A new study from Third Way and Public Religion Research reports that strong majorities of four major religious groups in the U.S. — African American Protestants, Roman Catholics, white evangelicals and white mainline Protestants — favor laws protecting lesbians and gay men from job discrimination, and favor allowing lesbians and gay men to serve openly in the military.
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Read Rev. Debra Haffner’s editorial on LGBT Pride as well as the latest news, events, and resources occuring at the intersection of religion and sexuality.
No doubt you have heard the exciting news: Congress may be ready to repeal Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell (DADT) this week. This is an excellent opportunity to raise a faithful voice for equality!
Our U.S. senators and representatives must hear from us today.
The Uganda Declaration has been created by a coalition of organizations in support of LGBT human rights.
The Declaration reads:
"As faith leaders from many traditions, we, the undersigned, commit ourselves to:
Advocates for Youth and partner organizations have launched a campaign calling for permanent repeal of the Global Gag Rule. The Rule has been used to deny U.S. aid to foreign non-governmental organizations (NGOs) that provide legal abortion services, including medical counseling and referrals, or advocate for abortion law reform in their own countries.
The Network of Spiritual Progresssives will host a four-day conference in Washington, DC, next month titled "Creating ‘The Caring Society’: A Progressive Alternative to Tea Party Extremism and Corporate Domination of American Politics and Culture."
Mother’s Day — Sunday, May 9 — is less than two weeks away. This Mother’s Day, the Religious Institute invites congregations and other faith communities to remember the more than 340,000 women around the world who die needlessly each year from preventable complications of pregnancy.
The United Church of Christ has launched a new, 90-second advertisement — "The Language of God." The ad prominently features the denomination’s support for social justice, including marriage equality for same-sex couples. Unlike past ad campaigns, where traditional television outlets were utilized as the delivery method, this message is being released in an online format in the hope it will spiral across the Internet.
This Mother’s Day, Honor Mothers Worldwide