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Coretta Scott King supports
Miami-Dade County LGBT Civil Rights Ordinance |
| Equal Partners in Faith applauds action
of Coretta Scott King in support of Miami-Dade County LGBT Civil Rights
Ordinance
[press release 8-21-02, posted here 9-3-02]
"Equal Partners in Faith applauds the action
taken by Coretta Scott King, wife of slain civil rights leader Martin
Luther King, Jr., to correct the gross misuse of her husband's
name," said EPF Director Sylvia Rhue.
King and U.S. Rep. Carrie Meek issued statements in
response to information recently distributed by the anti-gay group, Take
Back Miami-Dade. The group produced a flyer contending that Martin
Luther King, Jr., would be opposed to an ordinance extending civil
rights to lesbians and gays.
"If the basic rights of one group can be denied,
all groups become vulnerable," said Mrs. King. Rep. Meek added,
"I know first-hand how discrimination robs individuals of their
human dignity ... We must not allow discrimination to gain a toehold in
our community."
The flyer supporting Miami-Dade County's human rights
ordinance protecting lesbians and gays from discrimination was produced
by the ACLU of Florida, a campaign ally of "No to
Discrimination/SAVE Dade." Miami-Dade County's LGBT community has
struggled to maintain basic civil rights since orange juice spokesperson
Anita Bryant launched her attack in 1977. Bryant's "Save our
Children" campaign successfully repealed Dade's equal rights
ordinance.
In 2000, "Take Back Miami-Dade" launched its
efforts to repeal the current equal rights ordinance. The Christian
Coalition teamed up with Tampa's Florida Family Association to form the
"Take Back Miami-Dade Political Committee."
"Take Back Dade's action demonstrates just how
low homophobic individuals will stoop to impose their bigotry on a
community," said Rhue.
EQUAL PARTNERS in FAITH is a multi-racial national
network of religious leaders and people of faith committed to equality
and diversity. Our diverse faith traditions and shared religious
values lead us to affirm and defend the equality of all people,
regardless of religion, race, ability, gender, sexual orientation or
gender identity. As people of faith, we actively oppose the
manipulation of religion to promote inequality and exclusion.
Equal Partners in Faith
5 Thomas Circle
Washington DC 20005
1-877-501-4194
1-202-797-0111 (fax)
website: http://www.us.net/epf/index2.html
email: epfinfo@aol.com
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GA actions
ratified (or not) by the presbyteries
A number of the most important actions of the 219th
General Assembly have now been acted upon by the presbyteries,
confirming most of them as amendments to the PC(USA) Book of Order.
We provided resources to help inform the
reflection and debate, along with updates on the voting.
Our three areas of primary interest have been:
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Amendment 10-A,
which removes the current ban on
lesbian/gay/bisexual/transgender persons being considered as
possible candidates for ordination as elder or ministers.
Approved! |
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Amendment 10-2,
which would add the Belhar Confession to our Book of
Confessions. Disapproved, because as an amendment
to the Book of Confessions it needed a 2/3 vote, and did not
receive that. |
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Amendment
10-1, which adopts the new Form of Government
that was approved by the Assembly. Approved. |
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Some blogs worth visiting |
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PVJ's
Facebook page
Mitch Trigger, PVJ's
Secretary/Communicator, has created a Facebook page where
Witherspoon members and others can gather to exchange news and
views. Mitch and a few others have posted bits of news, both
personal and organizational. But there’s room for more!
You can post your own news and views,
or initiate a conversation about a topic of interest to you. |
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Voices of Sophia blog
Heather Reichgott, who has created
this new blog for Voices of Sophia, introduces it:
After fifteen years of scholarship
and activism, Voices of Sophia presents a blog. Here, we present the
voices of feminist theologians of all stripes: scholars, clergy,
students, exiles, missionaries, workers, thinkers, artists, lovers
and devotees, from many parts of the world, all children of the God
in whose image women are made. .... This blog seeks to glorify God
through prayer, work, art, and intellectual reflection. Through
articles and ensuing discussion we hope to become an active and
thoughtful community. |
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John Harris’ Summit to
Shore blogspot
Theological and philosophical
reflections on everything between summit to shore, including
kayaking, climbing, religion, spirituality, philosophy, theology,
politics, culture, travel, The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), New
York City and the Queens neighborhood of Ridgewood by a progressive
New York City Presbyterian Pastor. John is a former member of the
Witherspoon board, and is designated pastor of North Presbyterian
Church in Flushing, NY. |
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John Shuck’s Shuck and Jive
A Presbyterian minister, currently
serving as pastor of First Presbyterian Church of Elizabethton,
Tenn., blogs about spirituality, culture, religion (both organized
and disorganized), life, evolution, literature, Jesus, and
lightening up. |
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