BU Girl Named MCC Head
Yeah, I’m a BU girl. So I was excited to find out from the More Light Presbyterian message board that a BU girl has been nominated to head the MCC denomination. This denomination has been lead by only one other person—Rev. Troy D. Perry, who founded the church. According to the message on the MLP board, Metropolitan Community Church was founded in 1968. It has more than 43,000 members in 23 countries. It is a predominantly gay denomination providing an "affirming ministry to gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people of faith." The Boston University girl who will lead all this is the Rev. Nancy Wilson. She attended Boston University School of Theology.
The difference between MCC and my new church, the Sixth Presbyterian Church, is that MCC is a GLBT church. My church is a mainstream Presbyterian church which has voted to be a More Light church. This means that the church welcomes gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender persons, and they are treated equally. My church has a healthy contingent of GLBT people, but it has all kinds of people. There are many senior citizens. A lot of them were attending the church when Fred Rogers was a member. There are disabled people. The church is racially and ethnically mixed. Families of mixed faith are welcome. Then there is just a variety of many other young and middle-aged adults, parents, and children. There is even one dog who comes to church! To give you an idea what my church is like, it is smack in the middle of the main Jewish neighborhood in Pittsburgh, right across from the Jewish Community Center. When I told one woman at church that I attended a different service Saturday night, she said, "Oh, are you Jewish? Which synagogue do you attend?" Apparently, it is not unheard of for Jews in the area to attend both a synagogue and my church!
Anyway, this BU girl Rev. Nancy Wilson has a terrific resume of human rights activism and work to build bridges with other people of faith. She’s even met Pope Benedict XVI! She has impressive list of places she’s preached and been a guest speaker. She has been with her female partner for 27 years, and they are activists for same-sex marriage. Do you blame them? It’s ridiculous that two people who have been together this long, who are religious and valuable members of the community, are denied the right to marry because they are the same sex. The government should stay out of it and stop telling people whom they are and are not allowed to marry. Even if many Christians are against same-sex marriage—which is their right--they should not impose their beliefs on others. The government should stay out of religion and protect equal rights for all people.
The difference between MCC and my new church, the Sixth Presbyterian Church, is that MCC is a GLBT church. My church is a mainstream Presbyterian church which has voted to be a More Light church. This means that the church welcomes gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender persons, and they are treated equally. My church has a healthy contingent of GLBT people, but it has all kinds of people. There are many senior citizens. A lot of them were attending the church when Fred Rogers was a member. There are disabled people. The church is racially and ethnically mixed. Families of mixed faith are welcome. Then there is just a variety of many other young and middle-aged adults, parents, and children. There is even one dog who comes to church! To give you an idea what my church is like, it is smack in the middle of the main Jewish neighborhood in Pittsburgh, right across from the Jewish Community Center. When I told one woman at church that I attended a different service Saturday night, she said, "Oh, are you Jewish? Which synagogue do you attend?" Apparently, it is not unheard of for Jews in the area to attend both a synagogue and my church!
Anyway, this BU girl Rev. Nancy Wilson has a terrific resume of human rights activism and work to build bridges with other people of faith. She’s even met Pope Benedict XVI! She has impressive list of places she’s preached and been a guest speaker. She has been with her female partner for 27 years, and they are activists for same-sex marriage. Do you blame them? It’s ridiculous that two people who have been together this long, who are religious and valuable members of the community, are denied the right to marry because they are the same sex. The government should stay out of it and stop telling people whom they are and are not allowed to marry. Even if many Christians are against same-sex marriage—which is their right--they should not impose their beliefs on others. The government should stay out of religion and protect equal rights for all people.
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