Yo Guido! My cousin Scott, a gay man (and I should also add - a fabulous human being), posted on his Facebook page a story from the Huffington Post that said that you as chairman of the Barilla Group will not feature gay families in advertisements. According to the story you want to feature "traditional [...]
Tag: gays and lesbians
God should have made me a Black lesbian.
Today California's Defense of Marriage Act was ruled unconstitutional by the United States Supreme Court. Today our country's constitution once again served as the foundation for equal rights. Today the message from the Supreme Court was clear -marriage will be treated the same for the purposes of legality and benefits regardless of whether the marriage [...]
I can hear the bells…
I am gratified this morning to be greeted with the news that Minnesota's House passed a marriage equality bill. Now the only thing between marriage equality is the Minnesota Senate and the Governor which are expected to likewise pass the bill and sign it into law. This makes me happy. This is an inequality that [...]
I speak out…
Martin Niemöller, a Protestant pastor born in the late 1800s and a vocal foe of Adolf Hitler, is the source of one of my favorite quotations. Niemöller's words below carry a powerful message about honoring the rights and equality of others. Unfortunately, there is always another reason to revisit his words. First they came [...]
It’s time to clean out those nooks and crannies…
The Forum has a choice to make. Will it revise its existing policy on wedding announcements to allow for publication of same-sex wedding announcements? The opportunity for this choice arose from a denial sent to Allison Johnson by The Forum that informed her that the paper does not publish same-sex marriage announcements. Allison wanted to announce her [...]
Mary’s Anthem…
My lack of tolerance for intolerance of the LGBT community found its roots in a conversation I had over 35 years ago. That conversation was the timid coming out of my neighbor and friend Mary Stremple in her driveway before she headed out with her family for their annual family vacation on Catalina Island. Mary [...]
Walking the talk…
This past week ELCA did something that I think was powerful and inspiring and I have to say it made me want to become a Lutheran - it took a position of inclusivity. ELCA voted to allow non-celibate gays and lesbians to serve as leaders in the church. I started watching this last week when [...]
THE NEW FORTY 