1. Join the Tonight’s Night March & Rally
(Celebration or Protest, depending on verdict)
When: Wednesday 5 PM (tomorrow).
- 5:00pm: Gather for rally at Harvey Milk Plaza, Castro St. & Market St. The Rev. Tom Jackson, President of Oasis, the LGBT Ministry of the Episcopal Diocese of California is scheduled to speak.
- 6:00pm: Begin March to Civic Center
- 6:15pm: Stop at the LGBT Center (1800 Market St. & Octavia St.) for a few speeches
- 6:45pm: Arrive at Civic Center; Main rally begins. The Rt. Rev. Marc Andrus, Bishop of California is scheduled to speak
2. Attend the Aug. 10 Interfaith Prayer Service
- When: Tuesday Aug. 10, 2010 from 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm
- Where: Congregation Sha’ar Zahav, 290 Dolores Street (corner of 16th Street), San Francisco
- What: A Taizé-inspired service featuring music, speakers, and prayer time. To empower the community, and center us individually, for the work that’s ahead.
- Who: Progressive people of faith, and the moveable middle.
These events are brought to us by the Coalition of Welcoming Congregations (CWC) brings together religious leaders, LGBT people of faith and their allies from a wide range of religious traditions in the Bay Area to form a progressive voice on matters relating to sexuality and religion. As a coalition we demonstrate how churches, synagogues, mosques, and other communities of faith can work together to strengthen legal protections for LGBT people and their family members and provide a religious rationale for supporting civil marriage for lesbian and gay people.
The CWC and the Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies in Religion and Ministry are partnered with the statewide organization California Faith for Equality and have prepared and attached to this message talking points you can use to speak to anyone who wants to know a spiritually-based progressive response to the verdict, as well as a sample “Letter to the Editor” you can use. These talking points and the letter are designed to be a guide or a tool, so feel free to modify the language that best fits your voice and tradition. There are many resources available online, such as Torah Queeries, Institute for Welcoming Resources, and others that can be used in sermons and readings—a few of these are listed below to get you started:
- CLGS Media/Resource Library
- Jewish Mosaic’s on line resource library
- Institute for Judaism and Sexual Orientation virtual library
- Institute for Welcoming Resources
You can download:
- Interfaith Service Flyer – Print some copies and distribute them around your neighborhood so folks will join us Aug. 10!
- Talking Points Perry v Schwarzenegger – use them to answer questions about the court’s ruling!
- Letter to the Editor Perry v Schwarzenegger – revise to make it your own and send it in or post it online!
