More Than 400 National Faith Leaders Warn President Trump to Not Encourage Discrimination Against LGBT Americans by Signing Religious Exemption Executive Order
Letter sent to Trump today states "it would be harmful and wrong for you to change federal policy to sanction discrimination with tax-payer dollars"
Washington, D.C. - Feburary 1, 2017 -- Today, more than 400 national faith leaders signed a letter sent to President Donald Trump urging him to not encourage tax-payer funded discrimination by signing an expected religious exemptions executive order, which could permit government contractors to discriminate against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Americans-and potentially others. The letter comes just days after the White House touted Trump's support for LGBT rights – an assertion met with strong skepticism from many Americans who fear Trump will advance anti-LGBT policies through religious exemptions.
"In our democratic nation, public service-particularly when it is directly funded by the federal government-must be aligned with the constitutional principle that all people receive equal treatment under the law," the letter states. "Requiring those who receive public funding to adhere to non-discriminatory hiring practices not only abides by this principle, but also it is the right thing to do. Beyond that, it protects our laws from confusion and abuse. If contractors and others were allowed to opt out of certain laws, depending on their religious beliefs, we would soon see a morass of legal confusion and dispute."
The letter was signed by more than 400 faith leaders representing a diverse mix of religious beliefs and backgrounds, and comes the same week that national faith leaders and groups are set to visit Washington, D.C. for the 65th Annual National Prayer Breakfast.
"Federal policies that allow for discrimination against LGBT people violate basic human rights and dignity, as well as the belief shared by millions of Americans-that LGBT people should not be treated as second-class citizens," the letter states. "We believe that the path to national unity lies in affirming the full equality and potential of every person. In the spirit of equality, fairness, and justice, we urge you not to add a discriminatory religious exemption to the Executive Order or to other federal policies."
Below is the full text of the letter as well as the list of more than 400 signatories.
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January 31, 2017
President Donald J. Trump
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue
Washington, DC 20500
Dear Mr. President,
Over two years ago, faith leaders across the nation wrote to President Obama, urging him not to include a religion exemption in an Executive Order ending discrimination against LGBT people in hiring by federal contractors. As faith and civic leaders who affirm the sacred dignity and equal worth of every person, we are now writing to you. We urge you not to undermine these important protections against discrimination by adding a religious exemption to the Executive Order. For more than two years, it has been the law of the land. It would be harmful and wrong for you to change federal policy to sanction discrimination with tax-payer dollars. Furthermore, we urge you not to include religious exemptions that discriminate against LGBT people, women, and others in any federal policies.
In our democratic nation, public service—particularly when it is directly funded by the federal government—must be aligned with the constitutional principle that all people receive equal treatment under the law. Requiring those who receive public funding to adhere to non-discriminatory hiring practices not only abides by this principle, but also it is the right thing to do. Beyond that, it protects our laws from confusion and abuse. If contractors and others were allowed to opt out of certain laws, depending on their religious beliefs, we would soon see a morass of legal confusion and dispute.
In addition, if a religious exemption were added to President Obama’s Executive Order, the people who would suffer most are those who always suffer most when discrimination is allowed: individuals and communities that are already marginalized. Adding to their burden is the opposite of what public service can and should do—and betrays the values we stand for as people of faith and conscience.
Federal policies that allow for discrimination against LGBT people violate basic human rights and dignity, as well as the belief shared by millions of Americans—that LGBT people should not be treated as second-class citizens.
In a nation as diverse as the United States, the federal government must follow—and indeed, must model—equitable and fair employment practices. Our mutual commitment to the common good is best served by policies that prohibit discrimination based on factors that have no relation to job performance. We are better and stronger as a nation when hiring decisions are based on professional merit.
Our pluralistic nation is among the most religiously diverse and devout in the world. Each day we make progress on our journey toward “a more perfect union,” where all God’s children are treated with dignity and respect. Many forces help spur this progress. They include the courage of people who live openly as who they truly are; the witness of faith leaders who provide a compass for religious growth; the commitment of political leaders who help guide our nation toward a more just path; and the passage of laws and policies that ensure fair treatment for all.
We believe that the path to national unity lies in affirming the full equality and potential of every person. In the spirit of equality, fairness, and justice, we urge you not to add a discriminatory religious exemption to the Executive Order or to other federal policies.
In Faith,*
Rev. Dr. Sharon E. Watkins
General Minister and President, Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)
Rev. Dr. Serene Jones
President, Union Theological Seminary
Rev. Fred Davie
Executive Vice President, Union Theological Seminary
Rev. Dr. Katharine Rhodes Henderson
President, Auburn Theological Seminary
Joseph C. Hough
President Emeritus, Union Theological Seminary
Marianne Duddy-Burke
DignityUSA
Rabbi Nathan Martin
Reconstructionist Rabbinical College
Dr. Su Yon Pak
Senior Director & Associate Professor, Union Theological Seminary
David Vásquez-Levy
President, Pacific School of Religion
William Stacy Johnson, JD, PhD, DD
Arthur M. Adams Professor of Theology, Princeton Theological Seminary
Rev. Brandan J. Robertson
Executive Director, Nomad Partnerships
Sister Jeannine Gramick, SL
National Co-Chair, The National Coalition of American Nuns
Dave Ferguson
Director of Church Relations, Seventh-day Adventist Kinship International
Yolanda Elliott
President, Seventh-day Adventist Kinship International
Imam Daayiee Abdullah
MECCA Institute and Light of Reform Mosque
Bishop Joseph W. Tolton
Bishop, Global Ministries, The Fellowship of Affirming Ministries
Stephen V. Sprinkle, Ph.D.
Director of Field Education and Supervised Ministry and Professor of Practical Theology, Brite Divinity School
Bishop James L. Mills, Sr.
Administrative Bishop, The Fellowship of Affirming Ministries
Cantor Kay Greenwald
Director of Placement, American Conference of Cantors
Rabbi Jason Kimelman-Block
Director, BEND THE ARC Jewish Action
Jonathan Stein
Rabbi Emeritus, Congregation Shaaray Tefila
Rabbi Mark Elber
Rabbi, Temple Beth El
Cantor Rachel Gottlieb Kalmowitz
Rev. Harry Knox
Retired, Metropolitan Community Church
Bishop Tonyia M. Rawls
Pastor, Sacred Souls Community Church UCC
Rev. Gary R. Hall
Retired Dean, Washington National Cathedral
Verdell A. Wright
Scholar and Religious Leader, Howard University
Tom F. Driver
The Paul Tillich Professor Emeritus of Theology and Culture, Union Theological Seminary
Rev. Dr. Justin Tanis
Center for LGBTQ and Gender Studies in Religion, Pacific School of Religion
Deaconess Darlene DiDomineck
Interim Executive Director, Methodist Federation for Social Action
Rabbi Nancy H. Wiener, D.Min.
Director, Blaustein Center for Pastoral Counseling, Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion
Rev. Marie Alford-Harkey
President and CEO, Religious Institute
Rabbi Jill Jacobs
Executive Director, T'ruah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights
Rev. Ingrid Kalchthaler
American Baptist Churches USA
Rev. Dr. Charles Alkula
Pastor, Stevensville United Methodist Church
Rev. Dr. Neil G Cazares-Thomas
Cathedral of Hope, a congregation of the United Church of Christ
Rabbi Toba Spitzer
Congregation Dorshei Tzedek
Rabbi Joshua Strom
Congregation B'nai Yisrael
Rev. Dr. Paxton Jones
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)
Rev. John Lund
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, Emmaus Campus Ministry
Rev. Allen V. Harris
Regional Minister, Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Capital Area
Rev. Dr. Richard William McCarty
Senior Pastor, Community United Church
Rev. Steven Gower
Pastor, Frist Christian Church of Massillon
Rabbi Margaret Frisch Klein
Congregation Kneseth Israel
Rev. Suzie Moore
Stanhope Parish, Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)
Rabbi Rachel Blatt
Beth Israel Congregation
Rev. Karen Hagen
Tippecanoe Presbyterian Church
Rev. Susan E Hill
Associate Rector, Church of the Holy Apostles
Rev. Charles DesRuisseaux
Rabbi Dr. Joshua Gutoff
Adrienne Wassink
Senior Pastor, Sanctuary Community Church of Iowa City
Thomas Wassink
Pastor, Sanctuary Community Church of Iowa City
David Borger-Germann
Pastor, Sanctuary Community Church of Iowa City
Rev. Dr. Marjorie Ann Gerbracht-Stagnaro
Grace Episcopal Church, Episcopal Diocese of New Hampshire Rector
Rev. Dr. Dawn Roginski
St. Paul's and Holy Trinity Lutheran Churches
Rabbi Karen Landy
Havurat Shalom
Rev. LeDayne McLeese Polaski
Executive Director, BPFNA
Maggid Andrew Gold
Congregation Kol HaLev
Rev. Elder Dwayne Johnson
Senior Pastor, Metropolitan Community Church of Washington, DC
Rabbi B. Elka Abrahamson
Rev. Robert E. Brown
Minister of Pastoral Care, Heidelberg UCC
Rev. Jan Reynolds
Pastor, First Presbyterian Church of San Rafael
Rev. Randall Hyvonen
United Church of Christ
Rabbi Robin S. Sparr
Temple Emanuel
Chaplain Mason Jenkins
Religious Society of Friends
Rabbi Ruth Abusch-Magder
Rev. Dr. Kathryn Nystrand Dwyer
Senior Pastor, Rock Spring Congregational United Church of Christ
Rev. Steven Gordon
Rev. Elder Diane Fisher​
Metropolitan Community Church of Rehoboth​
Rabbi Rick Kellne
Rev. Karen Knodt
Christian Church (Disciples)
Rabbi Lisa L Goldstein
Institute for Jewish Spirituality
Rev. Michelle Mathis
Olive Branch Ministry
Rev. Karen Lowe
Olive Branch Ministry
Rev. Pamela Rumancik
Unitarian Church of Hinsdale
Alex Raabe
Founding Pastor, Table of Mercy
Rev. Dr. Jim Merritt
Senior Pastor, Holy Cross Metropolitan Community Church
Pastor Lyda Eddington
La Tijera United Methodist Church
Rev. Dr. Lea Brown
Senior Pastor, Metropolitan Community Church of the Palm Beaches
Leah Martens
Pastor, Haven Berkeley Faith Community
Cantor Melissa B. Puius
Cantors Assembly
Rev. Dr. Adam Harmon
University Christian Church (DOC)
Rev. RJ Powell
The Episcopal Church
Rev. RJ Powell, Curate
St. James Episcopal Church
Rev. Rachel P. Mastin
Presbyterian Church(USA)
Scott Sattler
Universal Sufism
Rev. Dr. Marja Coons-Torn
United Church of Christ and Sister on the Planet, Oxfam
Rev. Jeff Liebmann
Minister, Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Midland
Rev. Dr. Thomas E. Dipko
United Church of Christ
Rabbi Aryeh Cohen
Rev. Cynthia Meyer
United Methodist Church, United Church of Christ
Rabbi Drorah Setel
Temple Emanu-El
Matthew Hoffman
Candidate for Ministry, ELCA
Rabbi Marc Margolius
West End Synagogue
Rev. Tabitha K. Isner
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) and Faith in Action Alabama
Dr. Alice Alston
Ruling Elder, Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church
Rev. Barbara J. Libby
Interim Conference Minister, Rhode Island Conference of the United Church of Christ
Rev. John Daniels
United Methodist Church
Rev. Sharon Rankins-Burd
United Methodist Churches of Fly Creek and Schuyler Lake
Rev. Emily Gage
Minister of Faith Development, Unity Temple Unitarian Universalist Congregation
Rev. Kate Spelman
All Saints Episcopal Church
Rev. Leah Fowler Pastor
Presbyterian Church in Leonia
Rabbi Beth D. Davidson
Temple Adath Yeshurun
Rev. Dr. Teresa Dulyea-Parker
Regional Minister and President, Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in Illinois and Wisconsin
Rev. Canon Susan Russell
All Saints Church
Rabbi Adam Rosenwasser
Temple Sinai
Rev. Debra P. Given
Presbyterian Church, USA
Rev. Darcy Roake
Unitarian Universalist
Rev. Daniel C. Kanter
Senior Minister of First Unitarian Church of Dallas
Rev. W. Mark Koenig
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)
Cantor Kathy Barr
Rabbi Megan GoldMarche
Rev. Dee Anna
United Methodist Church
Laurie Franklin
Spiritual Leader and Rabbinic Intern, Har Shalom
Rev. Joseph H. Summers
The Episcopal Church of the Incarnation
Rabbi Ron Segal
Temple Sinai
Rabbi Chava Bahle
Or Tzafon
Deacon Dan Leetch
Director of Pastoral Service, Bishop's Pastoral Associate for Institutional Ministries
Rabbi Jonathan Biatch
Temple Beth El
Rev. Eva O'Diam
Dover United Church of Christ
Deacon Ross Murray
Programs Director, Global and U.S. South, GLAAD
Rev. Bruce Baker-Rooks
SouthPark Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)
Rev. Rita Nakashima Brock, Ph.D.
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) and Professor, Brite Divinity School
Rabbi David Freidenreich
Rabbi Steven H. Rau
Director of Lifelong Learning, The Temple Hebrew Benevolent Congregation
Rabbi Kerry Chaplin
Rev. Wanda Floyd
Transitional Pastor, MCC Charlotte
Rev. Leora Abelson
Congregation Agudas Achim
Rev. Robert Schoenhals
First United Methodist Church of Ferndale
Rev. Jeni Markham Clewell
United Methodist
Rabbi Nahariyah Mosenkis
Ohalah, Jewish Renewal Rabbinic Organization
Rev. Wendy Ann Witt
Northern Illinois Conference of the United Methodist Church
Rev. Wendy Vander Hart
Associate Conference Minister, MA Conference UCC
Minister Rob Stephens
Associate Minister for Justice & Organizing, Middle Collegiate Church
Susan Burkett
Senior Pastor, Blue Ocean Faith Columbus
Rev. Jude Geiger
Minister, Unitarian Universalist Fellowship
Rabbi Brian Glusman
Marcus Jewish Community Center of Atlanta
Rev. Dr. Ben Keller
Presbyterian
Rabbi Misha Zinkow
Temple Israel
Rabbi Malka Drucker
Temple Har Shalom
Rev. Elwood Sturtevant
Minister, Thomas Jefferson Unitarian Church
Rev. James Semmelroth Darnell
United Church of Christ
Rev. David H. Jackson
Senior Chaplain & Religion Department Chair, Christ Church Episcopal School
Rev. Peter Shober
Rev. Frederick Trost
United Church of Christ
Rt. Rev. Diane M. Jardine Bruce
Bishop Suffragan , Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles
Rev. Royal D. Carleton
Inclusive Life Center and Chapel
Kristina Stone Kaiser
Pastor, The River Church South
Rabbi Stephanie Dickstein, LMSW
Spiritual Care Coordinator, Shira Ruskay Center
Rev. Ryan J Bauers
Blue Water Church
Rabbi Amy Loewenthal
Rev. Melinda Keenan Wood
Pastor, Pershing Ave Christian Church
Rev. Janet James
Pastor, The Gayton Kirk PCUSA
Rabbi Phyllis Berman
Rev. Canon Dr. Clark M. Sherman
Episcopal Diocese of MT
Rev. Elder Dr. Candace R. Shultis
Senior Pastor, King of Peace Metropolitan Community Church
Rev. Laurie A. McNeill
Pastor, First Presbyterian Church
Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum
Senior Rabbi, Congregation Beit Simchat Torah
Rabbi Alana Suskin
Conservative Judaism
Rev. Emily Swan
Co-Pastor, Blue Ocean Faith Ann Arbor
Rabbi Julie Gordon
Adat Shalom Reconstructionist Congregation
Rev. Sarah Combs
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)
Rabbi Nina H. Mandel
Congregation Beth El
Ken Wilson
Co-Pastor, Blue Ocean Faith Ann Arbor
Rev. Dr. Stephen Gentle
National City Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)
Rev. Canon Albert J. Keeney
Episcopal Church
Rev. Peter Connolly
Unitarian Universalist Church of Bowling Green
Rosalie Richards
Episcopal Priest
Tim Hart-Andersen
Senior Pastor, Westminster Presbyterian Church
Rev. Amy J. Schultz
Pastor, Heidelberg United Church of Christ
Rev. Robert D. Sherfy
Pastor, United Church of Christ
Rabbi Brian Fink
Director and Community Organizer, Engage Jewish Service Corps, JCC Manhattan
Rev. Laura Shennum
Unitarian Universalist
Rabbi Shawn Zevit
Mishkan Shalom
Rev. Susan Thomas
Trinity Congregational Church
Rabbi Fred Scherlinder Dobb
Adat Shalom Reconstructionist Congregation
Rev. Gary Weaver
Presbyterian Church USA
Rev. Dr. Rebecca Ann Parker
Theologian in Residence, All Souls Church Unitarian
Linda Brenner
Communications Director, Metropolitan Community Churches
Rabbi Susan Talve
Rabbi Jonah Geffen
Rev. Donna Elia
Executive Director, Troy Area United Ministries Pastor
Susie Brenner
Pastor, Beyond These Walls MCC
Rabbi Robert Dobrusin
Rev. Dr. Karin Stork-Whitson
United Church of Christ
Rabbi Mark Borovitz
Senior Rabbi, Beit T'Shuvah
Rabbi Carie Carter
Salem Pearce
Rabbinical Student, Hebrew College Rabbinical School
Rev. William Spangler-Dunning
Regional Minister and President, Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in the Upper Midwest
Rev. Dr. Joanne Whitt
Pastor, First Presbyterian Church of San Anselmo
Rev. Carole Hoke
United Church of Christ
Rabbi Heidi Hoover
Rev. Nancy E. Brink
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)
Rev. Laura Mayo
Senior Minister, Covenant Church: an Ecumenical, Liberal, Baptist Congregation
Rev. Ailsa Guardiola Gonzalez
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)
Rev. Katherine Stanford
Old Presbyterian Meeting House
Rev. Dr. Robert R. Laha Jr.
Old Presbyterian Meeting House
Rabbi Yosef Goldman
Temple Beth Zion-Beth Israel
Rev. Dr. Mark Johnston
Open & Affirming Ministries, Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)
Rev. Debra Peevey
Community Pastor
Rev. Dr. Debra W. Haffner
Minister, Unitarian Universalist Church
Rev. Elder Rachelle Brown
Interim Moderator, Metropolitan Community Churches
Rev. Dan Adolphson
Moderator, GLAD Alliance
Darren Phelps
Senior Pastor, Bethel Christian Church
Robyn Henderson-Espinoza, PhD
Public Theologian in Residence, Faith Matters Network
Rev. Marnie Leinberger
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)
Andrew Solomon, PhD
PC(USA)
Rev. Yolanda Roger Mapes
One Spirit Interfaith Seminary
Rev. Dr. Baron A. Mullis
PC(USA)
Rev. Dr. Rebecca Voelkel
Pastor, United Church of Christ
Lynn Young
United Church of Christ
Rabbi Noach Dzmura
Rev. Candy Holmes
Metropolitan Community Churches
Rev. Lindasusan V. Ulrich
Assistant Minister, First Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Ann Arbor
Rev. Jeannine Oakes Daugherty
Teaching Elder, PCUSA Chicago Presbytery
Gail Russell
Ruling Elder, Lincoln Park Presbyterian Church
Geraldine Mead
Ruling Elder, Lincoln Park Presbyterian Church
Chris Davies
United Church of Christ and Creator, Queer Clergy Trading Cards
Frank D. Treadway
First United Methodist Church-Redding CA, Rainbow Family Project Ministries
Terence Diggory
Former Moderator and Ruling Elder, PC(USA)
Dr. Charles Barnes
United Church of Christ
Hannah Elyse Simpson
Jewish Transgender Advocate
Kate Weiss
Clerk of the Montana Gathering of Friends
Laurel Marie Steinetz
Director of Youth and Young Adult Ministries, The First Presbyterian Church of Willoughby
Jessica Lex
Leadership Team Member, Cedacreek Covenant Church
Irma Glaser
National Council of Jewish Women
Sandra McHenry, PhD
United Church of Christ​
Randy Block
Director, Michigan Unitarian Universalist Social Justice Network
Joy Ladin
Gottesman Professor of English, Yeshiva University
Russell Salisbury
The Great Falls Religious Community of Friends
Elsie Tuss
The Great Falls Religious Community of Friends
Kimberly Wilburn
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)
Jasmine Krotkov
Montana Gathering of Friends
Cathy Cantor
National Council of Jewish Women
Rev. Dr. Nancy Wilson
Former Moderator, Metropolitan Community Churches
Rev. Elsie Armstrong Rhodes
Pastor, First Presbyterian Church of Cooperstown
Rev. Dr. Robert L. Griffin
Executive Minister, Sunshine Cathedral
Rev. Alba Onofrio
Soulforce, Jubilee Community Church
Amanda Hambrick Ashcraft
Baptist minister
Tamara Razzano
Pastor, First Presbyterian Church
Rev. H A Bud Tillinghast
United Methodist minister, retired
Kelly Wentworth
Secretary, Muslims for Progressive Values and President, MPV-Atlanta and Imam, Atlanta Unity Mosque
Rev. Gage Church
Congregational United Church of Christ
Rev. Mary Anne Glover
Regional Minister, Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Northeastern Region
Rev. Laurie Feille
Senior Minister, First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)
Rev. Dr. Shaun Whitehead
United Church of Christ
Frank Parmir
Coordinator, ColUM (Columbus {Ohio} Unity Mosque)
Rev. Elizabeth G. Maxwell
Church of the Ascension
Rev. Robert Kirby
United Methodist Minister
Lisa Knapp
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Jamila Tharp
Unitarian Universalist Community minister and Imam for Redwood Unity Mosque Initiative
Rev. Tracy Heilman
United Church of Christ, Community Congregational Church
Scott S. Prinzing
Billings Unitarian Universalist Fellowship
Ani Zonneveld
Founder and President, Muslims for Progressive Values
United Methodist Church, Genergal Board of Church and Society
Rabbi Debra Kolodny
Portland's UnShul
Jennifer Killpack-Zion
Ordained Minister, American Marriage Ministries
Rev. Michael Kinnamon, Ph.D.
Former General Secretary, National Council of Churches
Jacob Slichter
Episcopalian
Rabbi Meredith Cahn
Rev. Wil Coleman
Destiny Dominion Church
James L. Reisner
Pastor, Westminster Presbyterian Church
Rev. John Buehrens
Past President, Unitarian Universalist Association and Sr. Minister, First UU Church
Rev. Patrick McLaughlin,
Unitarian Universalist Church and Trustee, Unitarian Universalist Association
Rabbi Ariel Stone
Congregation Shir Tikvah
Rev. Ms. Shawn Schreiner
Episcopal Priest
Rev. Dr. TK Barger
Minister, First Unitarian Church of Toledo
Rabbi Brian Zachary Mayer
Reform Rabbi, Religion-Outside-the-Box
Maggie Lovins
Unitarian Universalist
Rev. Dr. Claudene Oliva
Affiliate Minister, Unitarian Universalist Church
Rev. Kierstin Homblette Allen
Unitarian Universalist minister
Rabbi Rachel Joseph
Congregation Beth Israel
Ruling Elder Arthur Fullerton
Vice Moderator, Albany Presbytery
Rev. Reagan Humber
Priest, The Episcopal Church and Pastor, House for All Sinners and Saints
Rev. Sarah Demarest Allen
Pastor for Children, Youth and Families, First Presbyterian Church
Rev. Mykal Slack
Co-Director, The Freedom Center for Social Justice
Beverly A. Bartlett
Associate Pastor, Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church
Rabbi Paula Marcus
Senior Rabbi, Temple Beth El
Rev. Rebekah Krevens
Pastor, Foothills Christian Church
Rev. Alycia Erickson
Pastor, Pikes Peak MCC
Rabbi Elyse Wechterman
Executive Director, Reconstructionist Rabbinical Association
Nikki J. Hunt
Student, Pacific School of Religion and Unitarian Universalist Ministerial Aspirant
Dr. Rabbi Barat Ellman
Faculty, Bard Prison Initiative and Adjunct Assistant Professor, Theology, Fordham University
Rev. Dr. Sue Magidson
Unitarian Universalist
Rev. Dr. Phil Snider
Senior Minister, Brentwood Christian Church
Rabbi David Mivasair
Ahavat Olam Synagogue
Tania Y Márquez
Seminarian and candidate to Unitarian Universalist Ministry
Bishop Allyson Abrams, D. Min
Pastor, Empowerment Liberation Cathedral and Presiding Bishop of Pneuma Christian Fellowship
Rev. Michael S. Mulberry
Billings First Congregational Church
Rabbi David Greenstein
Congregation Shomrei Emunah
Bishop Emeritus Diana Williams
Empowerment Liberation Cathedral
Deacon Catherine McEachin-Paige
Empowerment Liberation Cathedral
Deacon Arlene Y. Brooks
Empowerment Liberation Cathedral
Deacon Silvester Stokes
Empowerment Liberation Cathedral
Rabbi Maralee Gordon
Woodstock, IL 
Rev. Dr. Jane Adams Spahr
Presbyterian Church (USA)
Ashley DeTar Birt
Presbyterian Church (USA)
Gretchen Haley
Unitarian Universalist
Rabbi Pamela Frydman
OHALAH
Rabbi Eli Cohen
Chadeish Yameinu Jewish Renewal
Rabbi Mel Gottlieb
Rabbi Diane Elliot
Wholly Present, A Center for Embodied Judaism
Rev. Kelley Becker
Senior Minister, Disciples Christian Church
Rev. Dr. Claudia A. Ramisch
Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Owensboro
Rev. Tara Wilkins 
United Church of Christ
Cantor Kerith Spencer-Shapiro  
Reform Judiasm
Cantor David Reinwald
Reform Judaism
Rabbi Laura Owens
Congregation B'nai Horin, Children of Freedom
Rabbi Marc Kline
Monmouth Reform Temple
Cantor Leah Frey-Rabine
Cantor Emily Wigod Pincus
Temple Beth-El
Rev. Cheni Khonje
First Presbyterian Church
Rabbi Sheila Peltz Weinberg
Institute for Jewish Spirituality
Rabbi Arthur Waskow
The Shalom Center
Rev. Jay R Hartley
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)
Pastor Esther Baruja
Archwood United Church of Christ 
Rev. Lynne Spencer-Smith
United Church of Christ
Rabbi Joshua Lesser
Congregation Bet Haverim
Cantor Vera Broekhuysen
Rev. Cass L. Shaw
President and CEO, The Council of Churches of Greater Bridgeport
Rev. Raymond J. Bagnuolo,
Director, That All May Freely Serve
Karen Barr
Past moderator, GLAD Alliance, Inc.
Francis DeBernardo
Executive Director, New Ways Ministry
David Key
National Board Chair-elect, Association of Welcoming and Affirming Baptists
Rev. John E. Denaro
St. Ann & the Holy Trinity Episcopal Church
Rev. Sarah Beck
Pastor, Grace United Methodist Church
Rev. Jeffrey Lang
West Sunbury United Presbyterian Church
Rev. Barbara Gerlach 
First Congregational United Church of Christ
Rev. Jean Collins
Episcopal Church
Rev. Robyn Morrison
Big Sky UU Fellowship and The Church Within a Church Movement
Rabbi Dan Sklar
Rabbi David Paskin
Jane Clementi
Co-Founder Tyler Clementi Foundation
Rev. Clare L. Petersberger
The Towson Unitarian Universalist Church
Rev. Pamela S. Bell
UCC
Rev. Dr. Mara Liz Rivera
Presbyterian Church USA
Rev. Dana L. Keener
Minister, Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)
Cantor Suzanne Bernstein 
Spiritual Leader, Progressive Temple Beth Ahavath Sholom
Dr. Rabbi Barat Ellman
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Theology, Fordham University
Rev. Cynthia Kohlmann
PC(USA)
Rev. Lindsay Conrad     
First Presbyterian Church
Rev. Dr. Davida Foy Crabtree
Interim VP for Institutional Advancement, Andover Newton Theological School
Emily DeTar Birt
Sabbatical Minister, First Unitarian Society of Westchester
Rev. Katherine Higgins
UNC Hospitals
Rev. Marvin M. Ellison
Union Theological Seminary
Rev. Dr. Susan J. Dunlap
PC(USA)
Cantor Gregory Yaroslow
Cantor Ellen Dreskin
Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion
Rev. Elder Darlene Garner
Metropolitan Community Churches
Rev. Douglas Browne
PC(USA)
Rev. Rebecca Seely
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
Bonnie Sherman
Elder, First Presbyterian Church
Rev. Mieke Vandersall
Rev. Elizabeth Ann Pass
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)
Rev. Dr. Jane Fisler Hoffman
Retired Minister, UCC
Abby Ferjak
Minister of Word and Service, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
Rev. Larissa Kwong Abazia
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)
Rabbi Garson Herzfeld
Rev. Jane Dwinell
Retired clergy, Unitarian Universalist
Rev. Mary Louise McCullough
Second Presbyterian Church
Rev. Susan Andrews
Moderator of 25th General Assembly, PCUSA
Rabbi John Rosove
Senior Rabbi, Temple Israel
Cantor Lauren Levy
Beth David Reform Congregation
Rabbi Rain Zohav
Renewal Judaism
Rev. Bertram Johnson
The Riverside Church
Rabbi Simkha Y. Weintraub, LCWS
Rabbi Jason Klein
Joan Marino
Setauket Presbyterian Church
Frank Marino
Setauket Presbyterian Church
Rev. Dr. Carter Heyward
Retired Professor of Theology, Episcopal Divinity School
Rev. Philip M. Trzynka
Pastor, Trinity Lower East Side Lutheran Parish
Deanna Witkowski
Catholic
Rev. Dr. Allie Perry
Shalom UCC
Rabbi Rachel Kahn-Troster
T'ruah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights
Carla Pratt Keyes
Pastor, Ginter Park Presbyterian Church
Rabbi Malka Packer
Reconstrucitonist Rabbi
Rabbi Riqi Kosovske
Beit Ahavaha- Reform Synagogue of Greater North Hampton
Mary E. Hunt, Ph.D
Women's Alliance for Theology, Ethics and Ritual (WATER)
Rabbi Jessica Kessler Marshall
Temple Beth Or
Rabbi Debrah Shenefelt
Rev. Dayna Kinkade
Senior Pastor, First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)
Rev. Jenn Simmons
Co Pastor, National Avenue Christian Church
Rev. Gary R. Hall
Retired Dean, Washington National Cathedral
Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky
Rev. Kat Katsanis-Semel
Saint Luke in the Fields
Rabbi Debra Cantor
B'nai Tikvoh-Sholom
Rabbi Jeffrey Saxe
Temple Rodef Shalom
Rabbi Felicia Sol
B'nai Jeshurun
Rabbi J. Rolando Matalon
B'nai Jeshurun
Rabbi Bob Gluck
University at Albany
Rabbi Regina Sandler-Phillips, MSW, MPH
Executive Director, Ways of Peace Community Resources
Rabbi Birdie Becker
Rabbi Rachel Cowan
Rabbi Raachel N. Jurovics
Yavneh: A Jewish Renewal Community
Rev. Kacei Conyers
Episcopal Priest, St. Mary's Episcopal Church
Rev. Elder Mona West, Ph.D.
Metropolitan Community Churches
Rabbi Ruth Adar
Joshua R. S. Fixler
Rabbinical Student, Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion
Rev. Samantha Gonzalez-Block
Presbyterian Pastor
Rabbi Sharon Cohen Anisfeld
Dean, Rabbinical School of Hebrew College
Rabbi Mark Hurvitz
Rev. Anya Sammler-Michae
Unitarian Universalist
Rabbi Rachel Esserman
The Reporter Group
Elder Nancy G. Maxwell
Metropolitan Community Churches
Rabbi David Adelson, D. Min.
Dean, Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion
Rev. Geoff Browning
Campus Minister, Stanford University
Rev. Mary B. Speers
Setauket Presbyterian Church
Naomi Washington Leapheart
The United Church of Christ and The Fellowship of Affirming Ministries
Caroline Park
Kids and Family Pastor
Rev. Lisa Hunt
Rector, St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church
Rabbi Jill Borodin
Rev. Dr. Joretta L Marshall
Brite Divinity School and United Methodist Church
Rev. Betsy J. Sowers
Old Cambridge Baptist Church
Cantor Faryn Kates Rudnick
Member, American Conference of Cantors
Rev. Laura Young
Pastor, Summit on 16th United Methodist Church
Rabbi Nelly Altenburger
Congregation Bnai Israel
Rabbi Guy Austrian
Fort Tryon Jewish Center
Todd Leonard
Pastor, Glendale City Seventh-day Adventist Church
Rabbi Peter Berg
Rev. Melissa N. McQueen
United Church of Christ
Rev. Laura Rossbert
Belong UMC
Bishop Tonyia M. Rawls
Pastor, Sacred Souls Community Church UCC
Rabbi Aaron C. Meyer
Associate Rabbi, Temple De Hirsch Sinai
Rev. Elizabeth King
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)
Rev. Harry Knox
Metropolitan Community Church
Rabbi Zari Weiss
Kol HaNeshamah West Seattle's Progressive Synagogue Community
Rev. Dr. James Campbell
Pastor, Broadway United Church of Christ
Rabbi Robin Podolsky
Rabbi Jason Levine
Miriam Geronimus
Rabbinical Student, Reconstructionist Rabbinical College
Sally Allison
Elder, Presbyterian Church USA
Rev. Dr. Kathleen E. Madigan
Presbyterian Minister
Rev. Barbara J. Archer
First Congregational Church UCC
Rev. Thomas A. LeBeau, M.Div., R.N.
Pastor, Cooperstown United Methodist Church
Rabbi Randy Sheinberg
Temple Tikvah
Rev. Monica Myers Greenberg
Pastor, Northwest Christian Church (DOC)
Rabbi David Basior
Kadima Reconstructionist Community
Rev. Janet Maykus
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)
Gail S. Mott
Downtown United Presbyterian Church
Peter D. Mott, MD
Downtown United Presbyterian Church
Rabbi Avi Strausberg
Rev. Michael D. Smith
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)
Sylvia Thorson-Smith
PCUSA Advisory Committee on Social Witness Policy
Julia M. Childs
Religious Society of Friends
Rabbi Loren Filson Lapidus
The Temple
Rev. Dr. Eric O. Springsted
Interim Senior Pastor, Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church
Rabbi Eric Cohen
Temple Israel
Rabbi Ruth Gais
Rabbi Suri Krieger
B’nai Or Jewish Renewal of Greater Boston
Cantor Bat-Ami Moses
Temple Israel of Columbus
Rev. Connie Campbell-Pearson
St. James Episcopal Church
Rev. Madison T. Shockley II
Pastor, Pilgrim United Church of Christ
Rev. Arne Bergland
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
Rev. Kaji S. Dousa
Senior Pastor, Park Avenue Christian Church
Dr. Paul von Oeyen
Social Justice Mission Team, Detroit Metropolitan Association of the United Church of Christ
Guy S. Johnson, M. Div.
United Church of Christ
Rev. Jeremy W Scott
Vital Congregations Developer, Mountain Sky Area of the United Methodist Church
Bruce Cowgill
Quaker and Zen Buddhist
Rev. Doug Donley
American Baptist
Rosa G. Manriquez, IHM
Rabbi Lauren S. Cohn
Reform Rabbi
Rev. Edwin Chinery
Executive Director, Ascension Outreach, Inc.
Rabbi Steven Henkin
Director of Congregational Learning, Congregation B'nai Tzedek
Rev. Melanie S. Morrison
United Church of Christ
Rev. Dr. Larry L. Greenfield
Executive Director, Parliament of the World's Religions
Troy Jackson
President and co-founder, el-Tawhid Juma Circle: Toronto Unity Mosque
El-Farouk Khaki
Imam and co-founder, el-Tawhid Juma Circle: Toronto Unity Mosque
Rev. Dr. Sheldon Culver
Retired Conference Minister, United Church of Christ
Linnea M. Wang
Quaker
Rev. Stephanie Anne Thompson
Minister, United Church of Christ minister
Rev. Benjamin Garren
Episcopal Chaplain, University of Arizona
Rabbi Ilan Schwartz
Rev. Thomas J. Fehr
Episcopalian
Rev. Dr. Dan King 
Minister, Unitarian Universalist Association 
Claire Zilm
Retired pastor, United Methodist Church
Rev. Dr. Elizabeth Kaeton
Board Secretary, Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice
Rabbi Mitch Levine
Congregation Agudas Achim
Rev. Deborah Porras
United Methodist Church
Rev. Dr. Beth Brown
Pastor, Lincoln Park Presbyterian Church
Kristen Pring-Mill
Member, Unitarian Universalist Association 
David L. Maxwell
Minister, PCUSA
Rev. Susan Otey
Christ United Methodist Church
Rev. Dr. Joanne Carlson Brown
Tibbetts United Methodist Church
Rev. Jennie Talley
Rector, St. John's Wilmot Episcopal Church
Rev. Kelli Driscoll
Pastor, Bethany Christian Church Tulsa
Rev. Linda Banner
Universal Life Church
Rabbi Iris Richman
Dr. Susan M. (Elli) Elliott
Unitarian Universalist
Rabbi Marisa Elana James
Michael S. Clay
First Presbyterian Church
Rabbi Jonathan Freirich
Temple Beth Zion
Rabbi Seth Goldstein
Temple Beth Hatfiloh
Rabbi Eva Sax-Bolder
Rev. Carole Carlson
Retired Minister, United Church of Christ
Rev. Stacey Siebrasse
First English Lutheran Church
Rabbi Melissa B. Simon
Rev. Jeanne Brenneis
United Church of Christ and Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)
Rabbi Salomon Gruenwald
Congregation HEA 
Hussein Rashid, PhD
Islamicate, L3C
Micah Geurin Weiss
Rabbinical Student, Reconstructionist Rabbinical College
Rev. Elizabeth A. McCormick
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)
Rev. Michael Lehman
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)
Rev. Neichelle R. Guidry
Associate Pastor, Trinity United Church of Christ
Rabbi Michael Bernstein
Congregation Gesher L Torah
Rabbi David Dunn Bauer
Director of Social Justice Programming, Congregation Beit Simchat Torah
Pastor Wendy Ochs
Evangelical United Methodist Church
Rev. Dr. Lisa W. Davison
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)
Sophia Avants
Jewish
Starshine
Quaker
Lucretia Humphrey
Quaker
Tina S. Visscher
Quaker
Susan Mikesell
LDS
Julie Packer
LDS
Kodi Jeffery
Former LDS
Bambie McNabb
LDS
Sue Raynes
LDS
Michael Gutierrez
Catholic
Mary Margaret Drasbek
LDS
David Johnson 
UMC
Julia Aegerter
Unitarian Universalist
*Affiliation listed for identification purposes