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As representatives of faith traditions that struggled for decades with this issue, we know that attitudes about homosexuality do not change easily. Still, it pains us that so many opponents of marriage equality invoke a handful of scriptural texts — open to a variety of interpretations — to deny their fellow citizens equal treatment under civil law.
With what appears to be a bit of irony, just as Bishop Budde’s article discusses the role religion plays in the same-sex marriage debate in
The Rt. Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde, Bishop of Washington, wrote a powerful article for “On Faith”. Here is an excerpt:
“Proposition 8 served no purpose, and had no effect, other than to lessen the status and human dignity of gays and lesbians in California,” the court said.
The Pope may well be opposed to marriage equality, but he didn’t show it in the way the headline writers portrayed.
“God attends gay weddings. Who knew?”
A short documentary tells the story of Carl and Dave.
Same sex marriage is moving ahead in Denmark and could become a reality as early as next summer if a bill establishing marriage equality passes parliament.
Public Religion Research Institute (PPRI) reports that there is at least a 20-point generation gap between Millennials (age 18 to 29) and seniors (age 65
[National Organization “for” Marriage] (NOM) wrote the headline, Majority Does Not Support SSM, but they’d much rather have written, Majority Opposes SSM. That’s one of their favorite talking points. Guess, they’ll have to retire it — even the polls they promote don’t let them say it.
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