These Prop 8 resources are brought to us by the Coalition of Welcoming Congregations (CWC). 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  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

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