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Human Rights Campaign Supports Heartland Proclamation
In their weekly message the Human Rights Campaign supported the Heartland Proclamation: Good afternoon. Every day, I am deeply moved by the many diverse people across this country working for LGBT equality often with little fanfare or resources. In Omaha, Nebraska, for instance, an extraordinary group of religious leaders are working to advance the Heartland […]
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Tagged bisexual, Elnes, equality, gay, Heartland, Heartland Proclamation, HRC, Human Rights Campaign, justice, lesbian, LGBT, omaha, Solomonese, transgender
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Gay People Exist
In an essay on the blog Religion Dispatches, author Jay Michaelson writes that “when it comes to LGBT people, our very existence is still, somehow, subject to debate.” He identifies it as the only civil rights struggle where many opponents doubt the existence of those seeking full equality. He writes, “I’m being forced to defend […]
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One Pastor Reflects
The following appeared in The Congregationalist, the church newsletter of the First Central Congregational United Church of Christ in Omaha, Nebraska for June 23, 2011. It was written by the Rev. Dr. Scott Jones, the Senior Minister. On Wednesday, June 15 over three hundred people gathered at the Bob Kerrey Pedestrian Bridge, overlooking the fast-rising […]
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Tagged bisexual, Christian, clergy, David Ruhe, equality, gay, HCI, Heartland, Heartland Proclamation, homosexuality, justice, lesbian, LGBT, omaha, Scott Jones, transgender
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Press Conference Address by Dr. Eric Elnes
For many years, Heartland clergy and their congregations have been prayerfully reexamining long-held assumptions with respect to homosexuality, and gender identity and expression. To everything there is a season and today we recognize that this is the season of warming. Our silence has been broken, and today we join with many gay and straight persons […]
Beyond the Sound Bite: A Fuller Version
In the vision of the Hebrew prophet Amos, the preeminent sign of God’s presence and power is found where justice rolls down like a river, and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream (Amos 5:24). Today, with the banks of the Missouri River in full flood, the Heartland Clergy for Inclusion gathers with you to bear witness […]
Posted in General, Press Conference 6/15/11
Tagged Bible, bisexual, Christian, Elnes, equality, gay, HCI, justice, lesbian, LGBT, transgender
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