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... (IAM) Jewish Outlook Out in Africa OUT LGBT Well-being OUT Rhodes RainbowUCT SAYLO The Inner Circle Lesbian and Gay Equality Project Triangle Project Unisa Centre for Applied Psychology XX/Y Flame  ...
"Metropolitan Community Churches worldwide offer our hearty thanks to God and congratulations to the Mayor and City Council of Washington D.C. as Marriage Equality becomes law in the Capital City of the ...
... of all the challenges before us around the globe, I give thanks for the great cloud of witnesses who join me in praying and working for the day of global peace and equality. //signed The Rev. Elder Nancy ...
... Inner Circle Lesbian and Gay Equality Project Triangle Project Unisa Centre for Applied Psychology XX/Y Flame More info about the Joint Working Group is available on http://www.jwg.org.za ...
... together with the following partner organizations: The Commission for Gender Equality; AIDS Legal Network; Women’s Legal Centre – Cape Town; Good Hope MCC; The Inner Circle; Gender DynamiX; ...
... Equality Project Triangle Project Unisa Centre for Applied Psychology XX/Y Flame  ...
7. MCC Impact July 2009 (2)
(About us/News)
... in the Valley (North Hollywood, California) presented their 2009 Justice Love Awards to Kerry Chaplin, interfaith organizing director for California for Faith Equality Against Prop 8; Dr. Terry Grand MD, ...
... of organisations such as the Commission for Gender Equality; AIDS Legal Network; Women’s Legal Centre; Gender DynamiX; Good Hope MCC; Free Gender; Treatment Action Campaign; The Inner Circle; Inclusive ...
9. MCC Impact Pride Issue
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... in California Faith for Equality to ride on a gaily decorated double decker bus and to march, carrying their banners and signs, in the Christopher Street West LGBT Pride Parade and Festival in West Hollywood. ...
10. MCC Impact June 2009 (2)
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...  The Equality Ministry of Resurrection MCC (Houston, Texas), which works for justice year round, asked for congregational input in deciding upcoming projects.   Holy Covenant MCC (Brookfield, ...
11. MCC Impact May 2009 (2)
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...  Resources  Justice Focused US: Don't ask, Don't Tell Women's Building Equality Ralley IDAHO Justice and Social Action MCC Key West (Florida) is organizing the community ...
... by the decision of the Premier to appoint an all male cabinet in the Western Cape and believe that civil society should speak out on this as it is a direct attack on gender equality in the Western Cape. ...
13. MCC Impact May 2009 (1)
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... for Marriage Equality on the Capitol steps next Saturday.   At King of Peace MCC (St. Petersburg, Florida) they are reactivating their nursery to be open during Sunday morning worship.   ...
... result of a certain time and context in history, a time and a context always marked by a strong inequality between men and women. Indeed, at the heart of homophobia, lesbophobia and transphobia lies the ...
15. MCC Impact April 2009 (2)
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... to help train school and community leaders about diversity and LBGT equality, dealing with homophobic bullying and harassment, and meeting legal requirements.   Open Arms MCC (Rochester, New York) ...
16. MCC Impact April 2009 (1)
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... during his 50-year career.  It is currently airing in the UK and Europe and will be broadcast later in North America.    During the Rally on Tally, a day of promoting equality at the ...
... homeless status. By neglecting them, we  are complicit in a worldwide culture which abuses the LGBTQI human right to dignity, equality and safety from harm--abusive circumstances felt most keenly ...
... discrimination and inequality, South Africa should make use of its position as a leader among the African states to try and advance LGBTI rights within those regions and thus uphold the dignity and equality ...
...  Lesbian and Gay Equality Project 072 795 9194 Busi Skosana Family of Eudy Simelane  ...
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...  (The Inclusive New Testament, 1996 by The Priest for Equality)   Did I Just Touch You? When I was asked to write the devotional for this issue I immediately began researching the ...
... Sex Marriage is not and should not be a religious debate in parliament, it is a question of equality and human rights.”  We respectfully call on: The President of the Federal Republic ...
22. MCC Impact November 2008 (2)
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... MCC (Oak Park, Texas) hosted a dinner for the Soulforce Equality Riders when they were in town to visit Dallas Baptist University, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, and Southwestern Assemblies ...
...  IAM Jewish Outlook Out in Africa OUT LGBT Well-being OUT Rhodes Rainbow UCT SAYLO The Inner Circle Lesbian and Gay Equality Project Triangle Project Unisa Centre for Applied ...
... It was the memory, the almost unimaginable memory, of what happened to Duanna and Ebony and Tiffany that motivated the Tennessee Equality Project to provide training to the Memphis Police Department, even ...
25. MCC Impact
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... MCC Lubbock (Texas) gathered all kinds of school supplies for the children housed at Women's Protective Services.    MCC El Paso (Texas) hosted Equality Texas for an event and also presented ...
...  Rev. Dr. Jonipher Kwong, chair of MCC's Asia-Pacific Initiative, is the new Interfaith Organizer for California Faith for Equality, which seeks to educate religious communities on the importance of marriage ...
The Faith and Culture cluster of the Western Cape End-Hate Campaign monitors the internal policies of religious communities - ensuring that the values and principles of equality enshrined in our Constitution ...
28. Murder Case of Eudi Simalene
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... Lesbian and Gay Equality Project, she understood that the DPP saw no sufficient information to charge Pitja and that he would collaborate with the State during trial. She welcomed that the case has been ...
... of this week, the Congressional LGBT Equality Caucus, composed of 52 members of the U.S. House of Representatives, met to discuss the growing tide of global violence that targets people solely because ...
... MCCers.  Sharon Cox and Diane Holdsworth, Good Hope MCC (Cape Town), were one of the seven couples forming the Equality Project's case for the legalisation.  Janine Preesman, Glorious Light MCC ...
... for Gender Equality; AIDS Legal Network; Gender DynamiX; Good Hope MCC; Free Gender; The TAC; The Inner Circle; Inclusive & Affirming Ministries; Engender; Intersex SA; Triangle Project; various community-based ...
... King, Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech is all about: reminding all of us that we not only have a place in this world, but a purpose -- a purpose that is of urgent import if our dreams of freedom and equality ...
... from the Lesbian and Gay Equality Project said “It is deeply saddening that during women’s month we are having to attend trials such as this. We should be celebrating ourselves and our achievements during ...
... contributing factors to archaic and fundamentalist hetero-sexist values. The End Hate Campaign, which include active partners such as the Commission for Gender Equality; AIDS Legal Network; Gender DynamiX; ...
... seminars during Pride: Empowering Youth with PFLAG and the high school Gay Straight Alliance, Marriage Equality with the local ACLU, and Current Issues with Equality Florida. Rev. Mark Pridmore, pastor ...
...  credits include the Emmy- and Peabody-winning Eyes on the Prize II; With God on our Side: The Rise of the Religious Right in America; and The Question of Equality, a public television series on LGBT ...
... Out in Africa OUT LGBT Well-being OUT Rhodes Rainbow UCT SAYLO The Inner Circle Lesbian and Gay Equality Project Triangle Project Unisa Centre for Applied Psychology XX/Y Flame The Joint Working Group, ...
... Rainbow UCT SAYLO The Inner Circle Lesbian and Gay Equality Project Triangle Project Unisa Centre for Applied Psychology XX/Y Flame  The Joint Working Group, established in 2003, is a national network ...
... for Progress and Equality's Nehemiah Action, a county forum on homelessness and accessible, affordable health care. More than a thousand people, representing 20 local church and community groups, gathered ...
... Warren, who is also MCC Treasurer and Board of Administration member, is the newly elected Treasurer of the Board of Directors of Equality Texas and the Equality Texas Foundation, the leading LGBT rights ...
... Hartford (Connecticut) participated in an Ecumenical Prayer Breakfast and press conference at the Connecticut State Capitol in support of marriage equality for same-gender couples. They are members of ...
... was also an active member of the Western Cape Coalition for Gay and Lesbian Equality. In 1987 Ivan refused a call up to service in the South Africa military in which he had served two years following his ...
Triangle Project, the Commission for Gender Equality and Good Hope Metropolitan Community Churches have reacted with dismay and outrage at yet another alleged racial incident at a gay establishment in ...
... Dr Yvette Abrahams from the Commission for Gender Equality who pleaded with ordinary persons who carry the power within themselves to be catalysts of positive change in the own communities, said: “We ...
... ICM Niterói regarding equality for all people.   For their Fifth Sunday FYI Forum, the congregation of Central Texas MCC from the Heart (Waco) hosted representatives from the Advocacy Center ...
... major anyway.   In 1968, Stonewall had not yet happened. The phrase "Marriage Equality" didn't exist. We didn't protest "hate crimes"(though they happened all the time). ...
... Conference to participate in the Liturgy. From New York to Nigeria, they came to claim and to proclaim justice and equality for all of God's people.   The Rev. Elder Nancy Wilson, Moderator of ...
... a joint float with MCC New York (New York). The theme for the float was "United for Equality" and their choirs led the parade along with the Grand Marshals. Due to the uniqueness of having religious ...
... the LGBT community always finds creative ways to make our voices heard in spite of oppression and intimidation. We always find ways to get out the message that all people deserve equality under the law, ...
... Equality Riders. Peninsula MCC (San Mateo, California) marched with MCC San Francisco in the Bay Area Pride Parade. Sisters In Song, the Tulsa, Oklahoma, women’s chorus, partnered with MCC United ...
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Call Me By My True Names

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Today's Scripture

Friday, 3rd September 2010

God told Abram: 'Leave your country, your family, and your father's home for a land that I will show you. - I'll make you a great nation and bless you. I'll make you famous; you'll be a blessing. I'll bless those who bless you; those who curse you I'll curse. All the families of the Earth will be blessed through you.' Genesis 12:1-3 The Message [MSG]

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