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Pride Month: A Year of LGBT Victories
June is coming, which means LGBT Pride Month is just around the corner! Throughout the month of June, we celebrate the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community throughout the nation.
Rabbi Resources: marriage equality: Sermon resources LGBT
By: Rabbi Peter Rigler of Temple Sholom in Broomall, PA As a Rabbi, I believe that we need to recognize the sanctity in same sex marriages and monogamous relationships in the strongest possible way.
Rabbi resources: LGBT: let my people go
By: Rabbi Denise Eger of Congregation Kol Ami of West Hollywood, CA Editor’s Note: Rabbi Eger gave the following address on Monday at a rally before the Supreme Court organized by United for Marriage, a coalition that supports marriage equality.
Sermon resources: LGBT: breaking the glass
By: Rabbi Joel Simonds of University Synagogue in Los Angeles, CA It’s wedding season and we are booked. Our weekends are filled witnessing couples walking down the aisle and standing together under the Chuppah.
sermon resources: lgbt: a long night of advocacy
By: Rabbi Peter Stein of Temple Sinai in Cranston, RI On May 2, Rhode Island’s governor signed a marriage equality bill, making it the tenth state to take this important step.
Reform Jewish Leader Praises Administration Plan to Bar LGBT Discrimination in Federal Contracts
In response to reports that the administration will ban discrimination by federal contractors against LGBT workers, Rabbi David Saperstein, Director of the Religious Action Center, issued the following statement:
Why I Marched, as a Rabbi, at the World Pride Parade
I mentioned to someone a few weeks ago that I would be marching at the World Pride Parade taking place at the end of June in my hometown of Toronto.
Reform Jewish Leader Praises Administration's Plan to Bar LGBT Discrimination in Federal Contracts
Rabbi Saperstein: "It is our moral imperative to build a fair society where all people are judged by the merit of their work and not by their sexual orientation or gender identity."
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Rachel Laser: Biography
Rachel Laser Deputy Director Rachel Laser is the RAC's Deputy Director. Ms. Laser has a diverse background in policy advocacy, coalition-building, message development and political strategy.
Welfare Reform: Introduction
Background The passage of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA) in 1996 dramatically altered the welfare system in America. Since 1996, there has been a remarkable drop in the welfare rolls and some of the lowest unemployment in our nation's history.