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 [...]
Browsing the archives for the LGBT tag
26 Jan 12
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Posted in Active Being, Everyday Goodness & Kindness, Fully Human, Fully Alive, Love with Abandonment, Making Sense, Finding Purpose, Oneness with Self & Creation, Polishing the World, Spirited Conversations
Tagged Arc of Inclusion, Buddhist Wisdom, Christian Wisdom, Compassionate Oneness, Inclusion of all people, Inter-Connectedness, Jewish Wisdom, LGBT, LGBT Youth, Mother Jones, O'Neal Dozier, Oneness, Pew Research, Rick Santorum's Florida Chair, Spirituality, Spirituality in America
Tagged Arc of Inclusion, Buddhist Wisdom, Christian Wisdom, Compassionate Oneness, Inclusion of all people, Inter-Connectedness, Jewish Wisdom, LGBT, LGBT Youth, Mother Jones, O'Neal Dozier, Oneness, Pew Research, Rick Santorum's Florida Chair, Spirituality, Spirituality in America
11 May 11
Uganda’s Anti-Homosexual Bill is a Christian crusade dressed up as legislation. If enacted it will represent a triumph for Christian fundamentalists and open the floodgate to further violence against LGBT people in Uganda. The theology motivating the bill’s proponents is in stark contrast to notions of love, mercy, justice and compassion. The creation of the [...]
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Posted in Active Being, Everyday Goodness & Kindness, Fully Human, Fully Alive, Oneness with Self & Creation, Polishing the World, Showing Up for Life
Tagged Avaaz, Christ and homosexuality, Christian Crusade, David Kato, Don Schmierer, Huffington Post, Human Rights, LA Times, LGBT, LGBT in Uganda, Love your neighbor, Oneness, Oneness of humanity, Rick Warren, Robert V. Taylor, Saddleback Church, Scott Lively, Uganda, Uganda's Anti-Homosexual Bill, Ugandan Parliament, Wake Up For Life!
Tagged Avaaz, Christ and homosexuality, Christian Crusade, David Kato, Don Schmierer, Huffington Post, Human Rights, LA Times, LGBT, LGBT in Uganda, Love your neighbor, Oneness, Oneness of humanity, Rick Warren, Robert V. Taylor, Saddleback Church, Scott Lively, Uganda, Uganda's Anti-Homosexual Bill, Ugandan Parliament, Wake Up For Life!
3 Mar 11
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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Tagged American Legion, Billings Gazette, Compassion, Conflict and Peace, Desmond Tutu, Fred Phelps, Free Speech, God hates fags?, Inclusion of all people, LGBT, Maggie Phelps, Matthew Shepard, Oneness, Oneness of humanity, Supreme Court, The New York Times, USA Today, Voice of hope, Washington Post, Westboro Baptist Church
Tagged American Legion, Billings Gazette, Compassion, Conflict and Peace, Desmond Tutu, Fred Phelps, Free Speech, God hates fags?, Inclusion of all people, LGBT, Maggie Phelps, Matthew Shepard, Oneness, Oneness of humanity, Supreme Court, The New York Times, USA Today, Voice of hope, Washington Post, Westboro Baptist Church
19 May 10
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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Posted in Active Being, Delighting in Delight, Fully Human, Fully Alive, Love with Abandonment, Making Sense, Finding Purpose, Oneness with Self & Creation, Trusting Your Voice
Tagged Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Becoming full human, Courage of Harvey Milk, Desmond Tutu, Eastern Washington, God, Harvey Milk, Harvey Milk Day, Inclusion of all people, LGBT, Love of Self, Magnificence of each person, New York, Oneness of humanity, San Francisco, Seattle, Seattle Men's Chorus, Spiritual Values, The Holy, unity
Tagged Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Becoming full human, Courage of Harvey Milk, Desmond Tutu, Eastern Washington, God, Harvey Milk, Harvey Milk Day, Inclusion of all people, LGBT, Love of Self, Magnificence of each person, New York, Oneness of humanity, San Francisco, Seattle, Seattle Men's Chorus, Spiritual Values, The Holy, unity
15 Nov 09
Christian clergy will spew hatred in Washington DC on Monday. Their fury has been aroused by the new Matthew Shepard Hate Crimes Prevention Act. Venomous, hate-filled language is an odd thing for religious folk to spend time on. Imagine that energy being used to promote compassion, love, mercy, justice or feeding the hungry. Gay and lesbian people are the target of this vitriol. Religiously motivated disdain and hatred are not pretty. Or spiritual. Why this bizarre confluence of hate toward LGBT people?
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Posted in Love with Abandonment, Making Sense, Finding Purpose, Oneness with Self & Creation, Polishing the World, Showing Up for Life, Spirited Conversations
Tagged Bono, Compassion, Dalai Lama, Desmond Tutu, Fred Phelps, Justice, Justice Department, LGBT, Love, Mahatma Gandhi, Martin Luther King, Matthew Shepard, Obama, Progressive Spiriutality, Rally for Religious Freedom, Spirituality
Tagged Bono, Compassion, Dalai Lama, Desmond Tutu, Fred Phelps, Justice, Justice Department, LGBT, Love, Mahatma Gandhi, Martin Luther King, Matthew Shepard, Obama, Progressive Spiriutality, Rally for Religious Freedom, Spirituality
12 Nov 09
In Washington DC the homeless and the ill are being pitted against gay and lesbian people. In Salt Lake City an anti-discrimination bill protecting the LGBT community passed unanimously. In DC the threats are coming from the Roman Catholic Church. In Salt Lake City the new bill was blessed by the Mormon Church. They were both kissing cousins in uniting against Proposition 8 in California.
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Posted in Active Being, Everyday Goodness & Kindness, Fully Human, Fully Alive, Love with Abandonment, Making Sense, Finding Purpose, Oneness with Self & Creation, Polishing the World, Showing Up for Life, Trusting Your Voice
Tagged Anti-Discrimination, Compassion, Dignity, Gay, Homeless, Ill, Justice, LGBT, Mormon Church, Oneness, Progressive Spiriutality, Religion and Spirituality, Roman Catholics, Salt Lake City, Same-sex Marriage, Spiritual Values, Spirituality, Washington DC
Tagged Anti-Discrimination, Compassion, Dignity, Gay, Homeless, Ill, Justice, LGBT, Mormon Church, Oneness, Progressive Spiriutality, Religion and Spirituality, Roman Catholics, Salt Lake City, Same-sex Marriage, Spiritual Values, Spirituality, Washington DC
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