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The Fortunate Families newsletter is published 8 to 10 times yearly. It
includes up-to-date news concerning lesbian and gay Catholics and their parents, thought-provoking articles, stories from parents and others, and a calendar of events.
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July 2010
- Words to ponder
- A Parent’s Journey
By Linda Karle Nelson, President, Fortunate
Families
- How would Jesus handle
firing a lesbian theology
teacher?
By Susan Greene, Denver Post
- Catholic Organizations Challenge Firing of Lesbian Religion Teacher
A Joint Statement from the leaders of Call To Action, Fortunate Families, DignityUSA, and
New Ways Ministry
- Same-sex
marriage is
about
fairness
By William McKenzie
- Caught in the crossfire
By Nicole Sotelo, National Catholic
Repoter, June 10, 2010
- Renting while gay
By Deb Price, with author’s
permission.
- A gay adventure
By Deb Price, June 2, 2010 With
author’s permission
June 2010
- Words to ponder
- Fortunate Families expands board, elects new
officers
- Fortunate Families challenges USCCB position
on ENDA
- Thought for the
Day, 17 May 2010 by
Clifford Longley
- Call To Action Stories
By David Saavedra
- Who Speaks for Catholics?
By Jeannine Gramick
- Why a Pride Booth
for Roman
Catholics?
By David Kennedy
May 2010
- Words to ponder
- Joining Hands-Reaching Out. Fortunate
Families gathering of parents, Oct. 22-24!
- Parents live rule: God
doesn't make mistakes
by Ed Langlois
- Is homosexuality connected
to pedophilia
by John Corvino,
- From silence to advocacy –
one family’s story
by Marianne M. Buccini,
- Catholic policy toward gays
misguided
by Susie and Randy Roth
April 2010
- Words to ponder
- Fortunate Families gathering of parents
planned for Oct. 22-24!
- Fortunate Families Listening Parents Network
growing
- A teaching that is
disordered - An NCR Editorial. Feb. 15, 2010
- A Place at the Marianist
Table 2010
by Beth Garascia
- Dear (Boulder) pastor
- Gays need allies to turn up
the volume
By Deb Price
- Fortunate Families cosponsors
ad decrying action
against children of Colorado
lesbian couple
By Jerry Furlong
- CODA: HETERO
HERO
Hope from
a Catholic
Mom by Chuck Colbert
February 2010
- Words to ponder
- Listening Parents Network Update
- New Jersey gay marriage
bill: An unhappily unmarried
mom weighs in
By Joan Garry
- Coming Home: A gay
Christian speaks to
fundamentalists
by Jonathan Odell. Commonweal
- Dismantling heterosexual
privilege
by Kara Speltz
- Testimony against
MD House Bill #90
1-28-2010
January 2010
- Words to ponder
- Fortunate Sons
How two parents of gay sons are breaking down the
barriers between Catholicism and gay rights
by Jessica Carreras, in “Between the Lines” #1749, 12-3-09,
Livonia MI, with permission.
- Pain and possibility – Being
a Catholic parent of gay
children
by Beth Garascia
- A decade of wonderfully
dizzying progress for gay
couples
by Deb Price Dec. 9, 2009
- Mind the gap
Which path do we choose when the
twain of experience and church
teaching don’t meet?
by Bryan Cones
- Family Rejection
as a Predictor of Negative Health Outcomes
in White and Latino Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Young Adults--A Summary Prepared by Fortunate Families
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