Fremont Presbyterian pastor says his Sacramento church ‘didn’t leave the PCUSA; they left us’ Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A Sacramento church has voted to split from Presbyterian Church USA over the national denomination’s decision to ordain openly gay clergy. After months of discussion, members of Fremont Presbyterian Church voted 427 to 164 on Sunday, [...]
Pastor lost his ordination in 1999 for performing same-sex wedding DAVID TAFFET | Staff Writer taffet@dallasvoice.com It was in the 1980s that a member of the Rev. Jimmy Creech’s church came out to him as gay, it didn’t just turn the Methodist minister into an LGBT equality supporter, it also set him onto a path [...]
Don Croll left Broadway to find more consistent work as a Jewish cantor, coming out as gay along the way Don Croll DAVID TAFFET | Staff Writer taffet@dallasvoice.com Don Croll has learned that his path to becoming a cantor — with an Actor’s Equity card and a Broadway run — was not that unusual. Today [...]
Eric Folkerth Local clergy criticize governor’s exclusive approach DAVID TAFFET | Staff Writer taffet@dallasvoice.com With evangelical zeal, Texas Gov. Rick Perry jumped into the presidential race this week. Local clergy weighed in with their reaction. The Rev. Jo Hudson, senior pastor at the Cathedral of Hope, said that it’s appropriate for people running for public [...]
As more states legalize same-sex marriage, religious groups grapple with whether to allow ceremonies RACHEL ZOLL | AP Religion Writer NEW YORK — After same-sex marriage becomes legal here on July 24, gay priests with partners in the Episcopal Diocese of Long Island will head to the altar. They have to. Their bishop set a [...]
‘DOING EQUALITY’ | Inclusiveness has been a tenant of the Unitarian Universalist Church of Oak Cliff for all of its 50 years. Church members, from left, Kelley O’Conan, Kimberlyn Crowe, the Rev. Mark Walz, Michael Cipollo and the Rev. Marcia Shannon stand in front of a banner in the UUCOC sanctuary that reads “Marriage is [...]
Rev. Pam Wat Programs and meeting space will be made available for LGBT youth, seniors and other groups DAVID TAFFET | Staff Writer taffet@dallasvoice.com When a teen at Denton Unitarian Universalist Fellowship came out, the Rev. Pam Wat knew just what to do — hook her up with her high school’s gay/straight alliance. Problem was, [...]
The Rev. Terry Zimmerman Speakers focus on the impact of prejudice on the LGBT community DAVID TAFFET | Staff Writer taffet@dallasvoice.com The more that members of Midway Hills Christian Church talked about bullying, the more they realized how frequently the issue of religious intolerance came up, usually as the root of bullying. “We saw it [...]
From Staff Reports The largest delegation of fair-minded Texas faith leaders since the conception of the LGBT equality movement is on its way to the nation’s capital to participate in the third Human Rights Campaign’s Clergy Call for Justice and Equality, today through Tuesday. Twenty-two clergy, theologians, and seminarians from across the Lone Star State [...]
NO LONGER SILENT | The Rev. Steve Sprinkle, assistant professor at Fort Worth’s Texas Christian University, donated his stole to the Shower of Stoles project in 2001. He added the line of bells along the bottom so that he would never again be silent about his sexual orientation. Collection of stoles from LGBT clergy on [...]
