Browsing the archives for the Inclusion of all people tag

God Pukes at Gays?

Does God vomit at the thought of gay and lesbian people? That’s the graphic image that O’Neal Dozier, pastor of Worldwide Christian Center in Pompano Beach Florida, uses. It’s radically different from the one that many of us know of a God of inclusion and love. Not vomiting but smiling on us – all of [...]

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Westboro Baptist – Gas in the Hatred?

I know about Westboro Baptist Church. I’ve been picketed by them twice for being gay. The New York Times is correct – the Supreme Court ruling protecting their freedom of speech is a good decision. Maggie Phelps of Westboro may believe that the Court’s decision gives them an “international megaphone” for hatred. But there’s no gas in the hatred….My first reaction was to feel outrage at the ruling. Yet I would not have the court rule differently. If Westboro’s freedom of speech were curtailed so might yours or mine be. Would you or I want that possibility?

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Beyond Religious Bigotry?

    Fear of the “other” and its cousin of hatred  are powerful emotions.  The energy they consume keep us from being fully alive.  Exclusion in the Name of God has been the experience of many, including women, people of color and those who are gay or lesbian.  Mitchell Gold founded Faith In America to [...]

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Harvey Milk & God Terrified Me

Harvey Milk and God each terrified me. In that order. I was a young white anti-apartheid activist in South Africa in the nineteen-seventies. To be openly gay made filled me with more fear than the fight against apartheid. Yet I knew in my bones that Harvey Milk and anti-apartheid activists were pointing to the same truth about the magnificence of each person.

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