by Rev. Steve Parelli
Bronx, NY
June 24, 2011
"If Christian mercy is gone, then at least Venetian justice still exists." - From the movie Dangerous Beauty. New York passes Marriage Equality!
Where I could not find, as a gay man, "Christian mercy" within my own evangelical Baptist denomination and within my own nuclear "born-again" Christian family, I have, instead, been handed justice from my secular State.
I grew up in up-state NY; my first senior pastorate was in Western NY where two of my four children were born; and NY is where I have lived with my spouse (married in California in 2008) since 1997.
I grew up in up-state NY; my first senior pastorate was in Western NY where two of my four children were born; and NY is where I have lived with my spouse (married in California in 2008) since 1997.
Photo at left: Rev. Steve Parelli at Albany state capital demonstrating for Marriage Equality, June 20, 2011. Photo by Kelly Mapes
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Hello friends,
Thanks for your experience explained here about marriage equality. The marriage equality act is a 2011 New York state law that allows gender-neutral marriages for both same and opposite-sex couples, while prohibiting state and local courts and governments from penalizing religious and religious-supervised institutions, their employees or clergy for refusing to provide services and accommodations for such weddings.
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