As Christians celebrate Easter and the Holy Week leading up to it, and Jewish people celebrate Passover, Dallas Voice has compiled a list of Passover and Easter services offered by LGBT congregations in the Metroplex. PASSOVER • Congregation Beth El Binah 2701 Reagan Street April 19 — Passover seder, at 7 p.m.; $35 members/$50 non-members [...]
Research shows Catholics are more accepting of the LGBT community than the general population DAVID TAFFET | Staff Writer taffet@dallasvoice.com In March, the Public Religion Research Institute released a comprehensive study on the attitude of Catholics on rights for gays and lesbians, and the results were clear: American Catholics are more supportive of civil rights [...]
Brother ChiSing Brother ChiSing says Buddhist meditation techniques can help all faiths on spiritual journeys DAVID TAFFET | Staff Writer taffet@dallasvoice.com Brother ChiSing from Awakening Heart will facilitate music, meditation, movement, message and more at the Interfaith Peace Chapel on Mondays through Lent. “Lent is a period of finding yourself,” said Brian Parman of Cathedral [...]
PURIM SPIEL | Members of Congregation Beth El Binah dress as their favorite characters from the Book of Esther for a Purim celebration. Gayest of Jewish holidays combines Christmas and Halloween in retelling the story of Queen Esther DAVID TAFFET | Staff Writer taffet@dallasvoice.com The Jewish holiday Purim, which celebrates Queen Esther saving the Jews in Persia, [...]
Associated Press GARDEN GROVE, Calif. — Several choir members at Orange County’s Crystal Cathedral say they’re upset over a document they’ve been asked to sign that takes a strong stand against homosexuality. The “Crystal Cathedral Worship Choir and Worship Team Covenant” recently handed out to members states that they should commit to being Christians by [...]
The United Nations declared Jan. 27 International Holocaust Remembrance Day to mark the anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp. And while Jews comprised the largest portion of those incarcerated and murdered by the Nazis, lesbians and gays were victims, too.
Progressive religious leaders weigh in on 1st Baptist’s ‘Grinch Alert’ website, calling it everything from a marketing ploy to just plain mean DAVID TAFFET | taffet@dallasvoice.com Locally owned Viewpoint Bank is on First Baptist Church’s naughty list. They have poinsettias in their branches, but they don’t have a Christmas tree. American Airlines made the naughty [...]
NICOLE WINFIELD | Associated Press VATICAN CITY — Pope Benedict XVI’s comments about condom use being a lesser evil than transmitting HIV also apply to women, the Vatican said Tuesday, a significant shift for a pope who just last year said condoms only worsen the AIDS problem. Benedict said in a book released Tuesday, Nov. [...]
NICOLE WINFIELD and FRANCES D’EMILIO | Associated Press VATICAN CITY — Pope Benedict XVI has opened the door on the previously taboo subject of condoms as a way to fight HIV, saying male prostitutes who use condoms may be beginning to act responsibly. It’s a stunning comment for a pontiff who has blamed condoms for [...]
Cathedral of Hope Mid-Cities will hold first service in new location at Old Bedford School on Sunday Tammye Nash | Senior Editor nash@dallasvoice.com WHERE THE HEART IS | Cathedral of Hope Mid-Cities Pastor Rachael Sandifer, left, and church members Emma St. Marie, center and Linda Harwell say those searching for a truly progressive Christian congregation [...]
