LGBT Religious Leaders Speak Out On The Spiritual Value Of Gay Marriage

Friday, June 22, 2012 LGBT Religious Leaders Speak Out On The Spiritual Value Of Gay Marriage The debate over the rights of same sex couples to marry most often uses the legal language of equal rights. Religious voices, when they included, are largely culled from the conservative corner. However, for these LGBT religious leaders below, the question of marriage is not purely legal, but rather spiritual and religious. Faith Inspires: World Faith Demonstrates How Religion Can Work For Peace Thai Buddhist Film Festival Seeks To Spark Faith My Life As A Skateboarder Junkie Inmate Pastor WATCH: 11-Year-Old Becomes Ordained Minister Lord Of The Storm: Mark 4:35-41 BLOG POSTS Paul Brandeis Raushenbush: Religious People Celebrate LGBT Pride At the heart of most Pride parades in America, you will see religious congregations marching. Unfortunately, like many of my sisters and brothers who identify as both LGBT and religious, I find that sometimes I am asked to choose between my identities. Rev. Richard L. Killmer: 23-Hour Fast to End 23-Hour Solitary Confinement Hundreds of people of faith across the nation undertook a 23-hour fast, symbolizing the 23 hours per day that tens of thousands of prisoners, inmates and detainees are warehoused in solitary confinement. Rabbi Eric H. Yoffie: What Atheism Lacks: Humility, Imagination, Curiosity The heart of liberalism is recognizing the pluralistic nature of the human condition and devising a political system that enables us to live democratically with religious and political differences. Diane Tobin: 1 in 4 New York Jewish Households Identify as Non-White or Sephardic After more than a decade working to promote recognition of Jewish racial and ethnic diversity, the numbers come as no surprise to us at Be'chol Lashon. Lauren Petron: Nuns On The Bus: Tour Highlights Need for Renewal Anything that makes more people aware of the sisters' important work is a good thing, and if the upcoming bus tour does that, it will have been successful.

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