To Have and To Hold: Faith Leaders for the Freedom to Marry1

Faith leaders share why they and their expressions of faith support the freedom to marry for gay and lesbian people.
Featured: Rev. Jay Johnson, Rev. Tiffany Steinwert, Rev. Steven Baines, Rev. Lisa Dawn McCabe and Judith Longman, Rabbi Ed Feinstein, Sylvia Rhue, Bishop John Selders, Rev. Neil Thomas, Rev. Anne Hines, Rabbi Zachary Shapiro

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[dunnsanfrancisco]

I have embedded the video on my blog and I hope everyone else with a blog does likewise.

[Trat67]

thanks! what's your blog address?

[rJaune]

It is so nice to see religious people who see gay people as people and not some evil other.

[aokifumiko]

This was a really nice thing to watch. Thank you! =)

[GibsonFlyinJosh]

i dont understand why people insist that homosexuals can be christian. Does that not contradict what the bible preaches? I mean if you love a person ok, i love a lot of males and females, family, friends, ect. Do i marry them? No. Marriage is about sex. Remember you cant spell hetero or homosexual with out sex. That isn't biblically correct to preach a lie. It surely is the end times.

[matthewadamsemil]

True faithful people exist! :')

[chrismarshva]

I'd never ask them to do what I couldn't do. But I'd be amazed if they'd choose God.

A person should discover one self and then make a choice to follow God or not.

[chrismarshva]

Ask an African who can read the Bible. We read the Bible. We know. We ain't playing no mind games. But we're not desperate. All we have to do is wait and it is likely God will provide us with a mate. I am Adam waiting for an Eve. I can have faith Eve will come. What about you?

For gay Adam, Andy ain't coming, unless he plays mind games. Ditto Eve and Ellen.

I feel sorry for them. I can't ask them to be virgins if I can't stop praying for Eve to come along myself.

[chrismarshva]

JulzFra, hold that thought, but there is more.

There is the freedom to love Jesus or leave it.

Evidently these folks choose to leave it. These folks are kind of desperate. Wouldn't you be if the Bible said you could never get married? Somehow they rationalize some mind game so they can get married to the same gender and still be good Christians. I know it doesn't make sense.

[JulzFra]

I dont get it.....these people claim to follow Jesus yet the Bible clearly states that homosexuality is an abomination to the Lord, that it is sinful.....are these people not just watering down and twisitng the truth to make christianity more 'socially acceptable' - God help us!!

[BubbaZanetti89]

Bravo! Bravo! Bravo! Thank you for taking a stand for true righteousness and equality for ALL!!! Veritas vos liberabit!

California - Vote "NO" on Prop. 8!

Arizona - Vote "NO" on Prop. 102! AGAIN!

Florida - Vote "NO" on Amendment 2!

Connecticut - Vote "NO" on Question 1!

[Sirdoman]

same here...

[billandkalishow]

Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!!

[dunnsanfrancisco]

If you Google "Sam Spade's San Francisco" who will get the blog URL. It is samspadesf-dot-blogspot-dot-co­m. Thanks for asking.