News from the Gay, Lesbian, and Affirming Disciples Alliance
Who is DJAN?
You may know that one of the organizations that
GLAD partners with is DJAN, the
Disciples Justice Action Network
.
DJAN describes itself as "a multi-racial, multi-ethnic grassroots network
of individuals, congregations, and organizations
within the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ),
all working together for greater justice, peace and diversity
in our churches, our communities, our nations
(Canada and the United States) and our world."
Along with GLAD, DJAN partners with a number of
organizations working for justice, many of them with a
focus on LGBT issues.
DJAN is a member of or participates in these organizations and activities:
- NGLTF's National
Religious Roundtable for LGBT Justice
- Faiths for Fairness
(opposes amendments outlawing 'gay marriage')
- Interfaith Fairness Coalition of Maryland
- The religious
outreach program of the National Black Justice
Coalition (an organization for LGBT people of color
and their allies)
- Equality
Florida (and, through it, the National Federation of
Statewide LGBT Organizations)
-
Equal Partners in Faith
- Black Pride Florida
- Coalition of the Spirit (and a
co-sponsor of its annual Interfaith Pride Service in DC)
- Gill Foundation's Democracy Project
- HRC's Religion and Faith Network,
- Soulforce
- WATER (Women's Alliance for Theology,
Ethics, and Ritual)
- Religious Institute on
Sexual Morality, Justice, and Healing
- The Interfaith Alliance
- Americans United for Separation of Church
and State
- People For the American Way
- The National
Leadership Conference on Civil Rights
- The
American Humanist Society (on issues that combine
concerns about church-state separation and LGBT civil rights)