Arizona Equality Walkers - Soulforce Right To Marry Update

Arizona Equality Walkers - Soulforce Right To Marry Update

Source: The Observer - Tucson, Arizona

Author:

Date: 15 August, 2008

From Glendale we were headed to the Church of the Beatitudes, a lovely United Church of Christ congregation where we had lunch and the most amazing cherries for desert. We were greeted warmly by Pastor Nancy Elsenheimer and several ...

Religious Groups’ Official Positions On Same-Sex Marriage

Religious Groups’ Official Positions On Same-Sex Marriage

Source: Ye Are Gods

Author: God's Servan

Date: 3 August, 2008

In 2005, the General Synod of the United Church of Christ voted to legally recognize and advocate in favor of same-sex marriage.

Malden, Medford clergy honored by the Religious Coalition for the Freedom to Marry

Malden, Medford clergy honored by the Religious Coalition for the Freedom to Marry
Malden Observer: 02-22-2007

"Clergy honored were the Rev. David Horst, Unitarian Universalist; the Rev. Randy Ferrara, United Church of Christ; the Rev. Tony Jarek Glidden, United Methodist Church; the Rev. John Clarke, Episcopal Church; the Rev. Hank Peirce, Unitarian Universalist; the Rev. Joan Saniuk, Metropolitan Community Church; the Rev. Kristin White, United Methodist Church; the Rev. Angela Freeman, Evangelical Lutheran Church of America; and the Rev. Ruth Odour, United Methodist Church."

Quote of the Week

Quote of the Week
Freedom to Marry: 02-20-2007

"I am the pastor of a church that recognizes that same-sex marriage is God's will. And I personally believe that same-sex marriage is a part of God's plan. To believe otherwise is unthinkable to us. To believe otherwise is to imagine that in creating diversity in nature God made a mistake. What's even worse is to imagine that in creating humanity God made a mistake."


— Rev. Gene Dyszlewski, pastor of Riverside Congregational United Church of Christ, RI

Freedom to Marry-Your Valentine

Freedom to Marry-Your Valentine
MamacitaOnline.com: 02-14-2007

“It's "Freedom to Marry Week" and I wanted to recognize the campaign for Valentine's Day. Freedom to Marry defines itself as a "gay and non-gay partnership working to win marriage equality nationwide." While I'm proud to be a resident of New Jersey, a state with a strong support for the right of same sex couples to marry (but has not legalized their right to marry yet) and a member of a church, the United Church of Christ, which performs these unions, civil unions are not the same as marriage.”