International Newsletter of Metropolitan Community Churches with the focus on MCC congregations all over the world.

A responsive and accountable democracy that can meet the basic needs of our people is built upon transparency and the free flow of information. The gains of South Africans’ struggle for freedom are threatened by the Protection of Information Bill (the Secrecy Bill) currently before Parliament. We accept the need to replace apartheid-era secrecy legislation. However, this Bill extends the veil of secrecy in a manner reminiscent of that same apartheid past. This Bill fundamentally undermines the struggle for whistleblower protection and access to information. It is one of a number of proposed measures which could have the combined effect of fundamentally undermining the right to access information and the freedom of expression enshrined in the Constitution.

International Newsletter of Metropolitan Community Churches with the focus on MCC congregations all over the world.

Office of the Moderator Metropolitan Community Churches

Metropolitan Community Churches lifts its voice in celebration with voices from around the world today as the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California ruled Proposition 8 unconstitutional.  "Although we know the case will likely be appealed, today we celebrate a step forward in the return to marriage equality for all citizens of California, and a step closer to marriage equality all over the United States of America," said MCC Moderator The Reverend Elder Nancy Wilson.  "Our federal courts have finally acknowledged what we have known all along:  fundamental rights exist only when they are enjoyed by all people, without qualification."  

MCC European Network Newsletter August 2010