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Evangelicals, Catholics and Mormons for Gay Rights

During the 2008 election year, one of the biggest political fights in the California state ballot was on Proposition 8, a proposition against gay marriage. Sadly, the proposition passed. One of the keys to the passage of Proposition 8 was the efforts of the Mormon church, the Evangelical church, and the Catholic church to lobby its members to vote for the measure.

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The Work of the Catholic Worker

In the early 1930s, Peter Maurin and Dorothy Day conceived of the Catholic Worker communities to make the social justice aspects of the Catholic Social Encyclicals come alive. These communities are advocates for the poor, for immigrants and against war. Today there are over 185 Catholic Worker communities all over the United States.

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The Work of the American Friends Service Committee

I've always admired the Quakers. Over the years, I've read about how this group is always in the forefront of social issues in the last 200 years of American history: they were in the forefront of the abolitonist movement, the right of women to vote, the antiwar movement. I attended 2 Quaker services about 3 years ago and was impressed with the spirituality and quietness of their service.

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Appreciating Howard Zinn

Just over two years ago, I read my first Howard Zinn book.

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Raging Grannies Gaggles

Here is a list of Raging Grannies in the United States and Canada

San Francisco Bay Raging Grannies

Raging Grannies of San Jose

Raging Grannies International

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CATHOLIC WORKER COMMUNITIES

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On Repealing "Don't Ask Don't Tell" This December

Many people have been exasperated by the Obama administration's appeal of a recent court case that repeals DADT and I understand that frustration. During the 2008 campaign and in his State of the Union earlier this year, Obama promised to repeal the Don't Ask Don't Tell policy that has been in effect since the Clinton Administration in the 1990s.

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Religious People Against Homophobia

Recently advice columnist Dan Savage launched the "It Gets Better Project" on youtube in response to the recent deaths of Tyler Clementi, Billy Lucas, Asher Brown, and Seth Walsh, four teens who committed suicide after being bullied for being gay.

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