Churches in Support of Overturning Prop. 8

I wrote the following letter to the California Council of Churches, drawn from one of my most recent blog entries:

Dear Members of the California Council of Churches,

I simply would like to thank the Council, as well as everyone it represents, from the bottom of my heart, for supporting the efforts to overturn Proposition 8. I wish all people of faith were as insightful and truly compassionate and understanding to all. I further hope that more people of faith will follow the Council's example and be more mindful of the adverse impact religious teaching and belief potentially has on certain groups of society members. I'm immensely grateful for groups such as the California Council of Churches because I feel your organization is more in tune with how religion should be conducted, since religion is an inevitable component of the human condition. I'm personally agnostic, however, I appreciate having churches, groups, religious organizations, and so forth to refer people to in an effort to exemplify the positive impact people of faith can and do have. Since religion is a substantial part of our American culture, and thus highly influential, I feel organizations such as the CCC have the power to make vital impacts in our society for the greater good of all the world's inhabitants. What a breath of fresh air!

Again, I thank you most sincerely.

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The Rev. Dr. Rick Schlosser, Executive Director of the CCC and California Church IMPACT, responded with the following:

Thank you so much for your words of encouragement. As you might guess, we are currently being flooded with hate mail and phone calls from the religious right and is a gift to read an email with appreciation rather than hate!

Thank you for taking the time to write.

-- Rick

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Let Rev. Dr. Rick Schlosser, the CCC, and CC IMPACT know how much you appreciate their efforts in possibly overturning Prop. 8 by sending an e-mail to: rick@calchurches.org

This is a time when sensible Californians need to come together and show our support for what is right and just. For additional information about the California Council of Churches and California Church IMPACT, visit: http://www.calchurches.org/