Religious Left

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In a conversation a few weeks back I heard these words; “I’m going to wait until after the first of the year for my advertising campaign”. Not that I have a degree in marketing but I told them they should take advantage of the Christmas season instead of waiting. I also said, “you know after the New Year everyone starts worrying about taxes”. So I thought I should take my own advice and take advantage of the holiday ‘love’. Just a brief side thought. Does the population in general show more love during the holidays? I think so. Which brings to question, why? Why do we tone down the love during the non-holiday time? I can hear some one saying “We still love the same, we just don’t show it”, or something like “We can’t afford to give gifts all year round”, etc. Anyhow, getting back on track. For some reason in my daily cyber-travels today I seemed to run across many articles related to homelessness. I read about a tent city in Colorado named Obamaville. They had a very large ...

In a world where almost anything is possible it’s easy to expect the unexpected. To expect the unexpected shows a thoroughly modern intellect. Oscar Wilde Of course we all favor what is important in our lives. So we hope our desires will be met. But, some would say, it’s selfish to think solely of our own desires. So we hope we aren’t a minority because it’s not possible to be equally considered if we aren’t part of the majority. After all our society is federalist by design and it’s all about the numbers, right? I guess that part about “All Men are created equal” was a slip of the tounge. We’ve seen women obtain civil rights during women’s suffrage. They were a minority. It took 21 years before states started to pass laws in support of women and another 50 years before the federal government would act. Totaling 71 years for federal recognition. We’ve seen the African American community fight for their civil rights. They were a minority. It took them 80 years to receive federal recogni...

Dear President Obama, My wife and I and our three children, now adults, served as a military family for 23 years before I retired as a colonel in the Air Force. While my family did not have to experience frequent separations or my death or serious injury like so many service families do now, all military families make sacrifices. We moved twice with kids who were entering their senior year of high school. We appreciate that you and Michelle have made military families a top priority. Our three adult children are responsible citizens who all work in education, one at an early childhood special needs school in Columbus, OH, one at a high school in Prince Georges County, MD and one at the University of Maryland. We are so very proud of all of them. One of our children is gay, and that is the motivation for this letter. We have been encouraged by the difficult and courageous decisions you have made in many areas, domestic and international, and we are grateful for the promises you have mad...

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Love, Unity and Equality

With the millions of dollars heaped upon passage of Proposition 8 in California it was hard to imagine it would be struck down. Many people fought a good fight and are to be commended. I’m sure many religious folks are very happy with the outcome. But when it comes right down to it they preserved a word, because, as we all know, given the divorce rate in the USA, there is very little sanctity or morality left in marriage. The greater victory last night was on a federal level with the election of Barack Obama as the next President of the United States. President Obama will level this marriage “playing field” on the federal level and of course, as we all know, Federal Law supercedes state law. Perhaps it won’t be called marriage but it will confer all the same Rights as marriage and after all, that is the goal. [ videos ] Included in those Rights will be all state laws currently reserved for married couples and many, if not most, of the over 1000 Federal Rights which no sta...

Straight Allies Across the Nation Demand Equality for LGBT Americans Atticus Circle and Soulforce are pleased to bring back Seven Straight Nights for Equal Rights , a national event that will provide straight Americans with opportunities to do justice and motivate new allies to stand up and be counted for equal rights. Last year, stories of friendship and political transformation emerged across the country during Seven Straight Nights, a first-of-its-kind event. Through Seven Straight Nights, the power of straight ally voices resonated in 38 cities in 28 different states across the country. Soulforce and Atticus Circle partnered with more than 30 national and statewide equality organizations to bring together a true grassroots effort on the part of straight allies standing up for equality. Seven Straight Nights for Equal Rights consists of nighttime vigils led by straight allies during the week of September 14th through 20th, 2008. Click here to read about one of the congregations wh...

WABI TV Plans are moving forward for the Christian Civil League's attempt to start a campaign repealing Maine's gay rights law. State officials are expected to give the go-ahead. Current law bans discrimination in employment, housing, or access to public accommodations based on race, color, sex or sexual orientation. full article

THE HAGUE, April 17, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) - The Netherlands equality commissioners have ruled that if a civil marriage commissioner refuses to conduct wedding ceremonies for homosexual partners, they must be barred from conducting ceremonies between men and women as well. The Equal Treatment Commission (CGB) ruled yesterday that local authorities are "not violating the equal treatment law if it refuses to appoint a marriage registrar who does not wish to marry persons of the same sex on grounds of religion". The judgement comes after the municipality of Langedijk placed advertisements for two marriage registrars and demanded that applicants be prepared to conduct wedding ceremonies for natural couples and for same-sex partners. The Christian Union party called the ruling an "unnecessarily harsh approach." full article