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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.

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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