Gay Today - July 4
Today is the American Independence Day, and two years ago the GLBT world received a nice dose of liberty from an unlikely source:
The United Church of Christ’s rule-making body voted overwhelmingly to approve a resolution endorsing same-sex marriage, making it the largest Christian denomination to do so. ”This is a significant moment,” said the Rev. Rebecca Voelkel of Cleveland, coordinator of a church coalition addressing gay and lesbian issues. She said the decision emphasized that lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people are ‘’spiritual people who love and are loved by God.”
But Becker also said he doesn’t think the vote yesterday was representative of the wishes of most church members. ”If we had put it to a vote of the people in the pews, it would have failed overwhelmingly,” he said.
Some day…
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