After the passage of California’s Proposition 8, the ballot initiative in California that stripped LGBT people of their constitutional right to marry, many clergy and people of faith around the country have been offering solace and encouragement to their lesbian, gay and bisexual congregants and neighbors. We wanted to share a few examples of these with you.
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Religion Council Member Rev. Susan Russell writes, “It is always a deep joy and amazing privilege to be invited into the profound intimacy of two beloveds making their love tangible in vows professed and rings exchanged in the sight of God and of the community gathered. Over the last 140 days, as couples invited us into that holy space with them, their joy was often accompanied by a sense of urgency. And that urgency included a pinch of anxiety labeled ‘Proposition 8’ — giving the traditional words from the marriage vows, ‘Those whom God has joined together let no one put asunder’ new power.”
Read more reflections from people of faith on Susan’s blog, An Inch at a Time: Reflections on the Journey.
