6 GAY PEOPLE'S CHRONICLE November 2, 2007

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14 endorsed for Columbus area offices

by Scott Nelson

Columbus-The Stonewall Democrats of Central Ohio evaluated candidates for the 2007 general elections next Tuesday, November 6.

The group made endorsements based, in part, on each candidate's level of sensitiv-

Stonewall Democrats of Central Ohio

ity, understanding and support for issues of importance to the LGBT community. However, their standing on many issues important to the Democratic Party as a whole were also examined.

These candidates have earned the support of Stonewall Democrats of Central Ohio and its membership.

Columbus Mayor

Michael B. Coleman Columbus City Council

Michael C. Mentel Charleta B. Tavares Priscilla R. Tyson Andrew J. Ginther Hearcel F. Craig

Columbus Board of Education

Gary L. Baker, II Stephanie Groce W. Shawna Gibbs Carol Perkins

Franklin County Municipal Court Joy Harris

Joseph L. Mas Patsy A. Thomas

Gahanna City Council

Chris Muezner

The Stonewall Democrats of Central Ohio are also happy to place an early endorsement for the 2008 general elections of Mary Jo Kilroy for U.S. House of Representatives in Ohio's 15th Congressional District.

President Russ Goodwin along with the executive committee of the Stonewall Democrats of Central Ohio urge all to participate in the upcoming elections. For more information, www.stonewalldemocratsohio.org or call

614-265-7444.

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Scott Nelson is the vice president of communications for the Stonewall Democrats of Central Ohio

Cleveland, suburban candidates get nods

by Tony Ellis

Cleveland-During the October general meeting, the Cleveland Stonewall Democrats voted to endorse Raymond L. Pianka

Clevelant Stonewall Democrats

as a judge in the Housing Division of the Cleveland Municipal Court, term commencing January 2, 2008.

The group's current endorsements include:

Cleveland Heights City Council

Phyllis Evans

Kenneth Montlack

Dennis Wilcox

Lakewood Mayor

Thomas George

Lakewood City Council

Ward 2: Dan Shields Ward 3: Joe Dangelo

Shaker Heights City Council

Al Foster Nancy Moore

Cleveland Municipal Court

Raymond L. Pianka

Tony Ellis is the secretary of the Cleveland Stonewall Democrats.

Four to be honored at Equality Cinci event

by Mary Armor

Cincinnati-An impressive list of influential Cincinnatians will gather on November 10 at the stunning Music Hall Ballroom to celebrate and support Equality Cincinnati, an organization that is truly making a difference in the lives of many of the city's residents and shaping the city into a better place to live and work for all of its citizens.

"Together We Celebrate Equality Cincinnati" will be a fun and festive evening of dinner, drinks and entertainment.

In addition, the event will honor four organizations and individuals with the Commitment to Diversity Award for their efforts in advancing diversity and inclusion in Cincinnati. The recipients will be

Equality Cincinnati

Bridges for a Just Community, formerly NCCJ of Greater Cincinnati, Gerhardstein and Branch, Beth Rauh and Gary Wright. The event begins at 6:30 pm at the Music

Gay Orthodox rabbi to speak

by Mike Wernick

Columbus-As part of its Hobson Lecture Series, the Episcopal Diocese of Southern Ohio's Faith in Life committee will present a study session and a series of lectures led by Rabbi Steven Greenberg.

Faith in Life

Greenberg will be in Columbus through November 5, and will conduct all sessions at St. Stephen's Episcopal Church; 30 West Woodruff Ave. at North High Street on the Ohio State campus in Columbus.

Sessions are free and open to the public-you are invited to come to one or more as you are able.

Greenberg is director of the CLAL Diversity Project and a Senior Teaching Fellow at CLAL (the National Jewish Center for Learning and Leadership). He is the first openly gay Orthodox rabbi.

He was interviewed in Trembling Before G-d, a documentary about gay and lesbian Orthodox Jews; and in 2004 he finished a decade-long project, Wrestling with God

and Men: Homosexuality in the Jewish Tradition, which explores biblical, rabbinic, medieval and contemporary Jewish responses to same-sex relationships.

The sessions have these topics: What is the Bible For? A Jewish Theology of Biblical Authority

Sunday, November 4, 10:30 am The classical Jewish tradition understands Moses as the humble secretary who accurately recorded the Master's word. The resulting text is one to which "one may not add nor from which detract." A single missed or malformed letter disqualifies the sacred scroll. What does it mean to quote the Bible in defense of a policy? What are we accomplishing when we use the authority of the Scripture to ground our values? Moreover, where does that authority actually lie?

Wrestling with God and Men: Homosexuality and the Jewish Tradition

Sunday, November 4, 3 pm

For millennia, two biblical verses have been understood to condemn sex between men. Traditional Jews have rejected homosexuality, condemned practicing homosexuals as wanton sinners and taught that the halakhah demands absolute celibacy from homosexuals.

Hall Ballroom, 1241 Elm Street, Cincinnati. Regular admission is $100, and a limited number of $50 tickets for those under 25 are available. $150 Patron tickets will get your name in the program, compli-

mentary valet parking and two drink tickets.

For more information or to purchase tickets, call Mary Armor at 513-684-9905 or e-mail

marmor@fuse.net.

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Mary Armor is the event chair of Together We Celebrate Equality Cincinnati.

Rabbi Greenberg will share his radical and pragmatic solutions to the conflict between traditional Judaism and homosexuality.

Same-Sex Marriage: Civil Wrongs and Sacred Rites

Monday, November 5, 7 pm

The fight for marriage equality in the U.S. is beginning to build steam. Massachusetts may soon be joined by New Jersey and New York. While liberal Jews and Christians have been sanctifying same-sex marriages for some time, more conservative Jews and Episcopalians are experiencing active conflict on the issue now. How do these two contexts, civil and religious, influence each other? Can gay marriage become a religious opportunity for a new and much more open inquiry in the very purposes of marriage, the meaning of love, sex, desire, pleasure, loyalty, family and even community?

For more information, please contact the Faith in Life chair, Mike Wernick, at filchair@angacad.org.

St. Stephen's can be reached at 614294-3749.

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Mike Wernick is the chair of the Faith in Life Committee.

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