Clergy Call for Justice and Equality -- two days of prayer and lobbying for GLBT rights -- begins tomorrow, May 4, in Washington, DC. May God be with them!
Clergy of all faith will gather from across the U.S. to worship together and get “tools for the journey,” including specific training on lobbying. Then Tuesday, May 5 is “Lobby Day,” when they make lobby visits to assigned politicians.
They will raise progressive religious voices in favor of important laws such as the Hate Crimes Bill and the Employment Non-Discrimination Act. They will also support an end to the military’s Don't Ask, Don't Tell policy.
This looks huge. My partner looked over my shoulder as I was browsing through the announcement on my computer. “Are those all the attendees?” she asked.
“No, that’s only the SPEAKERS!”
The Clergy Call is sponsored by the Human Rights Campaign. I’m thrilled that the HRC is doing so much about spirituality these days. They are also joining with MyOutSpirit.com to sponsor this year’s National Coming Out Day on the theme “Coming Out Spiritually.”
P.S. For first-hand reports by participants in Clergy Call 2009, click this link to the Jesus in Love Blog.
sure...lobby for the glb's...toss the t's under the bus. yay rah...hrc!
Posted by: pennyjane | May 03, 2009 at 07:23 PM
PJ, I can see that you think that transgender rights are being ignored, but I'm not sure what you mean. Do you know something I don't know about Clergy Call? I assumed that T's were included in the proposed legislation.
Posted by: Kittredge Cherry | May 04, 2009 at 02:16 PM
sorry, kit....it's wasn't clergy call i was tossing my ainxt at...it was hrc. an organization headed by a liar and a backstabber. one who swore he would never support an enda that wasn't inclusive of tg rights...until it happened and he did.
i am not angry that the enda passed the house without tg rights, i support that. but i can never trust someone who makes a solumn oath, solicits time, energy and money and then stabs the contributers in the back at the last minute.
and then the aftermath where, rather then face up to what he did, he cowered out, had protestors arrested at hrc functions and just generally treated us all like dirt! as long as joe solomese is at the head of hrc i, and i know many more, will never support any activity sponsored in any way by hrc.
by the way....the t in glbt is not being respected in nearly all venues. i surrendered my membership to myoutspirit for just that reason...t issues are second class at best. and i'm tired of hearing that tired old cliche..."some of my best friends are t"...heard that in another time and place and it was just as meaningless then as it is now. until the homosexual community reaches out to us and makes the effort to include us in more then just the contributer state i won't be too supportive of any organized efforts.
much love and hope. pj
Posted by: pennyjane | May 04, 2009 at 03:02 PM