Affirmation Archives 2005-2008
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2008
- General Conference 2008 News and Views
- Volunteer Form for General Conference 2008 (PDF, 22pp., 36K)
Volunteer opportunities abound for progressive United Methodists who are committed to justice and are willing/able to attend General Conference in Fort Worth. Once again the Methodist Federation for Social Action, the Reconciling Ministries Network, and Affirmation will be coordinating housing and volunteer activities. Many plans are still being worked out. This form represents a preliminary indicator of
your interests.
2007
- Affirmation Newsletter, December 2007 (PDF, 10 pp, 155K)
Contents include: "Judicial Council Witness," "Farewell to Ken Rowe," "Press Statement" (presented during the San Francisco Judicial Council Open Air Witness at Justin Herman Plaza), "It's Not Easy," "OUT Awards To Be Inaugurated," "GC 2008 Delegates Need to Hear Your Story!," "Where Is my Affirmation Newsletter?," "Frequent Flyer Miles Piling Up?," "Where There's a Will," "Report from the Treasurer," and "Affirmation Vision."
- Controversy Over the Nomination of Dr. James W. Holsinger Jr. for Surgeon General
- Ongoing News and Views on "UMCalledOut
- Open letter to Senators Acting on the Nomination of Dr. James Holsinger for Surgeon General, MFSA, June 22, 2007.
- A Questionable Nominee: A prospective surgeon general's 1991 paper on gay men haunts him in 2007, and deservedly so, The Washington Post, Thursday, June 14, 2007.
- Holsinger Nomination Assailed, Defended, by Cynthia B. Astle, UM NeXus, June 13, 2007.
- Surgeon General Nominee Would Be Bad for Gay Families, Statement released June 5, 2007 by the Rev. Troy Plummer, Executive Director of Reconciling Ministries Network of United Methodists and National Religious Leadership Roundtable Member
- Affirmation Congratulates the Rev. Drew Phoenix, Affirmation, May 31, 2007. Also available in PDF (1 p, 20K)
- United Methodist Pastor Speaks of Transgender Experience, A UMNS Report, May 25, 2007
2006
- A Weekend of Retreat and Renewal, LaSalle Retreat Center, St. Louis, Missouri, September 1-4, 2006
Brochure for Mailing, (PDF, 2 pp, 96K); Flyer (PDF, 1 p, 140K).
Our retreat guides will be:
Rev. David Meredith Pastor, Broad St. UMC, Columbus, OH; Convenor, Reconciling Ministries Clergy; Member, Affirmation Council and Jeanne Hoeft Assistant Professor of Pastoral Care, Saint Paul School of Theology.
- British Methodists Reject Blessing of Same-sex Relationships, UMNS, June 29, 2006.
- 'Derby Resolutions' on Sexuality: British Methodist Church, UMNS, June 29, 2006.
- Commentary: United Methodist High Court's Judicial Activism From the Right, Affirmation, May 4, 2006.
- Judicial Council Memorandum: Petitions for Reconsideration of Decision 1032.
- Judicial Council Denies Reconsideration of Two Decisions, UMNS, May 2, 2006.
- News Archives.
- Affirmation Newsletter, February 2006 (PDF, 4 pp, 140K).
- Update (January 27, 2006): On Thursday, January 26, Affirmation National Council elected Ken Rowe as the sole spokesperson for Affirmation through April 2006. The council also approved a leave from spokesperson responsibilities for Peggy Gaylord.
- Appeals Ask Judicial Council to Reconsider Two Decisions, UMNS, January 27, 2006.
2005
- Affirmation Newsletter, December 2005. Available in PDF format (175K).
- Affirmation Co-spokesperson's Statement on Two Judicial Council Decisions, October 31, 2005.
- United Methodist Judicial Council Eliminates Constitutional Guarantee of Open Membership in United Methodist Church, MFSA, October 31, 2005.
- Church Court Reinstates Pastor Who Denied Membership to Gay Man, UMNS, October 31, 2005.
- Judicial Council Reverses Lower Court, Rules Against Beth Stroud, UMNS, October 31, 2005.
- Affirmation Newsletter, September 2005. Available in PDF format (215K).
- Affirmation Newsletter, June 2005. Available in PDF format (300K).
- Introduction to Affirmation, PDF format brochure.
- Beth Stroud's Appeal: Initial Report from Peggy Gaylord and Vivian Waltz, Affirmation Observers, April 29, 2005.
- Appeals Committee Reverses Church Trial Verdict in Stroud Case, UMNS, April 29, 2005.
- Affirmation Endorses Soulforce May 1 Action in Colorado Springs, Affirmation, April 24, 2005.
- Buster Exposed to Two Pairs of Moms, Affirmation, March 23, 2005.
- Buster Exposed to Two Pairs of Moms, Affirmation, March 23, 2005.
- Affirmation Newsletter, March 2005. Available in PDF format (130K).
- It's Our Thirtieth Anniversary, Affirmation, February 15, 2005.
- Affirmation Endorses Day of Silence, February 3, 2005.
- ". . . And a Little Child Shall Lead Them," Affirmation, January 28, 2005.
Two Children's Response to the SpongeBob and Buster the Bunny Uproar.
- An Open Letter To PBS President Pat Mitchell, Affirmation, January 28, 2005.
- Action Alert: Denounce Secretary of Education's Intolerance, January 27, 2005
Education Secretary Margaret Spellings has denounced PBS for spending public money on a cartoon episode of "Postcards From Buster." Buster visits a farm in Vermont where the children have lesbian mothers.
- Affirmation Co-Spokesperson Pleads: Help Get SpongeBob Out of Hot Water!, Affirmation, January 25, 2005.
- Voices of Faith: From Swords to Plowshares Event, March 31-April 2, 2005.
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