Sunday, November 9, 2008

We stand in solidarity...

After the recent news of the defeat of equal protection in marriage - Proposition 8 - in California, my friends in the United Church of Christ shared this full page ad in a number of LGBT publications in California as a sign of solidarity. Thanks be to God... oh deep in my heart, I do believe that we shall overcome someday.

"We stood with you in saying no to Proposition 8 and we will continue to stand with you, both in disappoint and resolve, until marriage equality is realized."
John Thomas, General Minister and President, United Church of Christ

WE UNITE IN SOLIDARITY

Once again, through California's Proposition 8, the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community has endured an onslaught of lies and deceipt. This hurtful ballot initiative has demeaned the lives, relationships and families of our LGBT sisters and brothers.

Many members, clergy and congregations in the 1.2 million-member United Church of Christ - in California and across the United States - participated in the unprecedented effort to affirm marriage equality for all. People of faith, including many in the UCC, offered significant leadership, time and dollars.

Now is the time to attend to each other with love and compassion, and may the solidarity we share strengthen us for the challenging journey that lies ahead.


2 comments:

Luke said...

just posted my friend's thoughts on this. Civil Rights is a movement, not an event… keep moving towards equality!

keep RAWK'n in the free world!

"I swore to never be silent whenever and wherever human beings endure suffering and humiliation. We must always take sides, Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim, silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented." - Elie Wiesel – Nobel Laureate and Holocaust Survivor

Anonymous said...

It's at moments like this that I wish I were part of the UCC rather than the Presbyterian church!

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