Every week we put our faith into action at All Saints Church, and on this LGBTQ Pride Sunday we are joining The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) and other prominent LGBTQ and civil rights organizations in signing onto a letter condemning racial violence and committing to embrace anti-racism as core to their missions.
The LGBTQ community knows about the work of resisting police brutality and violence. We celebrate June as Pride Month, because it commemorates, in part, our resisting police harassment and brutality at Stonewall in New York City, and earlier in California, when such violence was common and expected. We remember it as a breakthrough moment when we refused to accept humiliation and fear as the price of living fully, freely, and authentically.
“If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor.” Those words, written over 30 years ago by Archbishop Desmond Tutu, remind us that indifference can never bridge the divide of hate. And, today, they should serve as a call to action to all of us, and to the Movement for LGBTQ equality.
On this LGBTQ Pride Sunday, we invite you to join with the Human Rights Campaign and civil rights allies and please sign this letter and show your support. We need your voice.
