In the 12 months following the 2003 legalization of same-sex marriage in Massachusetts, gay and bisexual men had a significant decrease in medical care visits, mental healthcare visits, and mental healthcare costs, compared with the 12 months before the law change. This amounted to a 13% reduction in healthcare visits and a 14% reduction in healthcare costs. These health effects were similar for partnered and single gay men.
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An answer to…”Why Do They Want To Marry”
Friends, I suddenly realized that I have been referring to a post that I previously wrote on gay marriage that was not posted in “hear now in the body”. Here is that original post in its entirety from 2008. This helps set the foundation for the work I have been doing in regards to gay [...]
Does Rev. Dr. King have a message for Us?
We serve a church that tries to care for the poor, the unloved, those devastated by war, the hungry, those who don’t have clothes on their backs. We are a church that seeks to love and serve humanity from Arkansas to Angola. But let us continue to remind this church and shine the the light on their shortsightedness. Let us continue to speak of our injustice here within the church as we minister to the world outside. Friends, let us remind ourselves, the church we serve and the world we are a part of that, “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” Ashe and Amen.
For days forgotten, bodies not remembered, stories untold
I know we have been so crazed as a community but wanted acknowledge that we at Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York took time at 11am to remember those who are so easily forgotten. Gathering in Lampman Chapel, Fierce the Queer Caucus for Persons of Color and the Queer Caucus, sang, spoke [...]
Sucker Punched II: A Reply
But I know that as “Christians” we tend to hold what Jesus says more important than what he practices. So, again, please closely read Matthew 23 (the whole chapter), the warnings or “Woes” that Jesus speaks to those in power. And then take a look at the following on your own, and study the teachings of Jesus through this parable as it is written (not my interpretation):
Matthew 25:31-46
Sucker Punched
By the way, let’s clear up a couple of things. Mr. Beck…
Looking back on father’s day
Jesus said to him, “I am trusting you to grow and go”.
About hear now in the body
“Hear now in the Body” presents an opportunity to hear two voices rarely linked together in one place. Here the preacher and the Queer community use its collective voice to speak to ideas and issues in religion, the church, the LGBTQ community, and the very real concerns of living the call to preach. The church [...]
