Challenge- Find a LGBT accepting mosque in the United States

[snooper2]

I never really thought about this before the massacre but started thinking based on post in another thread. They don't exist.


Well, One man is trying/tried...

Daayiee Abdullah (born Sidney Thompson in 1954 in Detroit, Michigan, United States)[1][2] is an African American, gay Imam in Washington, D.C.[1][3][4][5] Abdullah is said to be one of three openly gay Imams in the world (the others being Muhsin Hendricks of South Africa and Ludovic Mohamed-Zahed of France)[6][7][8][9]

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Masjid An-Nur Al-Isslaah[edit]
Abdullah attempted to create an LGBT-friendly masjid in Washington D.C., but it failed because there was much fear over what the community would do to those caught attending.[15] Later, in 2011, he helped create a mosque for anyone who wanted to attend located in a public library in D.C.[16] The plan is to raise funds to create a purpose-built mosque of their own where all are free to worship.[16] Since 2000, Abdullah has provided specialized counseling services for Muslims from a wide spectrum of Muslim religious and cultural backgrounds.[10]

Abdullah is the imam and religious director of Masjid An-Nur Al-Isslaah (English: "Mosque for Enlightenment and Reformation" or "Light of Reform Mosque&quot , an LGBT-welcoming mosque.[17] He is on the Advisory Board of Muslims for Progressive Values.[10] He also holds a position in Oslo, Norway at Skeiv Verden ("Gay World&quot .[10][15]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daayiee_Abdullah



Religion- Brought to us by humans who fucking thought the Earth was flat...

[Spazito]

1. There are mosques accepting LGBT members...

Progressive Muslims Launch Gay-Friendly, Women-Led Mosques In Attempt To Reform American Islam
03/29/2012 12:05 pm ET | Updated Jan 30, 2013

At first, the devout Muslims who gathered in a Washington, D.C., conference center seemed like they could have come from any mosque. There were women in headscarves and bearded men who quoted the Quran.

But something was different. While mingling over hors d’oeuvres, they discussed how to change Islam’s future. A woman spoke about fighting terrorism; she had married outside the Islamic faith, which is forbidden for a Muslim woman. A Pakistani man mentioned his plans to meet friends for drinks, despite the faith’s ban on alcohol.

In a corner of the room, an imam in a long gray tunic counseled a young Muslim with a vexing spiritual conflict: being gay and Muslim. The imam, also gay and in a relationship, could easily sympathize with the youth’s difficulties.

On this brisk Monday night in late October, members of Muslims for Progressive Values, a nascent American reformist organization, had gathered from around the country to celebrate a milestone: In four years, the group had grown from a few friends to a thousand members and spawned a string of small mosques and spiritual groups that stretched from Atlanta to Los Angeles.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/29/progressive-muslims-launch-gay-friendly-women-led-mosques_n_1368460.html

[snooper2]

4. Name one- location, address, name- Check the wiki page I posted

Found this article but it is referencing traction only in Australia-

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-04-29/secret-mosques-doors-lgbti-muslims/7341142

[Spazito]

15. Wiki is only good for geograpy...

when it comes to controversial issues like politics, religion, guns, etc, it isn't worth anything as a source, imo.

As to finding "location, address, name", well, I guess the article I posted is like wiki, worthless, so I will let you carry on with your question.

[KamaAina]

7. About time. Islam in America has come of age.

Much like Judaism had when the Reform movement began in Cincinnati in the mid-19th century.

[Spazito]

16. I agree, well past time but it is a good start, imo.

[David__77]

2. I am certainly interested in this.

I think it warrants the attention of progressives and media.

[bonemachine]

3. Can you point out for me...

an LGBT accepting Mormon temple?
an LGBT accepting Scientology church?
an LGBT accepting Rastafarian church?

[cwydro]

6. Can you point out for me the last time any member of those you listed committed a mass shooting?

I'll be waiting for your answer.

[bonemachine]

9. The first one I came up with on Google

I can't guarantee it's the most recent:
[link:http://www.patheos.com/blogs/progressivesecularhumanist/2014/06/mormon-terrorist-oregon-school-shooter-wanted-to-kill-sinners/|
http://www.patheos.com/blogs/progressivesecularhumanist/2014/06/mormon-terrorist-oregon-school-shooter-wanted-to-kill-sinners/]

[cwydro]

13. Oh for crying out loud.

Keep on with your nonsense.

If you think radical Islam had nothing to do with this, well, goodie for you.I'm a gay woman. Fuck these religions who call for the death penalty of those with a different sexual orientation or who consider women second class.

You keep trying, darling; why don't you add up the acts of violence by each religion? In this century.

[bonemachine]

14. So, you asked a question

...and I answered it.

Where is the nonsense?

[cwydro]

32. Wow.

Sad.

[840high]

27. .+1

[King_David]

29. +1

[bonemachine]

17. Aren't the Bundys Mormon too?

Though, fortunately, they didn't get the opportunity to go out in the blaze of glory they wanted.

[cwydro]

25. Oh, imust have missed their mass murder spree.

Sheesh.

[bonemachine]

35. you must have also missed

The part of my post where I said that they didn't get the shootout that they wanted.

We could also get into why that particular group of folks got handled with kid gloves, and what might have happened differently had it been a group of folks with a little extra melanin in their skin, but I don't think any of us really wants to dive down that rabbithole, right?

[cwydro]

5. You'll find a hella lot more accepting churches.

Good luck.

I don't claim any religion. However, I despise a religion which calls for the death penalty for gay people.

I'm a gay woman, and I also despise a religion which makes women second class citizens.

[bonemachine]

8. Shit, I can't stand any of the Abrahamic faiths

But Muslim baiting is exactly what Trump and his ilk are up to right now. Pitting one vulnerable minority against another is fucking disgusting and it behooves us to behave better than that.

[cwydro]

10. I don't see Islam as a "vulnerable minority."

I hate Trump, but fuck fundamentalists of every stripe.

[bonemachine]

12. Maybe you haven't been paying attention during the last 15 years?

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/anti-muslim-attacks-after-san-bernardino



http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/12/22/us/Crimes-Against-Muslim-Americans.html


http://www.huffingtonpost.com/news/anti-muslim-hate-crimes/

[Behind the Aegis]

18. It isn't.

But people do love to conflate it with Muslims. One is the people, Muslims, the other is a philosophy, thought, Islam. People are scared to call out the philosophy because so many will accuse them of attacking the adherents. Unlike other attacks by Muslims, I don't think we will see any backlash (after all, only GLBT people were murdered, and we don't count) against Muslims as a whole, except for the nonsense rhetoric spewed by the right, who will use anything to attack Muslims.

[cwydro]

26. I'd like to rec your post.

[King_David]

30. +1

[snooper2]

11. religion is the problem...period- Still a lot of anti-gay Xtian churches

A lot of churches in the black communities rail against the LGBT community-

All I'm asking is if you want to worship some mythical creature at least come into the 21st century. So, you find a accepting mosque yet?

[hunter]

19. Catholic Priests who preside over LGBT marriages are removed from their church.

That's the state of all regressive "conservative" religions these days.

Fundamentalist religions and ideologies all breed terrorists.

[snooper2]

20. yep- but the thing is they do exist, found a website full-

Gay-friendly Parishes and Faith Communities

Below is a partial list of known "gay-friendly" Catholic parishes and faith communities. Thank you for helping us add to this growing list! If you are aware of such a parish that is known as welcoming to lesbian and gay Catholics as members and active parishioners, please let us know. Tell us if this welcome is because of a support program, spirituality group, mission statement, participation in gay community events, involvement with parents or simply the friendliness of pastoral staff.


http://www.newwaysministry.org/gfp.html


Alabama
Decatur: Annunciation of the Lord
Montgomery: St. Bede

Arizona
Chandler: St. Andrew
Glendale: St. Thomas More
Mesa: St. Bridget
Phoenix: St. Matthew
Scottsdale: St. Patrick
Tuscon: St. Cyril of Alexandria,
SS. Peter and Paul, St. Pius X,
Our Mother of Sorrows, St. Odilia

California
Berkeley: Holy Spirit Parish
Burney: St Francis of Assisi
Carlesbad: St. Patrick
Diamond Bar: St. Denis
El Cajon: St. Luke
Encino: Our Lady of Grace
Escondido: St. Timothy
Fremont: St. Joseph - Mission San Jose
Goleta: St. Mark Univ. Parish
Hawthorne: St. Joseph (Spanish)
Hayward: All Saints
LaPuente: St. Martha
Lemon Grove: St. John of the Cross
Long Beach: St. Matthew
Los Angeles: Blessed Sacrament,
Christ the King, Mother of Good Counsel, St. Camillus Center-LA USC Medical Center (Spanish), St. Agatha, St. Paul the Apostle
North Hollywood: Blessed Sacrament, St. Jane Frances de Chantal, St. Patrick
Oakland: Our Lady of Lourdes
Oceanside: St. Thomas More
Orange: Holy Family Cathedral,
Pasadena: Assumption of the B.V.M
Ross: St. Anselm
Sacramento: St. Francis of Assisi
San Carlos: St. Charles
San Diego: Ascension, San Rafael, St. Jude Shrine
San Francisco: Most Holy Redeemer, Old St. Mary's Cathedral, St. Agnes, St. Dominic
San Jose: St. Julie Billiart, St. Martin of Tours (Emmaus Community)
San Luis Obispo: Old Mission of San Luis Obispo
San Rafael: Church of San Rafael & Mission San Rafael Archangel
Santa Barbara: OL of Guadalupe
Santa Clara: GALA
Santa Cruz: Holy Cross
Santa Monica: St. Monica
Simi Valley: St. Rose of Lima
South Pasadena: Holy Family
Stanford: Catholic Community at Stanford University
Valinda: St. Martha
Vernon: Holy Angels Church of the Deaf
Walnut Creek: St. John Vianney
West Hollywood: St. Ambrose, St. Victor
Whittier: St. Mary of the Assumption

Colorado
Arvada: Spirit of Christ
Avon: St. Edward
Colorado Springs: Our Lady of Guadalupe,
Sacred Heart
Denver: St. Dominic, Christ the King,
Mount Carmel
Fort Collins: Blessed John XXIII
Genessee: St. Frances Cabrini Shrine
Highlands Ranch: Pax Christi
Littleton: Light of the World, St. Frances Cabrini

Connecticut
Hartford: St. Patrick-St. Anthony

Delaware
North Wilmington: Holy Child
Wilmington: St. Joseph

District of Columbia
Holy Trinity, St. Matthew Cathedral

Florida
Cocoa Beach: Our Savior
Daytona Beach: Our Lady of Lourdes
Ft. Lauderdale: St. Anthony, St. Maurice
St. Petersburg: Holy Cross
Tampa: Sacred Heart

Georgia
Atlanta: Shrine of the Immaculate Conception


Illinois
Berwyn: St. Mary of the Celle
Chicago: Immaculate Conception,
St. Clement, St. Gertrude, St. Gregory,
St. Peter, St. Sylvester (English & Spanish), St. Teresa of Avila, St. Thomas the Apostle, Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, Old St. Patrick, Our Lady of Lourdes
Clarendon Hills: Notre Dame
Country Club Hills: St. Emeric
Evanston: St. Nicholas
Johnston City: St. Paul
Morton Grove: St. Martha
Oak Park: Ascension, St. Catherine of Sienna-St. Lucy
Schaumburg: St. Marcelline

Indiana
Evansville: St. Mary
Indianapolis: St. Thomas Aquinas

Iowa
Coralville: St. Thomas More

Kentucky
Louisville: Epiphany, Cathedral of the Assumption, St. William

Louisiana
New Orleans: St. Augustine

Maine
Portland: Sacred Heart-St. Dominic
Maryland
Baltimore: Corpus Christi, St. Francis of Assisi,
St. Matthew, St. Vincent dePaul
Columbia: St. John the Evangelist
Gaithersburg: St. Rose of Lima
Hagerstown: St. Ann
Severn: St. Bernadette

Massachusetts
Boston: Paulist Center, St. Anthony Shrine,
St. Cecilia
East Longmeadow: St. Michael
Newton: St. Ignatius
Sharon: Our Lady of Sorrows
Springfield: Sacred Heart



Montana
Billings: Holy Rosary, St. Pius X



Nebraska
Omaha: Holy Family, Sacred Heart

Nevada
Las Vegas: Christ the King, Guardian Angel Cathedral

New Hampshire
Merrimack: St. John Neumann
Pelham: St. Patrick

New Jersey
Lawrenceville: St. Ann
Long Beach Island: St. Francis of Assisi
Maplewood: St. Joseph
South Plainfield: Sacred Heart
Tinton Falls: St. Anselm

New Mexico
Albuquerque: Holy Family, Shrine of St. Bernadette
Espanola: Sacred Heart of Jesus

New York
Albany: St. Vincent DePaul
Baldwinsville: St. Augustine
Bellmore: St. Barnabas the Apostle
Bellport: Mary Immaculate
Binghamton: St. Francis of Assisi
Brooklyn: St. Andrew the Apostle, St. Boniface, St. Athanasius, St. Augustine, Immaculate Heart of Mary
Deer Park: Ss. Cyril and Methodius
East Islip: St. Mary
Elmira: St. Mary
Fairport: Church of the Assumption
Henrietta: Good Shepherd
Manhattan: Holy Name of Jesus, St. Francis Xavier, St. Paul the Apostle, Church of the Ascension, St. Francis of Assisi, St. Francis de Sales
Pittsford: Church of the Transfiguration
Rochester: Blessed Sacrament, St. Mary (Downtown), St. Monica
Syracuse: St. Lucy, All Saints
Utica: Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Historic Old St. John's
Wading River: St. John the Baptist
Wantaugh: St. Frances de Chantal
Westbury: St. Brigid

North Carolina
Charlotte: St. Peter
Durham: Immaculate Conception
Fayetteville: St. Patrick
Raleigh: St. Francis of Assisi

Ohio
Akron: St. Bernard
Cincinnati: St. Monica-St. George, St. Robert Bellarmine
Cleveland: St. Malachi, Blessed Trinity
Columbus: St. Thomas More Newman Center
Fairlawn: St. Hilary
Mentor: St. John Vianney
University Heights: Church of the Gesu
Westlake: St. Ladislas
Wooster: St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception

Oregon
Beaverton: Mission of the Atonement
Portland: St. Andrew, St. Francis of Assisi, St. Phillip Neri, Downtown Chapel (St. Vincent dePaul),

Pennsylvania
Philadelphia: Old St. Joseph, Old St. Mary,
St. John the Evangelist, St. Vincent DePaul

Rhode Island
Providence: St. Francis Chapel, St. Mary's
Wickford: St. Bernard

Tennessee
Memphis: Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception


Texas
Colleyville: Good Shepherd
Dallas: Holy Trinity
El Paso: All Saints
Houston: St. Anne

Virginia
Arlington: Our Lady Queen of Peace
Richmond: Cathedral of the Sacred Heart,
Sacred Heart Parish
Roanoke: St. Gerard
Triangle: St. Francis
Virginia Beach: St. Nicholas

Washington
Seattle: St. Benedict, Prince of Peace Newman Center
Tacoma: St. Leo

Wisconsin
Madison: Our Lady Queen of Peace
Menomonee Falls: Good Shepherd
Milwaukee: Good Shepherd, Prince of Peace,
Trinity-Guadalupe

Canada
Montreal: Holy Cross
Ottawa: St. Joseph
Toronto: Our Lady of Lourdes

England
London: Church of the Immaculate Conception


INTENTIONAL EUCHARISTIC COMMUNITIES

Arizona
Scottsdale: Franciscan Renewal Center

California
Orange: Koinonia
Pleasanton: Catholic Community of Pleasanton

District of Columbia
Communitas

Florida
Tampa: Franciscan Center

Maryland
Catonsville: Living Water Inclusive Catholic Community
Greenbelt: Greenbelt Catholic Community

Michigan
Grand Rapids: Marywood
Kalamazoo: Lambda Catholics

Minnesota
Minneapolis: Spirit of St. Stephen's Catholic Community

Oregan
Portland: Journey and Koinonia Catholic Community

Virginia
Arlington: NOVA Catholic Community

Washington
Olympia: Holy Wisdom Inclusive Catholic Community

Wisconsin
Madison: Holy Wisdom Monastery

Michigan
Ann Arbor: St. Mary Student Parish
Detroit: St. Leo, Christ the King
Kalamazoo: St. Thomas Moore
St. Ignace: St. Ignatius Loyola
Westland: Ss. Simon and Jude

Minnesota
Minneapolis: St. Frances Cabrini, St. Joan of Arc

Missouri
Kansas City: Guardian Angels, St. James
St. Joseph: St. Francis Xavier
St. Louis: St. Cronan, St. Margaret of Scotland, St. Pius V

Gay-friendly Parishes and Faith Communities


New Ways Ministry - 4012 29th Street - Mount Rainier, Maryland 20712 - Telephone: [phone]
Contributions to New Ways Ministry are tax-deductible under Section 501(c)3 of the Internal Revenue Code.

[cwydro]

33. I love you for posting this.

[840high]

28. My church accepts gays with open arms

as does the congregation. Immaculate Heart of Mary.

[King_David]

31. Gay marriages take place in Reform and Conservative synagogues in the USA .

[bonemachine]

21. Seriously, though.. Muslim baiting is gross.

On top of how it's simply bad and plays into Trumps tiny tiny hands, there's another problem:

The folks who fall for it are not the brightest, and often anti-Muslim violence ends up directed at folks who aren't even Muslim and just happen to have the wrong skin color.

[Lizzie Poppet]

22. As is institutionalized homophobia.

Go silent on the latter to avoid negative aspects of the former? Not such an simple decision, I'd say...

[bonemachine]

23. Homophobia is a symptom

Religion is the disease.

I'm not here to defend Islam, or Christianity or any other religion.


Regardless, jumping right to Muslim baiting is counterproductive, at best.

[cwydro]

34. yes.

thank you

[Ms. Toad]

24. No mosque, but an international organization and supportive communities in 6 major US cities

http://www.mpvusa.org/

LGBTQI INCLUSION

We endorse the human and civil rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and intersex (LGBTQI) individuals. We affirm our commitment to ending discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity and we support full equality and inclusion of all individuals, regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity, in society and in the Muslim community.

http://www.mpvusa.org/communities/

Muslims for Progressive Values is a grassroots organization with inclusive communities established in several areas. Activities vary by community. Please click on the links below for more information.

العربية-Arabic
Atlanta
Australia
Bangladesh
Canada
Chicago
Chile
Columbus (OH)
France
New York
The Netherlands .
Los Angeles
South Africa
Washington, D.C.