Saturday, June 27, 2015

Celebrating Legal Equality For Lesbian and Gay Families Shouldn't We Celebrate This Pioneering Institution?

I want to thank, among others, the United Church of Christ, the first mainstream Church, one of the first large, culturally significant organizations to call for full equality for me and for other gay men and for all LGBT folk.  Here's the record in time, beginning in the years when gay relationships were illegal in all but one or two states and discrimination entirely legal and, in almost every context, to be expected.  Young people can't begin to understand how that was but a lot of us still alive remember it.   If the fundamentalists who still support discrimination are to be condemned, those who opposed it well before it was safe and popular to do so are to be celebrated.


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From repeal of ‘sodomy laws’ to advocacy for marriage equality: a history of faithful witness for LGBT rights

Beginning in 1969, the United Church of Christ has advocated for the LGBT community. From the campaign to decriminalize same-sex relationships to support for marriage equality, the UCC has made a difference in the lives of LGBT citizens and their families. The issues have changed over the decades, but the basic commitment to full inclusion and human rights remains the same.
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