Why I Support the Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies in Religion and Ministry

Michael M. Mendiola Associate Professor of Christian Ethics Pacific School of Religion

Because CLGS is doing the kind of work that I want to be a part of!

Under the able leadership of Mary Tolbert and Bernie Schlager, the Center has literally "taken off," developing multiple educational and advocacy programs and activities in order to address issues of vital concern to LGBT communities. As a gay man and a scholar of religious ethics (and, I believe, the first openly gay professor tenured at the Pacific School of Religion), I believe that the Center's work is crucial to the moral health not only of faith communities, but also to our society as a whole.

CLGS is already becoming an important locus and voice for critical and scholarly work around LGBT issues and perspectives relative to religion and I see a bright and necessary horizon for its future.

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