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April 15, 2004
ALBERT'S HISTORIC FIRST GAY MARRIAGE IN BOSTON
Although the year is 1973, Rev. Bill Alberts, a CPSP Diplomate, was involved in what is now a very contemporary issue as he faced the dilemma to perform the marriage of a gay couple who were his parishioners. The Boston Phoenix recently published this fascinating story:
...It didn’t take long for Alberts to make a decision. He thought about his role as minister. About his duty to care for parishioners as Jesus had — the same Jesus who said "Love thy neighbor," the same Jesus who set the oppressed free. To him, performing a gay wedding seemed consistent with his ministry. "So," he says, "I said, ‘Yes!’"...Posted by Perry Miller, Editor at April 15, 2004 9:58 AM
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