Discrimination Is Never a Religious Value

From Huffington Post: Discrimination Is Never a Religious Value by Rev. Debra Haffner

We have reached a time when there is no turning back from the full participation of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people in our society or in our faith communities. The national outrage over the Indiana law is surely a sign that we are approaching a time when sexual and gender diversity will be seen as a blessing that enriches all as surely the Creator intended.

….As the number of corporate , governmental, and sports officials calling for the boycott of Indiana and the repeal of Indiana's expanded so-called Religious Freedom Restoration Act grows daily, we are witnessing in real time the sea change that has occurred in America's acceptance of gay and lesbian people (but not bisexual and transgender people) and marriage equality. If this law had been passed just ten years ago, it is highly doubtful that there would be this type of national engagement and indeed alarm. full article