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Expressing our Faith, Choosing our Families, Calling for Fairness |
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Our Mission The Faith, Family, Fairness Alliance (FFFA) is a faith-based coalition of people in Minnesota from diverse religious backgrounds and beliefs. As people of faith we are committed to upholding the inherent humanity of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender (GLBT) people as beloved children of God, and as Americans equally deserving of full rights, responsibilities, and legal protections for themselves and their families. Expressing our
faith While
each member of FFFA comes from their own respective faith tradition
and spiritual belief, we are united in our common
desire to affirm that
all who are created are holy and
loved, to support
love and faithfulness
in all relationships as a sign of God's love in our midst, and to create
a society that promotes the rights and well-being of all of God's children. Throughout
the ages people of faith have responded to the call of the Divine Spirit,
working to create understanding between peoples, caring for and defending
those on the margins of society and building more just and responsive
communities. Again and again, people of faith have raised their voices
against slavery, against segregation, and against the unfair treatment
of women. It is in response to these same moral imperatives that we
stand now in solidarity with our GLBT sisters and brothers to affirm
them as Children of God and valued citizens. We affirm that gay, lesbian,
bisexual and transgender people are full and equal members of our society
and our communities of faith. We value and defend religious freedom and the separation of Church and State. We uphold the right of religious institutions to freely decide who they will marry in accordance to their faith convictions. Choosing our families We
believe that civil [legal] marriages should be available to all those
who choose to seek the legal support and recognition of their monogamous
commitment to one another regardless of gender or sexual identity. We
seek to preserve the separation of Church and State and believe that
civil marriage should not be denied any person on the basis of religious
belief. We
believe civil marriage is intended to strengthen long-term committed
relationships and to protect children within those families through
legally binding rights, responsibilities and support. It would simply
be unjust to deny same-sex couples their civil right to a civil marriage
and to weaken their ability to be seen as a family in the eyes of the
Law and State. While our concerns are not limited to marriage equality, we are working to defeat the proposed amendment(s) to the Minnesota State Constitution which would discriminate against a class of citizens such as gays and lesbians. We seek to support strong and caring couples and families by providing the legal recognition and rights they need. We believe in family values and we value all families. Calling
for fairness in community We
value a welcoming community that honors loving and committed covenantal
relationships and their families of choice. We seek a society that will
legally protect and support all families regardless of gender, race,
sexual orientation or religious belief and practice. We believe to withhold civil marriage from any class of citizens, to build discrimination into our state constitution, is fundamentally unjust, and denies those faith communities who celebrate same-sex marriages the legitimacy and legal support deserved for those marriages.
FFFA seeks just and fair treatment for GLBT Minnesotans:
Faith Family Fairness Alliance ~ PO Box 6285, Minneapolis, MN 55406 |
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FFFA is looking for volunteers for justFair LobbyDay! Visit the Take Action page for details. Events! Full details of these and many more events on our Calendar page: Friday,
June 16, 2006, 9:30 a.m. - Noon. Monday,
June 19, 2006, 6:30 - 8:30 p.m. People
of Faith Roundtable: Wednesday, June 21, 2006, 7:00 p.m. in the sanctuary We will celebrate the gifts of our GLBT community and recommit ourselves to solidarity with all of our brothers and sisters working for justice for GLBT people. Friday, June 23, 2006, 7:30 p.m. Dignity Twin Cities PRIDE liturgy will be held at Prospect Park United Methodist Church (Malcolm and Orlin Ave SE in Mpls). Sat-Sun June 24 & 25, 2006, Twin Cities Pride Festival Sunday, June 25, 2006, 9 a.m. MCC Service in Loring Park You
may also want to visit our Take
Action page for more Information!
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