LGBT issues

One Change

Posted on February 25, 2013February 25, 2013 by Jason Hines

If there is one thing you would like to see change in your faith or ethical tradition over the next ten years, what would it be? What role would you want to play? It is incredibly difficult for me to ... Read More

Supporting “Kill the Gays”: Implications for Religious Liberty in the US and Abroad

Posted on January 19, 2013January 19, 2013 by Jason Hines

Some Adventist related news came from Uganda recently and I find it particularly disturbing. Pastor Balsious Ruguri, church president for East and Central Africa, came out in support of the Anti-Homos... Read More

Coming Out: stepping out of the closet and the church

Posted on April 2, 2012May 4, 2013 by Mary Ann Kaiser

I came out as a lesbian this past year. I spent the first 25 years of my life living with straight privilege but struggling internally with what was “wrong” with me. Coming out has been indescriba... Read More

Hate the Sin, Love the Sinner?

Posted on February 1, 2011March 5, 2011 by Rachel A. Heath

Like many teenagers in burgeoning evangelical-emergent Christian churches at the end of the nineties, I loved Christian contemporary music (CCM, as it goes). Jars of Clay, Third Day, Newsboys, The Ben... Read More

Howe about Equality?

Posted on December 9, 2010December 9, 2010 by Anthony Fatta

As the resident Nashvillian at SoF and someone who works at the UMC down the street from Belmont University, I am obligated to weigh in on the issue of Lisa Howe’s forced resignation from her positi... Read More