Andrew Marin: Creating the GLBTC Community

As tensions mount between the anti-gay religious right and the GLBT community throughout the struggle for equality, many GLBT community members have been abandoned, ostracized, and pushed aside by various sects of the Christian community. It’s been extremely difficult for many, perhaps especially those of the Catholic faith, to stay loyal to their church when their church has been loyally working towards maintaining discrimination against the GLBT community.

In comes Andrew Marin, author of “Love is an Orientation” and founder of the Marin Foundation.  Also in comes the “C” adding Christian to the GLBT community.  I would also encourage you to visit www.loveisanorientation.com!

According to the website:

On an on Autumn day in October of 2003, Andrew Marin was walking to the famous Chicago El train when all at once his life and the lives of many others would change.

The Marin Foundation began that afternoon on Taylor Street ; however, the years of exploration throughout the realm of epistemological truth, religion, and the GLBT community was truly the core and the start of what has today become The Marin Foundation. Andrew’s plan was undirected at the time.

As he started back at UIC, he once again reconvened his Bible study, giving everyone involved a familiar and renewed sense of hope and direction. Through extensive social, theological and Biblical research, Andrew and a number of his highly regarded colleagues and friends, from PhD’s in theology, psychology and GLBT studies, became humbled and excited for what the future held : The Marin Foundation. Reflecting on all that has happened, Andrew relates, “As someone looks back on their life, it never ceases to amaze me how each step of the way, no matter how insignificant the event might be, or how confused we are at a certain point, faith and hope will never fail us, ever. Our job now is to provide an option to the GLBT community; an option that has the potential to effect all eternity. And only by God’s patience and grace will that happen one person at a time. Be blessed, and BE BOLD!”

Do you have issues with religion and how many churches have denounced the GLBT community? The Marin Foundation is building the bridges across that gap.

Make sure you listen to gayagenda.com’s Blog Talk Radio show every Wednesday night from 8-9 pm EST as yours truly, brings you an hour of gay talk with special guest.  This weeks guest was Andrew Marin of the Marin Foundation.

MISSED THE SHOW?  No worries, you can listen to it on the player below but make sure you tune in next week as we feature the talented OUT recording artist Nhojj!

ABOUT THE MARIN FOUNDATION:

The Marin Foundation is officially recognized as a Federal Nonprofit Foundation under the 501 (c) (3) Internal Revenue Service organizational code. We are the very first organization of its kind in the United States that brings together the religious and GLBT (Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender) communities in a non-threatening, research and biblically oriented fashion promoting the strength and growth of spirituality …

MISSION STATEMENT:

“The Marin Foundation seeks to build bridges between the gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender (GLBT) and religious communities through scientific research and biblical and social education. Their unique approach strategically partners with both religious and GLBT organizations striving to make a sustainable, structural difference for the Kingdom in today’s socially driven secular and religious cultures.”

God is Sarah Palin’s ‘Palm Pilot’

The following video demonstrates completely gullible some Americans are.  They actually buy this.  I sincerely wonder how long it took her to come up with this one.  Is this a God complex or can Sarah Palin really “pray away the gay”, and can she really compare herself to God? Perhaps she has merely found a comfort zone by offering excuses rather than owning up to what she’s being criticized for.

Cali Beauty Queen Cites Bible for Gay Death

And who says crime doesn’t pay? At least hate crimes that is. It looks as though another ‘beauty queen’ is attempting to cash in by spewing anti-gay hate.

According to a post on ninemsn.com:

Another US beauty queen has caused controversy with an anti-gay rant — this time citing Bible passages that call for death to homosexuals.

Miss Beverly Hills 2010 Lauren Ashley told Fox News she would remain a virgin until marriage and shunned drugs despite partying with the likes of Paris Hilton, but it was her answer to questions about same-sex marriage that attracted the most attention.

“In Leviticus it says, ‘if man lies with mankind as he would lie with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination — they shall surely be put to death and their blood shall be upon them’,” she was quoted as saying.

“If (God) says that having sex with someone of the same gender is going to bring death upon you, that’s a pretty stern warning … and he knows more than we do about life.”

Ashley will be competing for the Miss California title that Carrie Prejean carried into the Miss America pageant last year, where she triggered global debate over her objection to gay marriage and got into a verbal war with showbiz blogger Perez Hilton.

But despite the press attention, the 23-year-old personal trainer doesn’t think her chances of success have been harmed: she claims to have many gay friends and denies harbouring hatred.

I would LOVE to meet her “gay friends”, who she thinks should be murdered. Of course, we all know murdering gay people isn’t hate, it’s simply spreading the love of God.

I would imagine she’s looking to pick up where Carrie Prejean left off.

Killing Fags is Part of Ugandan Culture and OK with God

World Net Daily’s henchman, Molotov Mitchell has gone over the edge…I simply can’t say anything about this video, other than this is incitement. Asking Ugandan’s to “stay on the right side of history” by criminalizing homosexuality and passing their “kill the gays” legislation…because of course, it’s the “Christian” thing to do! Oh, and in case you forgot, God created the death penalty, not man.

Hypocrisy With The Religious Right

To this day, I have never been presented any credible scientific evidence that a deity exists. However, many theists continue to believe a deity or adhere to a religion because they have faith. Although I find this position illogical, every person has a right to their beliefs. Yet, how can these same theists claim that evolution is not true because of a lack of evidence? Despite the fact that evolution has been proven time and again by countless sources, is it not hypocritical for a group that relies on belief without proof to claim that a theory is false because of a lack of proof?

More at: Obamers.com!

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