RW "Obie" Holman, Queer Clergy

Published: Jan. 9, 2014, 9:27 p.m.

b'The movement for acceptance and equality for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender people over the last 40+ years has been in many respects a church movement. \\xa0 The sanctuary is the arena and ordination to ministry has been the prize. \\xa0RW "Obie" Holman describes the movement and the participants in his newly released book,\\xa0Queer Clergy: \\xa0A History of Gay and Lesbian Ministry in American Protestantism. \\xa0\\xa0He blogs at\\xa0Spirit of a Liberal. \\xa0\\xa0He spoke with me on\\xa0Religion For Life\\xa0about the civil rights movement of our time.'