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