CLGS

Four clergy members on the faculty and staff of Pacific School of Religion (PSR) were arrested near City Hall in San Francisco in acts of civil disobedience following the California Supreme Court’s decision to uphold a constitutional amendment that denies the full equality of same-sex couples under the law. The Rev. Jeffrey Kuan, associate professor of Old Testament at PSR; Rev. Deborah Lee, program director of PSR’s PANA Institute (Institute for Leadership Development and Study of Pacific and Asian North American Religion); Rev. Nicole Naffaa, director of recruitment and admission for the multidenominational Christian seminary; and Rev. Roland Stringfellow, who serves as a program coordinator at PSR’s Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies in Religion and Ministry (CLGS).

The four, along with other PSR faculty, staff, students, and alums, had marched behind a banner stating “Faith demands justice! Marriage Equality Now!” at a rally held in advance of the court ruling.