tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-58243322009-09-21T19:43:52.710-04:00At King of Peace MCC in St Petersburg, FL we are committed to acting with compassion, honor and respect through modeling and witnessing justice for all people. Through these postings our team tries to offer a balanced view of Christian Social Action opportunities. Your input is welcome.REV. ANNE KOPMEIERhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14091693956267554204noreply@blogger.comBlogger224125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5824332.post-1169234068852535072007-01-19T14:12:00.000-05:002007-01-19T14:14:28.880-05:00

Seminary to Host Transgender ConferenceBy Shona Crabtree - Religion News Service Friday, January 19, 2007 - Web LinkJanuary 19th, 2007BERKELEY, Calif. (RNS) The first Transgender Religious Summit to be held at a Christian seminary will bring together 50 activists, transgender members of faith communities, academics and religious leaders this weekend (Jan. 19-21) at the Pacific School of Religion

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Truth And Justiceby Libby PostI was ten years old when Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated.I remember the sadness that permeated my house. My parents weren’t well off but they gave money to King’s Southern Christian Leadership Conference.I remember writing a poem about King which made the rounds in my elementary school eventually making it to a display in the library. I remember thinking

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Group Expands To Provide Legal Aid To Low-Income LGBT FamiliesNationwideby 365Gay.com Newscenter StaffPosted: January 18, 2007 - 9:00 pm ET(San Francisco, California) The National Center for Lesbian Rights is launching a new project to provide access to family law services for low-income same-sex parent families.NCLR already has a track record representing same-sex couples in legal battles for

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In Conservative Chile, a Push for ChangeGays and Others Grow Bolder in Their Challenge to Nation's Cultural ArbitersBy Monte ReelWashington Post Foreign ServiceThursday, November 30, 2006; A14SANTIAGO, Chile -- Emma de Ramón recently bought a condo here. But even before she moved in, she said, everyone in the building knew one fact about her: She's gay.De Ramón and her partner, Karen Atala, a

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How Corporate America fell in love with gays and lesbians. It's a movement.By Marc Gunther, Fortune senior writerNovember 30 2006: 3:41 PM EST(Fortune Magazine) -- Business is booming at Raytheon (Charts), the $22-billion-a-year defense contractor that sells Tomahawk cruise missiles, laser-vision goggles and advanced radar systems to the Pentagon. This, improbably, is good news for the gay-rights

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Ruling Lets Women Share Rights Custody FightBy ADAM LIPTAKLisa Miller and Janet Jenkins had a child while joined in a same-sex civil union in Vermont.The breakup of their relationship, and what it means for their daughter, Isabella, has for years been a source of tension between the Vermont courts, which recognize both women as Isabella’s mothers, and a Virginia judge who granted sole custody to

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Christian groups assail video gameBy Jeff Brumley - Florida Times-UnionFriday, December 01, 2006 - Web LinkNovember 30, 2006Shoppers should reject the Left Behind: Eternal Forces video game and the false theology behind the best-selling books that inspired it, a coalition of liberal Christian groups, including one in Jacksonville, said Tuesday.The Christian Alliance for Progress and three other

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Conservative faith groups urge cuts to AIDS fundBy John Donnelly - Boston GlobeFriday, December 01, 2006 - Web LinkDecember 1, 2006LAKE FOREST, Calif. -- Some leading Christian conservatives, angry over the Global Fund to Fight AIDS's promotion of condoms and its perceived lack of support for faith-based programs, are pushing Congress to cut US support for the AIDS initiative, which was initiated

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Gay Donor or Gay Dad?By JOHN BOWECorrection AppendedR. described himself as “a man in his 40s, voluntarily employed in the arts,” a situation made possible, he explained, by a private family income. His six-foot frame is fit and slim; his eyes, blue and bright. He dresses in a cultured but casual way, an aesthetic captured in his speech, in which phatic blips like “kind of” or “sort of” are

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Gay Donor or Gay Dad?By JOHN BOWECorrection AppendedR. described himself as “a man in his 40s, voluntarily employed in the arts,” a situation made possible, he explained, by a private family income. His six-foot frame is fit and slim; his eyes, blue and bright. He dresses in a cultured but casual way, an aesthetic captured in his speech, in which phatic blips like “kind of” or “sort of” are

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New Tactic In Fighting Marriage Initiatives: Opponents Cite Effects On Straight CouplesBy Sonya Geis - Washington PostMonday, November 20, 2006 - Web LinkNovember 20, 2006TUCSON -- A pair of retirees keeping house in a concrete bungalow, with snapshots of their 30 grandchildren and great-grandchildren in the living room and an American flag out front, may not look like the face of gay America.But

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Gays kept separated; church and state notBy Geoffrey R. Stone - Chicago Tribune, Op-edMonday, November 20, 2006 - Web LinkNovember 19, 2006This month, my younger daughter got engaged. She surprised her partner with a proposal, a ring, and a string quartet playing "their" song. As my wife noted, with two daughters we never thought we'd have a daughter-in-law.Mollie has known she is gay for a long

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Sexual Orientation Question Angers Christian Conservativesby 365Gay.com Newscenter StaffNovember 19, 2006 - 11:00 am ET(Tallahassee, Florida) Conservative Christian groups have begun an intensive lobbying campaign against a new questionnaire for prospective high-level gubernatorial appointees.The questionnaire, which was prepared by Senate staff, asks the would-be appointees if they have ever

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Elton John invited to 'see how gay Christians behave' -14/11/06 The Metropolitan Community Church in East London (MCCEL) has issued an invitation to Sir Elton John following his call for religion to be 'banned'.Sir Elton claimed organised religion only worked to chastise homosexuality and convince people it's wrong.He said, "Religion promotes the hatred and spite against gays. I would ban

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This week we will go to the polls and cast our vote for leaders and policies that will affect our communities and nation. What are three values - as opposed to partisan issues - that will influence how you vote? Who do you represent with your vote - yourself and your family only? Or do you also vote based on the needs of the poor and disadvantaged in your community? In what ways can we hold our

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Liberal Christian group puts faith to workBy Janet I. Tu - Seattle Times Thursday, November 02, 2006 - Web LinkNovember 2, 2006The war in Iraq. American children living in poverty. Environmental challenges.Saying it's time for people of faith to act on these issues, about 150 local religious leaders and laypeople held a news conference and marched to the Henry M. Jackson Federal Building in

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NAACP Leader Denounces Anti-Gay Amendmentby 365Gay.com Newscenter StaffNovember 1, 2006 - 1:00 pm ET(Richmond, Virginia) National NAACP chair Julian Bond has joined the growing number of notables opposing amending the Virginia constitution to ban same-sex marriage.The measure also would nix civil unions and likely void domestic partner benefits in the state."I'd always thought Virginia was for

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Gay Cruises Are on the Seas and in the MainstreamBy MICHELLE HIGGINSPublished: October 29, 2006NEXT Memorial Day weekend, Cunard’s behemoth liner the Queen Mary 2 will depart for a routine six-day Atlantic crossing from New York to Southampton, England, with the usual white-glove service, decadent cuisine and formal evening wear after sundown. The difference this time: practically all the guests

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Mainstream media avoids Crist gay angle Local editors and journalism experts disagree on ethics of storyBy PHIL LAPADULA Friday, October 27, 2006It may be the loudest “whisper campaign” in Florida history. The internet blogs have been blazing for months with unverified rumors that Charlie Crist, the state’s attorney general and Republican candidate for governor, is gay.Crist has been asked if he

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Gay Couple Refuses To Pay Taxes Until Australia Recognizes Same-Sex Marriageby 365Gay.com Newscenter StaffOctober 30, 2006 - 9:00 pm ET(Sydney, Australia) A Sydney same-sex couple is refusing to file tax returns until the government allows them to submit a joint return as a married couple.Australian Marriage Equality said the couple was legally married overseas and in past years had been allowed

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Gay Mega Church Joins Mainstream Denominationby 365Gay.com Newscenter StaffOctober 29, 2006 - 4:00 pm ET(Dallas, Texas) The Cathedral of Hope, regarded as the world's largest gay church, has joined the United Church of Christ.In a vote taken Saturday, Oct. 28, by the denomination's North Texas Association, the church was overwhelmingly accepted as a member church.A special service of installation

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SAN FRANCISCO Faith leaders from around world call helping poor a religious value Workplace issues, foreign aid addressed in 2 conferences -Matthai Chakko Kuruvila, Chronicle Religion WriterSaturday, October 28, 2006Religious leaders from around California and the world gathered in San Francisco this week and urged believers to address poverty as a critical issue of faith, focusing separately on

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Religious right to lose influence no matter who Florida's next governor isBy S.V. Date - Palm Beach PostMonday, October 30, 2006 -Democrat Jim Davis speaks about getting the government out of religion. Republican Charlie Crist calls religion a private matter.Both candidates for governor have staked out positions on social issues contrary to the wishes of many Christian conservatives -- and to

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Right Wing Wants Trans Lawmaker Banned From 'Ladies Room'by 365Gay.com Newscenter StaffOctober 27, 2006 - 5:00 pm ET(Rome) A long simmering dispute over the use of the women's bathroom by a transsexual member of Italy's Parliament erupted into a full scale battle on FridayElisabetta Gardini, a member of the right-of-center opposition, got into a shouting match with Vladimir Luxuria, the first

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October 23, 2006Connecticut Episcopal Bishop Authorizes Priests to Bless Gay UnionsBy FERNANDA SANTOSThe leader of the Episcopal Diocese of Connecticut, Bishop Andrew D. Smith, has authorized priests to give blessings to same-sex unions during religious ceremonies. The move threatens to further alienate the conservative wing of his church and deepen a fissure between progressive and orthodox

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