All NY Epispal bishop ndidat to allow gay unns if elected | Church & Mistri News

Contents:

• GAY: RELIGN
• SECTN 2: KNOWG GAYS AND LBIANS, RELIG CONFLICTS, BELIEFS ABOUT HOMOSEXUALY
• FIRG OF GAY CATHOLIC SCHOOL TEACHER ULD TT LATT SUPREME COURT LG
• RELIGN AND ACCEPTANCE OF GAYS
• TEXAS JUDGE WHO DON’T WANT TO PERFORM GAY MARRIAGE CEREMONI HOP WEB SIGNER’S SUPREME COURT SE HELPS HER FIGHT
• LETTERS TO THE EDOR: I’M GAY AND DON’T WANT TO PATRONIZE BIGOTS. THANKS, SUPREME COURT
• ALL 4 NY EPISPAL BISHOP NDIDAT WILL ALLOW GAY MARRIAGE IF ELECTED
• GAY UNSELOR'S FIRG BY INDIANAPOLIS CATHOLIC SCHOOL PERMTED BY FERAL APPEALS URT

GAY: RELIGN

Includ are web rourc for gay people g together as mory groups wh relig tradns, lks to relig activist groups for and agast homosexual rights, rourc beg created by gay people alg wh their relign and their homosexualy, and rourc beg created by relig activists who oppose homosexualy. The Gay Relign webse clus an imprsive selectn of weblks, cludg a set of helpful lks and reviews, sample chapters, and a multifah listg of LGBT support group rourc. The Wikipedia article "Homosexualy and Baha'i Fah" giv an overview of the posn of the Baha'i fah towards homosexualy and also lists referenc and external lks to several statements published by the Universal Hoe of Jtice, the lg body for the Baha'i fah.

Gay Buddhist Fellowship (GBF) is "a fom that brgs together the diverse Buddhist tradns to addrs the spirual ncerns of gay men the San Francis Bay Area, the Uned Stat, and the world. Gay Men’s Buddhist Sangha is based the San Francis Bay Area and "brgs gay men together to practice Buddhism, study the teachgs, learn om each other’s experienc, and fd ways to serve the gay muny. is "a web se dited to misterg to the gay and lbian Christian muny, " and featur "one of the largt gay and lbian welg Christian church directori and bullet boards the world, " cludg over 3, 400 entri for the Uned Stat.

Whosoever is an onle magaze that "striv to show God nstantly at work the daily liv of gays, lbians, bisexuals and transgenr people" through "biblil scholarship, personal ttimoni and prayerful mentary on timely topics.

SECTN 2: KNOWG GAYS AND LBIANS, RELIG CONFLICTS, BELIEFS ABOUT HOMOSEXUALY

Queer Asian Spir (webse no longer active) is "an anizatn dited to affirmg and supportg the spirual liv of lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, and queer people of Asian scent everywhere.

Affirmatn: Gay and Lbian Mormons is an anizatn which clus active members of the Church of the Latter-Day Sats, former members and non-members of all sexual and genr orientatns, and their supportive iends and fay. Exod Internatnal is "a worldwi ternomatnal, Christian anizatn lled to enurage, strengthen, unify and equip Christians to mister the transformg power of the Lord J Christ to those affected by homosexualy.

Conferenc feature a number of speakers who offer suggtns about "how to mister to a loved one who’s alg wh homosexualy, rpond to misrmatn our culture, fend biblil beliefs and prevent...

FIRG OF GAY CATHOLIC SCHOOL TEACHER ULD TT LATT SUPREME COURT LG

Emergence Internatnal is "a world-wi muny of Christian Scientists, their fai and iends, that provis spirual and tnal support for lbians, gay men, and bisexual and transgenred people, as they al wh homophobia and heterosexism. The Gay and Lbian Vaishnava Associatn (GALVA) (webse no longer active) is an ternatnal anizatn mted to tg "Vaishnavas, Hd and the public general" about "the teachgs of Lord Caanya, the importance of all-clivens wh His missn, and the Vedic ncept of a natural third genr" the hop that "this knowledge will help to rrect many of the mon misnceptns that people hold today ncerng third-genr people (gays, lbians, bisexuals, transgenrs, the tersexed, etc.

RELIGN AND ACCEPTANCE OF GAYS

An article the April 2004 edn of the Ltle India magaze entled "Here Com the the Bri" (webse no longer active) reunts the stori of a number of homosexual Indian partners, while examg their opns on same-sex marriage.

People of Fah for Gay Civil Rights is "an terfah and ecumenil movement of clergy, vowed relig, and lay people of all sexual orientatns and genr inti” who “poe prayer, nscns-raisg and nonvlent ristance to achieve equaly for sexual mori society and relig nomatns. The Rabow Interfah Communy (webse no longer active) is "a group of Tucson [Arizona] terfah muni uned reachg out to and affirmg lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr (LGBT) people. The Interfah Gay/Straight Alliance (webse no longer active) is centered Charlottville, Virgia and "is a fah-based group whose broad missn is to w full civil rights for lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, and queer persons and their fai.

The World Congrs of Gay, Lbian, Bisexual, and Transgenr Jews, also lled Khet Ga’avah, "nsists of around 50 member anizatns all over the world, " cludg "member anisatns : Argenta, Atralia, Atria, Canada, France, Germany, Hungary, Israel, Mexi, The Netherlands, Spa, Swen, the Uned Kgdom, and the Uned Stat.

TEXAS JUDGE WHO DON’T WANT TO PERFORM GAY MARRIAGE CEREMONI HOP WEB SIGNER’S SUPREME COURT SE HELPS HER FIGHT

is a webse "mted to providg up to date, accurate rmatn for Orthodox Jews who are gay, lbian, bisexual or transgenred" and which lists over 30 lks and Jewish LGBT rourc.

The Femist Sexual Ethics Project provis rearch on Jewish sexual ethics that exam "ancient rabbic texts on which many Jews base their liv today through says on: rabbic laws that regulate genr segregatn, rabbic thkg on female homoeroticism, and rabbic thkg on same-sex marriage. It centers on personal stori of Hasidic or Orthodox Jews who are also gay or lbian, as they, "face a profound dilemma - how to rencile their passnate love of Judaism and the Dive wh the drastic Biblil prohibns that forbid homosexualy. The Wch' Voice hosts a webpage entled Gay Paganism: A Celebratn (webse no longer active) which clus over 25 says that celebrate the magick of gay and lbian wchcraft and paganism.

LETTERS TO THE EDOR: I’M GAY AND DON’T WANT TO PATRONIZE BIGOTS. THANKS, SUPREME COURT

The Center for Lbian and Gay Studi Relign and Mistry is based Berkeley, California and seeks to brg together the amic study of relign, fah muni, and LGBT persons. The data may unr-state acceptance of homosexualy (bee the data is om 2007), but 1) parisons of groups to recent on same-sex marriage suggt that the change is small, and 2) the relative differenc between relig groups remas the same.

The graph shows that public agreement wh the Supreme Court was mon among groups that have large majori of members who believe that homosexualy should be accepted. The term “homosexualy, ” while sometim nsired anachronistic the current era, is the most applible and easily translatable term to e when askg this qutn across societi and languag and has been ed other cross-natnal studi, cludg the World Valu Survey.

ALL 4 NY EPISPAL BISHOP NDIDAT WILL ALLOW GAY MARRIAGE IF ELECTED

Dpe major chang laws and norms surroundg the issue of same-sex marriage and the rights of LGBT people around the world, public opn on the acceptance of homosexualy society remas sharply divid by untry, regn and enomic velopment. In many natns, there has been an creasg acceptance of homosexualy, cludg the Uned Stat, where 72% say should be accepted, pared wh jt 49% as recently as 2007. In many of the untri surveyed, there also are differenc on acceptance of homosexualy by age, tn, e and, some stanc, genr – and several s, the differenc are substantial.

GAY UNSELOR'S FIRG BY INDIANAPOLIS CATHOLIC SCHOOL PERMTED BY FERAL APPEALS URT

For example, some untri, those who are affiliated wh a relig group tend to be ls acceptg of homosexualy than those who are unaffiliated (a group sometim referred to as relig “non”).