Christian counselors acknowledge harm from anti-gay religious teaching
AACC must make further revisions Faith In America today praised the American Association of Christian Counselors (AACC) for acknowledging in its new 2014 Code of Ethics that religious belief can be harmful to gay and lesbian individuals and for eliminating the promotion of reparative therapy. However, the gay youth advocacy group is requesting the 50,000-member […]
As Olympic torch is lit in Russia, Faith In America’s Launches 4Word Initiative
Four words that can end the immense harm to LGBT youth and families Anti-gay religious stigma and hostility is the No. 1 impediment to full human dignity and full equality for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people, in the United States and across the globe. Anti-gay religious stigma and hostility is the No. 1 impediment […]
Faith In America to Fox News: May Christ rebuke your religion-based bigotry toward gays
Faith In America is astonished but not surprised by the level of religion-based bigotry toward gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender Americans displayed on several Fox News shows Thursday night in relation to A&E’s decision to suspend Duck Dynasty’s Phil Robertson indefinitely over his expressions of religion-based bigotry toward gay people. However, the organization thanks Bill […]
These materials can help change hearts and minds in your community
Let us send you copy of our DVD presentation with CNN Host Wolf Blitzer and a copy of the book “Crisis” so that you can impact an individual, a family and others in your community. Dear valued supporter, I want to extend a very special thank-you for your support of Faith In America’s efforts to […]
Christianity Today promotes sex and violence but refuses to promote well-being of gay youth
There is something terribly amiss when Christianity Today, one of the largest Christian publications in the country, will advertise a film filled with extreme violence but then refuses to advertise a video that promotes Christ’s love for gay youth and families. Last weekend, my wife and I were planning to see a movie and one […]
Bigotry of Olympic proportion
When the anti-gay religious industry in America helps create an environment in which our citizens abroad are exposed to a real threat of violence and persecution, a red line surely has been crossed. Evidence shows that religion-based bigotry is being used to promote stigma and hostility toward gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender individuals in Russia, […]
October Is LGBT History Month!
Event with Wolf Blitzer
The Eve of Equality
Add your name to the proclamation at www.change.org Scientific study and personal testimony affirm the widely accepted fact that many individuals are hard-wired to fulfill their human sexuality through same-gender relationships. For these individuals, their same-gender emotional, psychological and physical bonding is as natural to them as opposite-sex bonding is to others. This knowledge and […]
New Faith And Equality Website Offers Gift To Lgbt Youth, Families
A Perspective That Embraces Faith And Equality HICKORY, NC – Dec. 20, 2012 – In the coming weeks, families around the country will be gathering together for the holidays. But in far too many cases, these families’ lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) members are made to feel that there is no place for them […]