Comments on: Gay Rights: The Religious Who Teach Non-violence, Non-condemnation of GLBT

By: African America Civil Rights Leaders and Gay Rights « Angelolopez’s Weblog

Sat, 17 Oct 2009 23:09:38 +0000

[...] Rev. Bob Graetz was the only white minister to march with Martin Luther King Jr. during the Montgomery Bus Boycott in 1955 and 1956. Their participation in the boycott made them targets of much harassment, as their house was twice the target of firebombings. Reverand Graetz and his wife Jeannie served an all-black Lutheran congregation in Montgomery, Alabama in 1955. Today Rev. Graetz and his wife serve as instructors at The Soulforce Institute for Nonviolent Change. Rev. Graetz said: “We are a retired Lutheran pastor and spouse, whose oldest son was born gay, and who at the age of 37 died with AIDS. Having spent years coming to grips with and trying to understand the concept of homosexuality, we have ultimately come to recognize this condition as a special gift of God conveyed to some of his carefully selected daughters and sons. We have come to know personally thousands of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered persons. And we have also become convinced that this condition is part of the ‘creative given’ rather than a personal choice by those individuals.” [...]

By: Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estés

Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estés — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 07:25:33 +0000

thank you DLS, that was a cool map. I wonder how people can figure all that out… maybe by last national election results. Also thank you for the church link.

Domajot, a jillion years ago when I was at a meeting of citizens and newspaper admin, I remember the guy who owned the newspaper saying ‘blood, sex, dog.’ To him those were the stories he wanted most. I objected to ‘dog’. They are such heroic creatures puttng up with humans and all, they ought have their own daily.
I’m laughing; I hope you are too
dr.e

By: Poetry News for November 9, 2007 | Poetry Hut Blog: Poetry News

Poetry News for November 9, 2007 | Poetry Hut Blog: Poetry News — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 06:29:19 +0000

[...] you heard of The Soulforce Institute for Nonviolent Change? I haven’t and I’m right here in the city with the Southern Baptist [...]

By: DLS

DLS — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 23:03:35 +0000

the Midwest, which is mis-touted by some as a bastion of conservatism

(purple America map) The church in U. City

By: domajot

domajot — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 15:29:14 +0000

Thank you for writing on this topic, DR E.

It’s good to be reminded that sometimes the news that is seldom reported is the most important story.
It has always been so, but it’s a crying shame that it is.

People are affected by and inspired by what they hear, and by what they perceive to be ‘normal’.
When the stories of decency, justice and tolerance aren’t heard, they lose their fair share of the potential to affect and inspire.

By rights, news media who profit so much from disseminating the messages of hate, crime and destruction should make reparation by having regular features on the many examples of love and sacrifice that are there but for the reporting. But I”m dreaming an impossible dream …

Thank heaven for PBS who does, from time to time, seek out these untold stories.
Thank heavens for Dr. E who does so also.