Lisa LargesEven if the Presbyterian Church refuses to ordain Lisa Larges a minister, there's no denying the San Francisco woman has shown the patience of Job. Larges -- a "practicing lesbian" and practicing Presbyterian at Noe Valley Ministry (does that make her a lesbyterian?) -- was first blocked from becoming a minister in 1992 because she was openly gay. But Larges has continued the fight against "faith-based discrimination" the whole time. On Friday, the church's regional judicial commissio
Lisa LargesA San Francisco lesbian's 23-year quest to be ordained a Presbyterian minister will have to continue for God knows how much longer. While the San Francisco Presbytery in January took the monumental step of approving Noe Valley's Lisa Larges as a candidate for ordination, the church's regional commission yesterday ruled that San Francisco erred in its approval on procedural grounds. While SF Weekly has not yet been able to obtain a copy of the eight-page, highly technical ruling, the u
Eighty Methodist pastors from Northern California plan to challenge church law by co-officiating at a lesbian wedding. It's an act of conscience that could sunder America's second-largest denomination -- and bring gay marriage to the center of national co
We are at Jeff Pulver's 140 Characters Twitter conference in L.A., where Twitter user earthxplorer has turned noted Internet evangelist Robert Scoble (who gave moderated the "What's Next?" panel today) into a gif.
We don't know whether or not anyone has done this before, but in the grand tradition of "Operation Sticker Scoble", it's a concept whose time has come.
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