Please use the below suggested talking points for interviews and to draft op-eds, letters-to-the-editor, media advisories, press releases, and other materials for public distribution.
GENERAL CAMPAIGN
Right now, both love and fear are rising up in our nation. We stand on the side of love. We want to harness love’s power to stop oppression, exclusion, and violence.
Our local and national leaders have a responsibility to unify and advance our communities, not to divide us from our neighbors simply because of who we are.
We are all created in God’s image. People of every faith are called to honor God by honoring all of God’s creation. We are called to love our neighbors and welcome the stranger.
GLBT
We believe that homophobia, not homosexuality, is a sin.
Love is a gift from God. No loving God would give anyone a gift in order to punish or humiliate them.
The covenant of marriage is a sacred trust between two individuals. Any couple able to forge that bond deserves the legal benefits of marriage as well as the ability to express that sacred trust freely and equally in our society.
IMMIGRATION
Our immigration system is taking children from their parents and tearing our nation apart. Any system which breaks up families is, itself, broken.
Hospitality is central to spiritual life. The inhospitality and cruelty shown to immigrants today weakens our nation’s soul.
As people of faith, we are called to stand with the vulnerable and the oppressed. We are called to welcome the stranger.
As neighbors, we must offer refuge to weary travelers, not declare that there is no room at the inn.
