Tag: Nancy Wilson
Obama’s Inaugural Prayer Service Includes Head of Pro-LGBT Denomination
White House staff announced that the Interfaith Prayer Service at the National Cathedral, to be held Tuesday morning, January 22, will include the Rev. Dr. Nancy Wilson, moderator and international leader of the Metropolitan Community Churches (MCC), a denomination founded 45 years ago as a church open to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people.
National Faith Leaders for LGBT Equality in Washington
Hundreds of faith leaders from all 50 states, including the largest number ever of heads of Christian denominations and inter-faith religious leaders, will lobby members of Congress at the Human Rights Campaign Clergy Call for Justice and Equality 2011 in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, May 24, to support legislation to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act, to ban employment discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people and protect students from discrimination and bullying.