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All Saints Applauds Gays Fighting War, Church Opposes

from Pasadena Sub Rosa Blog

Don’t ask and don’t tell the Pasadena All Saints Church of the moral ambivalence below:

EXCERPT FROM THE AMERICAN INTEREST BLOG
http://blogs.the-american-interest.com/berger/2011/01/05/conservative-christians-and-the-sexual-revolution/

Dr. Peter L. Berger, sociologist of religion

“The issue continues to be a hot-button one between conservatives and progressives, though its specifications vary over time—right now same-sex marriage and gays in the military are the prominent specifics.

Different religious communities have reacted differently. I think it is fair to say that mainline Protestantism has been most susceptible to the progressive trend. One denomination after another in this community has joined the progressive camp, both with regard to the general acceptance of homosexuality (notably blessing same-sex marriage) and with regard to internal church issues (notably the acceptability of openly gay clergy)…with the majority in the Episcopal Church in America adjusting to the progressive trend. There are some piquant ambivalences here—as when progressives insist that openly gay individuals should be able to fight in wars that progressives strongly oppose.”

EXCERPTED FROM ALL SAINTS CHURCH BLOG

Saturday, December 18, 2010
All Saints Church Applauds Senate Repeal of DADT
http://allsaints-pas-news.blogspot.com/2010/12/all-saints-church-applauds-senate.html

All Saints Church stands with inclusion allies across the country celebrating today’s landmark decision repealing “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell.”

“We applaud the US Senate in this dramatic reversal of structural discrimination against LGBT persons serving in the military,” said the Reverend Ed Bacon, Rector of All Saints Church. “Nothing expresses the spirit of Christmas more than this and other acts of justice, peace and inclusion.”

“I was delighted to hear Senator Joe Lieberman quoting Dr. King in his remarks from Washington today,” Bacon continued. “At All Saints Church we are committed to being part of the process of bending that arc of the moral universe toward justice and celebrate that today justice was done in the Senate.”

The Reverend Susan Russell, a senior associate at All Saints Church and a member of the HRC (Human Rights Campaign) Religion Council said, “Today was a victory of honesty over homophobia. As an equal rights activist I am thrilled that the long standing “wrong” of DADT has been righted. And as a military mom I’m equally thrilled that the way has been cleared for my son to have the best possible colleagues serving alongside him without regard to their sexual orientation.”

“In this season of Advent 2010 we celebrate not only the coming of Christmas next week but the arrival today another step forward on realizing the American dream of liberty and justice for all.”