organizations worldwide.
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What the Bible Says-and Doesn’t Say-about Homosexuality
A 24-page booklet written by the Rev. Dr. Mel White that offers a biblical response to the question people often ask: “How can you consider yourself a Christian when you are also gay?” Get It Now! >>
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May. 9th - Moms: Above All Else, Just Say No
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Fla. Church Rejects City's Attempts to Move 'Prayer and Produce' Indoors
TBN Family Feud Heats Up as Network Fires Back Against Fraud Accusations
Calvary Chapel's Chuck Smith Faces Loss of Sister, More Cancer Treatment
from...GLAAD
Ten TV Shows That Helped Shape National Attitudes on Same-Sex Couples and Marriage Equality
Ellen Commends President Obama's Announcement in Support of Marriage Equality
Religion News Summary Highlights for May 9, 2012
from...Human Rights Campaign
House Republicans Play Politics with Service Members
House Passes Pointless DOMA Amendment to Spending Bill
CO House Called Into Special Session to Bring Back Civil Union Bill
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Moms: Above All Else, Just Say No
On Wednesday, May 2, CNN’s Anderson Cooper 360 broadcast Pastor Sean Harris’ sermon in which the spiritual leader of the Berean Baptist Church in Fayetteville, N.C. told dads in his congregation to “man up” with their 4-year-old boys who “act effeminate.” Pastor Harris’ recommendation to dads was to give their little guys a “good punch” …
Walking in Love
By Equality Rider Ibrahim Vicks One of my favorite scriptures in the Bible is 1 John chapter 4, where it talks about our love of God and each other. Specifically, verse 18 talks about how there is no fear in love, that perfect love drives out fear. It speaks on the torment caused by fear, and …
Rev. Dr. Cindi Love Comments on CNN Coverage of NC Pastor Advising Parents to “Punch” Effeminately-Acting Boys
KTH: Pastor encourages parents to punch boys In his sermon, a North Carolina Pastor tells his followers to “punch” and “reign in” children who appear to be gay. Rev. Dr. Cindi Love, Executive Director, comments on the incident on the Anderson Cooper “Keeping them Honest” segment, 2 May 2012. When asked, “When you hear a …
Consensual Masochism
By Equality Rider Cole Parke My first trip to Colorado was in 1998. I was traveling by bus from San Antonio, Texas, along with 23 other awkward adolescents from St. Francis Episcopal Church for our youth group’s annual ski trip. Fourteen years later, I find myself rolling through the Rockies on another sort of bus. In …
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