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One year after the passage of Proposition 8 in California, which took away the right of lesbian and gay couples to marry, communities of faith gathered around the state to commemorate the anniversary and re-commit themselves to the marriage equality struggle

In a story that was picked up around the world, Roland Stringfellow, coordinator of CLGS's Bay Area Coalition of Welcoming Congregations comments on the recent YouTube video of a Connecticut church's attempt to "exorcise" homosexuality from a teen.

Irene Monroe, CLGS African-American Roundtable coordinator, shares her thoughts on "Proposition Hate." She writes, "a government is ethically bankrupt when it legally frames a minority group's civil rights as a ballot question."

PSR Old Testament professor Jeffrey Kuan, a straight ally, was one of four faculty and staff of PSR among the 175 arrested after the California Supreme Court's decision upholding Proposition 8. He explains his participation in the civil disobedience here.

Roland Stringfellow comments on interfaith service, organized in part by CLGS's Bay Area Coalition of Welcoming Congregations, at Grace Cathedral in San Francisco on the night before the California Supreme Court's decision on Proposition 8.

PSR alumna and former Miss California Rev. Nicole Lamarche worked with CLGS executive director Mary Tolbert to create this comment on the Bible and same-sex marriage, in response to Miss California USA Carrie Prejean's comments against same-sex marriage. Hollywood gossip columnist Perez Hilton posted this article and received more than 500 responses. PSR's Web site received more than 6000 hits over the course of the week following this announcement. Rev. Lamarche went on to comment on this issue as an advocate for same-sex marriage on Larry King Live.

Mary A. Tolbert, CLGS Executive Director, speaks out in an article addressing the recent New York Times full-page ad denouncing Prop 8 protests as mob intimidation.

Rev. Roland Stringfellow, the CLGS Coordinator of the Bay Area Coalition of Welcoming Congregations, quoted in the San Francisco Chronicle on the religious alliance behind the passage of California’s Proposition 8.

In 2003, the Rev. Roland Stringfellow, who had served as pastor of a fundamentalist Baptist church in Indiana for a decade, resigned quietly rather than face his black congregation and explain that he was a gay black man.

CLGS coordinator of the Bay Area Coalition of Welcoming Congregations Roland Stringfellow comments on same-sex marriage vote and its effects on the African-American community.