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Parting is Such Sweet Sorrow
By: Mel White | The News & Advance Published: April 15, 2012 Updated: April 15, 2012 – 6:00 AM On Palm Sunday, April 1,... Read More
A Manifesto by John Shelby Spong
A Manifesto! The Time Has Come! John Shelby Spong I have made a decision. I will no longer debate the issue of homosexuality in the... Read More
My First White Party
A White Party? You actually went to a White Party? At your age? And a clergyman? One of our friends found it difficult to believe... Read More
“Embarrassing to be a Christian”
Earlier this year, my son, Mike, and I were featured in a Newsweek interview (Feb. 16, 2009) that created a firestorm torched by fundamentalist Christians... Read More
Why we can’t wait…to take it to the streets!
It’s been more than thirty years since this latest season of protest began at the Stonewall Bar in New York City, and with all the changes we can celebrate, the real problem remains the same: the antigay religious teachings and actions that support intolerance and discrimination are still powerfully in place in our Protestant and Catholic Churches. ... It is time to commit ourselves to participate in local, regional, state-wide and national campaigns of relentless nonviolent resistance (guided by the ‘soul force’ principles of Gandhi and King) that will convince church leaders to do justice at last.