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Contra Sola Scriptura
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by Vaughn Roste Note: This is an in-depth article based on the Contra Sola Scriptura principle as it relates to Lutherans. For an easier read by the same author covering the same basic points for a general audience, please go to Biblical Marriage: A Bad Source For Debate I have recently read several comments made…
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Suicide Prevention
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National Suicide Prevention Lifeline US       1-800-273-8255 Canada    1-833-456-4566       Trans LifeLine – All Ages 1-877-330-6366 Wonder drug: Ketamine can lift you from deep depression within minutes of administration There is no shame in having suicidal feelings.  There is no reason you should not ask for…
Let No One Be Turned Away
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I have been married for 30 years, but I’ll not put that forward as any sort of qualification. Experience is not the same thing as wisdom. Wisdom is like a guide and grandmother to the changing, exploring, learning mind. Wisdom says that it’s a good time to change your mind when it widens your heart….
Justice = Civil Marriage Equality
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by Christopher Hubble – July 7, 2004 “The union of a man and a woman is the most enduring human institution, honored and encouraged in all cultures and by every religious faith … Marriage cannot be severed from its cultural, religious and natural roots without weakening the good influence of society,” ~ President George W….
LGBTQ Scholarships
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Looking for LGBTQ scholarships that will make college more financially feasible? There are a number of scholarships specifically geared toward LGBTQ students, so we’ve rounded up some great options to pursue. For those that identify as lesbian, gay, transgender, or bisexual, the challenges can be intense. The Pew Research Center found in 2013, that bisexual…
What God Says to the LGBT in Addiction Recovery
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Despite advances in research and awareness, the LGBT community continues to suffer the social stigma of being different. This constant isolation, along with the fear of “coming out,†is contributing to the high prevalence of substance abuse among lesbians, gays, bisexuals, and transgenders.  According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the LGBT sector…
Attorney and Plaintiff in the First Same Sex Marriage Lawsuit of the Modern Gay Rights Movement
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by Craig Dean Perhaps no topic stirs the imagination as the legalization of same-sex marriage. In this veritable minefield of tradition versus progress, twenty years ago attorney Craig Dean filed the first discrimination suit to legalize same-sex marriage in over forty years when his marriage license application to his partner was denied by the District…
The State’s Role in Marriage (Part 1)
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A possible Conservative victory in the upcoming federal election could mean social policies favouring a traditional “family” ideology: Where men are men and women are housewives and sexual and reproductive freedom is set back half a century. It’s an outcome too depressing to be worth discussion. Instead, I want to talk about one aspect of…
LGBT’s In The Workplace
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Same-Sex Marriage: A Call For Intense Dialogue
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In the present ongoing discussion about same-sex marriages, the one thing that seems to be missing within the Roman Catholic Church and within our country, is a dialogue among people who respect one another. And for me, as your pastor, it is much easier to remain silent, than to take up the challenge to use…
Biblical Marriage: A Bad Source For Debate
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Note: The son of two Lutheran pastors, Vaughn Roste is a Canadian who has worshipped and worked in Episcopalian, Presbyterian, United and Christian Reformed Churches, but his current employment is teaching at a United Methodist College. He has visited five continents and lived on four of them, holds three degrees in two different areas (theology…
Substance Abuse in the LBGTQ Community
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Heterosexism may affect gay and bisexual men, lesbian, transgender, and queer individuals (LGBTQ) people by causing internalized homophobia, shame, and a negative self-concept. It is not surprising to find that many LGBTQ individuals in therapy report feeling isolated, fearful, depressed, anxious, and angry and have difficulty trusting others. LGBTQ individuals may resort to substance abuse…
What Is A Biblical Marriage?
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by Brother Lawrence Damien Dear family, We have been told that the Bible defines marriage as between one man and one woman. Therefore any other kind of marriage is wrong, including same sex marriages. However, is that what the Bible really says? Is the Bible open to more than one type of marriage? If so,…
Marriage – History or Mystery? by Sally M. Masters
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As we celebrate the 25th anniversary of Northampton Pride and the 2nd anniversary of the legal recognition of same sex marriage in Massachusetts this year, history has been at the forefront of my mind. Several thousand same sex couples have married in Massachusetts over the past two years, and life is only better for the…
The Love that Proudly Speaks its Name
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Lloyd Thornhill and his partner Bob Peacock were married last year in Canada and were involved in the court case for equal marriage in Canada. Below is a presentation they made to the government’s Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights back on April 1, 2003 before they won the right to marry. Vancouver, BC,…
In Defense of Biblical Marriage (Satire)
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by Cindy Scott The Presidential Prayer Team is currently urging us to: “Pray for the President as he seeks wisdom on how to legally codify the definition of marriage. Pray that it will be according to Biblical principles. With many forces insisting on variant definitions of marriage, pray that God’s Word and His standards will…
Countries With Legalized Same-Sex Marriage
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The Bible and Same-Sex Marriage
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“The church is not of one mind. I expect this issue to continue to be raised until society comes to terms with it.” ~ Bishop Elias Galvan of Seattle, March 21, 2004 (speaking after Methodist minister Rev. Karen Dammann was acquitted in a church trial over her sexual orientation.) As recently as March, a CBS…
Same Sex Marriage – Full List of Articles
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Stories by Gay Christians To Uplift & Encourage
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Fashioned of God – Personal stories by gay Christians Inside Out Faith – Founded by Jennifer Knapp, Inside Out Faith seeks to actively engage faith communities in order to educate, affirm and foster support of LGBT persons and their allies. Stories of Christian Gays Members
The Power of Legal Marriage (by David Brooks)
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Anybody who has several sexual partners in a year is committing spiritual suicide. He or she is ripping the veil from all that is private and delicate in oneself, and pulverizing it in an assembly line of selfish sensations. But marriage is the opposite. Marriage joins two people in a sacred bond. It demands that…
HIV AIDS Resources – “Hope Is Vital”
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The State’s Role in Marriage (Part 2)
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Read Part 1 of this article. Today, as Canadians (or at least those of us who vote) are choosing our government for the next five years, I want to recall the words of a former national leader. On Dec. 22, 1967, defending the decriminalization of homosexual behaviour, Pierre Elliott Trudeau opined that “The state has…
Church Recognizes Gay Pastor’s Union
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GLENN DALE – A church pastor and a Web page designer yesterday got as close to marriage as two same-sex Episcopalians can in Maryland. During a service led by the Right Rev. John Bryson Chane, bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Washington, the 12-year relationship between the Rev. Michael Warren Hopkins and John Clinton Bradley…
Ex-Gay and Exodus International Support
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For Those Who Have Been Hurt By These Anti-Gay Ministries See also Ex-Gay Videos Terrible Harm from those Wacky Gay “Cures” – excellent article by Peterson Toscano Peterson Toscano’s Website – A Musing: A Quirky Queer Quaker performance artist and scholar – an ex-gay survivor and Creator of Doin’ Time in the Homo No Mo…