It has been eleven years since Matthew Shepherd was a victim of a vicious hate crime because he was gay, the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act passed the Senate today and now heads to President Obama's desk for signature. The act expands the 1969 United States federal hate-crime law to include crimes motivated by a victim's actual or perceived gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, or disability. The Shepards turned their pain into a lasting gift f... Read Full Story
Some may say a little too late, but I say, thank you. What many in the gay rights circles fail to understand is that people have to come to their own conclusions on their own time. What we can do to help speed this understanding up is more education and living by example, rather than the yelling and shouting. The more we educate and put ourselves and families out there, he momentum will continue in our favor.
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Gay clergy: Where large Protestant churches stand
By The Associated Press (AP) – 3 days ago
A look at where the largest Protestant churches stand on the issue of gay clergy:
_ UNITED METHODIST CHURCH: 7.9 million U.S. members. The most conservative of the largest mainline denominations on gay clergy. An effort to repeal a ban on non-celibate gay clergy failed at the church's last General Conference, in 2008.
_ EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH IN AMERICA: 4.7 million U.S. members. The church v... Read Full Story
This video is a reminder of how far I have come in accepting myself and reconciling my faith in God. Because 15 years ago I had the same story as those reflected in this video. It also reminded me that there are still thousands of people who need to see, hear, and experience the unconditional love of God rather than the fabricated ideas and interpretations of God. One of my favorite sayings is that God does not make mistakes. If God is the all-powerful, all-knowing, ever-present God, then ... Read Full Story
It has been almost five months since my last post, not that
I haven’t thought about posting – life got and remains busy. I finished my second masters this summer and
being the type A that I am, I jumped into an aggressive study program to pass another
professional certification. Thank God I
passed because it was one of the hardest exams I have taken. At any rate, I’m back.
With all of the economic issues and with the historic and
important election exactly 30 da... Read Full Story
For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor
angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come,
nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us
from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. (Romans 8:38-39)
Forgive me my
brothers and sisters; life has been busy. I was finishing my second master degree this semester, not to mention an
expanded role at work. I graduated last
Saturday. Even with all the readings,
prep... Read Full Story
When I need inspiration, I listen to gospel music. You can not only hear, but also sense the
heart, energy and soul in gospel music. In addition to gospel music, other genres of music give me
inspiration. A few weeks ago, I came
across a song for Barack Obama’s political campaign, "Yes We Can," written by The Black Eyed Peas' frontman, songwriter and producer will.i.am, along with director and filmmaker Jesse Dylan, son of
Bob Dylan. Regardless of whom you support politically,
o... Read Full Story
II Timothy 2:15 – Study to shew
thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly
dividing the word of truth.I wrote in early January about the importance of GLBTQ of knowing scripture, especially the scriptures taken out of context to commit what i call spiritual abuse against God's GLBTQ children. As many of us know, this spiritual abuse has driven many from the faith. I wanted to send another encouragement related to that post with this YouTube clip ... Read Full Story
Dr. Elias Farajaje-Jones, a theologian and activist is a
bisexual of mixed heritage (African & Native American, Tsalagi/Cherokee),
specialized in African Religions at the University of Bern in Switzerland. Formerly divinity
professor on the faculty of Howard University.
Dr. Farajaje-Jones describes religious education as "a global
holistic process where we are all radically engaged in healing the
universe." Race, class, gender, geography, sexuality, and spiri... Read Full Story
