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\u201cTaking Away the Rights\u201d (drawing by nakedpastor David Hayward)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>

This cartoon today was inspired by my friend Kimberly Knight<\/a>, a woman in ministry who is a lesbian. She wrote an articulate Facebook update yesterday:<\/p>\n

\u201cI am tired of being petulantly asked by conservative and moderate folks \u2018where is the inclusiveness?\u2019 and \u2018where is the tolerance?\u2019 when I am standing up for my own inclusion and what I will no longer tolerate is the degradation of my humanity\u2026 Those are the straw men of the privileged the when their right to be exclusive and intolerant is being challenged by those they\u2019d keep silent.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It has been said, \u201cFaith without works is dead.\u201d<\/em> I suggest that the modern translation should be, \u201cWords without works are dead.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Love is not just a feeling. It\u2019s an action. If good intentions don\u2019t translate into good policies then they are just pavement on the road to Hell.<\/p>\n

I am saddened but not surprised that a church not far from me has dismissed a volunteer<\/a> with its children\u2019s ministries because he\u2019s gay. Colin can still attend the church. He just can\u2019t serve it. Why? The pastor responded: \u201cHaving an openly gay male working in the children\u2019s ministry may cause some parents to feel uncomfortable.\u201d <\/em>Yes! Comfort above all.<\/p>\n

Colin can be. He just can\u2019t do.<\/p>\n

I like the new pope. His words and actions are refreshing. However, I\u2019m aware, as many are, that he is leading and serving a system notorious for its inability and unwillingness to change its historic stand<\/a> on key issues such as the rights of reproduction, of the LGBTQs, and of women in church leadership. Millions like me wait to witness the loving words manifest into loving ways.<\/p>\n

Some might challenge my cartoon by saying, \u201cIsn\u2019t that kind of brutal? We\u2019re not killing gay people!\u201d<\/em> But I volley the challenge back. Where does murder begin? In the mind! The person is dead to you in your mind before he becomes dead to you in your hands. The murder that begins with a social separation must end with a physical one.<\/p>\n

I used to think that the way to achieve true equality for all begins in the mind, then socially, then politically. Now I\u2019m beginning to believe that it must also work the other way around. Establish a policy of equality that creates social equality that in turn may inspire the changing of minds.<\/p>\n

Either way, I\u2019m tired of posturing. It\u2019s time for policies.<\/p>\n

(*** An invite: Are you looking for a safe place to come out sexually or spiritually? Come join all of us over at The Lasting Supper<\/a>.)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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