LGBT FLIGHT ATTENDANT
07-09-2006, 08:07 AM
Catholic author, C. Cunningham, I believe said it right when she said this about reviewing your seminal work that informs your faith, struggle and eventual commitment to the Justice Ministry you lead:
Mel White, author of Stranger at the Gate: To Be Gay and Christian in America and minister of justice for the MCC, pulls no punches when it comes to the Christian church.
"The Christian church has become the enemy of God's children," he says. "They are the primary source of the anti-gay rhetoric. The churches are in a tremendous civil war over this issue. There are a lot of local congregations and a lot of local minister clergy types who are taking a stand against their denominations, but the denominations almost universally have condemned us, including the Episcopalians, although Grace Cathedral stands as a bulwark against it."
Thank God for MCC, Soulforce and all those clergy who stand forsquare in opposition to the rightwing forces in mainline Christian denominations.
Mel White, author of Stranger at the Gate: To Be Gay and Christian in America and minister of justice for the MCC, pulls no punches when it comes to the Christian church.
"The Christian church has become the enemy of God's children," he says. "They are the primary source of the anti-gay rhetoric. The churches are in a tremendous civil war over this issue. There are a lot of local congregations and a lot of local minister clergy types who are taking a stand against their denominations, but the denominations almost universally have condemned us, including the Episcopalians, although Grace Cathedral stands as a bulwark against it."
Thank God for MCC, Soulforce and all those clergy who stand forsquare in opposition to the rightwing forces in mainline Christian denominations.