| Bahnsen, Dr. Greg L | The Ethical Issue of Transsexuality | A correspondent requested that I share some Biblical insight on the issue of transsexualism, an increasing and bizarre phenomenon of our sex-crazed and sex-confused age. Only recent medical technology has made it possible for a male to undergo surgery which will change "him" anatomically into a female (and vice verse). Does the ancient law of God help us draw any ethical evaluation of such a thing? The correspondent asked whether such surgery changes a person's standing in terms of God's commandments. (Is "he/she" free to marry? Should "he/she" be encouraged in the newly assumed sexual role?) Should a post-operative transsexual be counseled from Scripture to restore "his/her" former status? How should the church be involved? | |
| Barasda, Rev. Andrew Jr. | A Journey In Faith | I believe being gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgendered is something to be celebrated. We are bringing new vision and fresh hope to the world by helping people accept who they are in order to accept one another. I know we are loved by a merciful God, even when we're not ready for the romance. | |
| Cauthen, Kenneth | Homosexuality | Those who think homosexual behavior is morally deficient offer three main arguments: (1) It is contrary to nature. (2) It is condemned in Scripture. (3) Its acceptance would ruin society. These same three appeals were used in the past to defend slavery, segregation, and the denial of the vote to women. In each of these instances nature and God were said to authorize a practice vital to the good of society. The condemnation of homosexuality has no more validity than the arguments used to support what everyone now would regard as huge errors of moral judgment. | |
Church and State, Religion and Politics |
The question of religion and politics is not the same as the question of church and state. Failure to make this distinction results in confusion. The problem of church and state has to do with institutions and the spheres of action that are appropriate for each. Here the concept of separation is valid. Thorny problems arise in two particular areas. 1. The first involves trying to steer between avoiding an establishment of religion and permitting its free exercise. Prayer in public schools and is among the most contentious. 2. A second range of problems arises when religious belief and practice conflict with secular law. | ||
| Chaplin, Ron | An Anglican Pride Day Service | A Service of Praise and Thanksgiving to mark Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgendered Pride Day. Church of St. John the Evangelist, Ottawa, Canada | |
| Conover, Pat | Coming Out Christian | ||
| Creech, Jimmy | A series of articles by and about Jimmy Creech |
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| Making a Family Amid Controversy: The Marriage of Larry & James | A story of the covenant ceremony that led to the trial of Jimmy Creech. | ||
| Response to the Judicial Charge | by Jimmy Creech, Senior Pastor First United Methodist Church, Omaha, Nebraska January 26, 1998 | ||
| Statement | by Jimmy Creech on 11/9/99 prior to his United Methodist Church trial in Grand Island, Nebraska where the church was prosecuting him for celebrating the holy union ceremony for Larry Ellis and Jim Raymer. | ||
| Egertson, Rev. Paul W. | The Stranger in our Midst | Keynote address at Building An Inclusive Church conference in April, 1999. | |
| Francis, Daniel William | Saint Jerome's House | Discussions of issues dealing with Christianity and homosexuality. | |
| GALVIN, Charles E. [Charlie] Jr. | THE ONE, TRUE FAITH | Attached please find an essay I wrote to address the needs of les/bi/gay people who have religious issues around their sexuality and are wondering whether God condemns them. | |
| Hotchkiss, Rev. Lauren René | Is Transgenderism Wrong? | Though at first glance this might appear to be a subject that has little relevance to your life or to A Course In Miracles®©, if you'll stay with me you may find that you'll come away with a different attitude toward what up until relatively recently has been a hidden minority: The transgender community. | |
| Kittlaus, Rev. Paul | A Madison Affirmation: On Homosexuality and Christian Faith | May 12, 1997 -- A statement endorsed by 68 Christian clergy and additional non-Christian clergy was released today at a press conference at First Congregational Church, Madison, Wisconsin | |
| Knepper, Jeanne | Let My People In! | Jeanne Knepper spoke these words in Cleveland on January 15, 2000 before the Pre-General Conference Briefing for press and heads of annual conference delegations to General Conference. | |
| Kreider, Roberta Showalter | Fifteen Reasons Why I Have Changed My Mind | Because this issue (being gay) touched me so personally, I began to search and try to understand the gay/lesbian issue. It has only been within the last two or three years that I began to see that the beliefs I had held all my life might not be absolutely correct. I want to share with you the reasons why I have changed my mind. | |
| LGBTRAN | Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Religious Archives Network |
The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Religious Archives Network (LGBTRAN) coordinates and supports the identification, collection and preservation of personal papers and organizational records from lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender religious movements. To encourage scholarly research and historical study of these important movements for social change, LGBTRAN disseminates information about these records and provides and facilitates access to them, using digital technology when possible. |
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| LUTI | The Electronic Catacomb of Lesbigay Christians |
LUTIAttention Lesbigay Christians: Tired of Being Fed to the Lions? Put away your asbestos tenny pumps for a while and come to our prayer-lit electronic catacomb, LUTI. God is here, as the Holy Spirit, and here God dares to love absolutely everyone. You don't even have to speak or be known. If you need to, you may sit in the corner and lick your wounds. Lo, everyone that thirsts, come, drink eternal water which Jesus revealed at Samaritan wells! |
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Spiritual SeminarThis seminar is designed for Christians who are also cross-dressers and who experience tension in reconciling those two aspects of their lives. You will learn that there is nothing intrinsically wrong with cross-dressing from a Christian spiritual perspective, and that you don’t have to allow yourself to be condemned by any religious leader. You will recognize the Good News of God’s love and grace and be equipped to take charge of your spiritual life. |
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We Hold These Truths - A series of articles that address the issue of discrimination within society and religious communities.
The articles approach these subjects from the perspective of a cross-dresser which is how I learned first hand of the deadliness of discrimination. Hopefully this material will provide a fresh insight into the problems we create as a society and as religious people when we exclude groups of people from the benefits that belong to all. |
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| Montgomery, Lynn | What Does the Bible REALLY Say about Transsexualism? | I realize that some of you are not of the Christian Faith. However, many are religious and are still struggling with gender issues vs. issues of their faith. And many people who have reconciled this conflict have families and friends who have not. Therefore, this article, complete with scripture passages, is dedicated to those people. | |
| Nunley, Rev. Jan | Christian and Homosexual Persecution | History shows that homosexuals have long been persecuted by society in general and Christianity in particular. | |
| One Body of Christ | What is at stake is the basic question of whether Episcopalians will hold to the historic truth that there is but one baptism into one Body of Christ - or rather maintain that there are two baptisms, separate and unequal: one for heterosexuals, the other for everyone else. | ||
| Pridgen, Rev. Carla & Swenson, Rev. Erin | Church and Transgender | ||
| More Light on Transgender | |||
| Progressive Christian Witness | Progressive Christian Witness | A Ministry of Pacific School of Religion is a Web-based resource that aims to strengthen the voices of progressive Christianity in the public square by publishing theologically grounded articles for laypeople and pastors on significant issues in American life. | |
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| Roe, J. Benjamin | Bisexuality: A Complex Reality | This article is published in the Summer 1998 Issue of "Open Hands, Resources for Ministries Affirming the Diversity of Human Sexuality" | |
| Spiritual Self-Defense | Responding Constructively to Persecution | Bibliography of books and articles | |
| Stewart, Sandra | Reparative Therapy of The Transgendered | ||
| Tilsen, Rabbi Jon-Jay | Cross Dressing and Deuteronomy 22:5 |
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| Townsley, Jeramy | Homosexuality and Christianity | An extensive series of articles addressing this volatile subject. | |
| Turner, Tom | HOMOSEXUALITY AND THE CHURCH | Gay acceptance, ordination, split nation's faithful. The Arizona Daily Star. Sunday, May 30, 1993. | |
| Watkins, Rev. Tommie | God Knows | ||
| Rev. Tommie Lee Watkins, Jr. urges tolerance, helpfulness in talk |
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| White, Rev. Dr. Mel | What the Bible Says - and Doesn't Say - about Homosexuality. | A Biblical Response to the Question People Often Ask | |
| Wink, Walter | Homosexuality and the Bible | Sexual issues are tearing our churches apart today as never before. The issue of homosexuality threatens to fracture whole denominations, as the issue of slavery did one hundred and fifty years ago. We naturally turn to the Bible for guidance and find ourselves mired in interpretive quicksand. Is the Bible able to speak to our confusion on this issue? | |
