Affirmation Prayer Roll Affirmation Calendar March 25-27 Executive Committee Meeting in Cleveland March 30 “Borderlands” premieres in Salt Lake City June Pride celebrations held across the world June 8 Anniversary of the revelation that lifted the ban on African-Americans males holding the priesthood (1978) June 11 Anniversary. Affirmation was organized on this day in Salt [...]
Posts from ‘February, 2011’
The Affirmation Messenger: My Experience at “Creating Change”
At the Creating Change Conference, Mary England met LGBT rights activist Dan Choi The last two editions of The Messenger have highlighted the Creating Change Conference in Minneapolis. This was my second time attending Creating Change and I have thoroughly enjoyed the experience, learning new tactics in achieving equality for the LGBT community, meeting new [...]
Changes in the Executive Committee Announced
Mary England, Joshua Behn Appointed to the Executive Committee
Affirmation Messenger, 14-Feb-11
Happy St. Valentine’s Day (or, for the more cynical among us, Happy Single’s Awareness Day). Many say that Valentine’s Day is merely a “Hallmark Holiday” and doesn’t hold any significance. However, the roots of this day are from the Catholic tradition, dating back to 500 AD honoring Saint Valentine. The romantic legends about St. Valentine, [...]
Would you belong?
Affirmation members at the Creating Change Conference in Minneapolis Greetings from cold but beautiful Minneapolis, Minnesota. The Executive Committee has been meeting here this past week, and hearing one message very loudly and clearly: that the LGBT community is no longer willing to cede our faith values to the conservative fundamentalist right. We are in [...]
It’s Cold Outside
Robert Moore Affirmation Resources on Homelessness TV Story about Chloe Noble and Jill Hardman Affirmation Calendar February 2 Creating Change Conference in Minneapolis June Pride celebrations held across the world June 8 Anniversary of the revelation that lifted the ban on African-Americans males holding the priesthood (1978) June 11 Anniversary. Affirmation was organized on this [...]