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State of Belief
On Faith
We are very pleased to announce that the Newsweek / Washington Post OnFaith Forum is using our paper as the basis for this week's discussion.

While many faith traditions have grappled with issues of equality, including same-gender marriage, much of that work has been viewed through a scriptural lens. Interfaith Alliance seeks to shift the perspective on LGBT equality from that of problem to solution, from a scriptural argument to a religious freedom agreement, and to address the issue of equality as informed by our Constitution.

Same-Gender Marriage and Religious Freedom: A Call to Quiet Conversations and Public Debates by Interfaith Alliance President, Rev. Dr. C. Welton Gaddy, offers a diversity of ideas based on Interfaith Alliance’s unique advocacy for religious freedom and interfaith exchange. This project’s cross-denominational nature is at the core of Interfaith Alliance’s effort to spark national conversation and action.

This project is made possible through the support of the Arcus Foundation and the E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Foundation. If you would like to donate to support this and other initiatives of the Interfaith Alliance please click here.

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  • Posted by Mary
    This to primarily address Dr. Gaddy's overall support of Islam, also same sex marriage. I don't have the time or the inclination to address the many other controversial issues that I'm sure he apparently writes about. Frankly I just came across an article he'd written and found out who he is.....I honestly had not heard of him before today. But my immediate opinion of him is very low indeed. Dr. Gaddy is sorely confused and mentally challenged ...

  • Posted by Debora Roach
    Religion was involved in marriages long before the state was, folks used the marriage certificate in their family bibles to keep a record of it. Marriage license originally came about to prevent interracial marriages. The state got involved so they could decide who was allowed to marry.

  • Posted by Nate West
    I am alarmed that Bob-the-Chef would recommend NARTH be considered in any intelligent debate about homosexuality. NARTH has been thoroughly discredited. It's a think-tank to promote the Conservative agenda at the expense of Christianity. If Luiz Sérgio Solimeo has no credentials on animal sexuality. If the question of animal sexuality is pertinent then a credible source would be biologist Bruce Bagemihl PhD. He studied animal sexuality for 15 ...

  • Posted by Bob the Chef
    Way to put spin on the issue. While a shallow undestanding of the issue of same sex marriage is common, your arrogant presumption is to believe that the crux of the error lies on the side of those opposed. The language in this article is seductive. It employs a false tone of compassion in order to sedate reason and softly pry the minds of those opposed from their convictions through obscurantism. Whether you consciously do this is a matter of deb...

  • Posted by Carissa
    Thank you for writing this article, I sincerely thank you. It speaks of so much truth. I only wish that some people would really take the time to read the whole thing, I mean without prejudice or bigotry but purely with a sincere willingness to reach possible understanding. The thing is, most people have an intense fear of being proved wrong, and that is only human. I, myself share the same fear. But I believe in whatever that stands for freedom ...

  • Posted by Mike
    It is not at all hard to distinguish between race and sexual preference for purposes of civil rights. There is a reason that only the California Supreme court has ever declared homosexuals a "suspect class" (and that is because California is incredibly generous is what constitutes a suspect class) and very few have declared them a "quasi-suspect class." Read some marriage decisions and you will see why. This is also why churches that refuse to o...

  • Posted by Dick Ullrich
    First, I very sincerely thank you and the Interfaith Alliance for addressing this topic and for a rational, public discussion. Secondly, I thank you for simply using the term 'same-gender' rather than the stereotypical term 'same-sex'. There is a vast difference and the term begins to change the mindset.

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  • Posted by ModernMillie
    Dwana wrote: "Clergy who won't marry gays will be prosecuted for hate crimes; gay activists will see to that." Dwana, you are a liar. As you know quite well, every "gay rights" law ever passed in the USA - indeed, every "race rights" law, every "gender rights" law, every "religious rights" law - has specifically EXCLUDED religious institutions from having to obey that law. Legally, religions can be as racist, as sexist, as homophobic, and as ...

  • Posted by Mary Martin Koski
    Is this radicalism funded by my tax dollars? It is well known that anyone can sin as they please...as long as it doesn't hurt others...but, it always does hurt others! This site is so wrong in attempting to brain wash Americans and Judeo-Christians into believing that homosexuality is an OK option! You are guilty of causing children and adults to sin by doing this! And I don't agree with using my money to cause others to sin and lead an unholy li...