Married lesbian Baptist co-pastors say all are beloved

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Adelle M. Banks

WASHINGTON (RNS) In her sermon on the last Sunday of Black History Month, the Rev. Maria Swearingen preached about her belief that black lives, “queer lives” and immigrant lives matter.

And since it also was Transfiguration Sunday, she pointed to the story in the Gospel of Matthew where God declared Jesus “beloved.” That is a term, she said, that can be used for everyone.

Swearingen stood in the pulpit for the first time as the lesbian co-pastor of Calvary Baptist Church, her wife and fellow co-pastor, the Rev. Sally Sarratt, smiling over her left shoulder as they began their new joint roles.


http://religionnews.com/2017/03/02/married-lesbian-baptist-co-pastors-say-all-are-beloved/

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1. Love one another. What an idea!

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2. There is also good news about religion?

How interesting.

[hrmjustin]

3. The horror, the horror!

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4. I hate to use the term,

but there has been a veritable deluge, a flood you might say, of posts recently, all concerned with believers behaving badly.

Will this flood continue for 40 days and 40 nights?

[hrmjustin]

5. They are trying to make a point today.