The Historic Christ Church in Philadelphia was the site of the National Interfaith Service connected to the National LGBT 50th Anniversary Celebration on Friday, July 3.
Speaking were Bishop Gene Robinson, first ordained openly gay Episcopal Bishop; Tynan Power, transgender Muslim faith leader; Rabbi Linda Holtzman, Reconstructionist Rabbinical College; Rabbi Margot Stein, Reconstructionist Rabbinical College; The Reverend Timothy Safford, Christ Church; Reverend Jeffrey Jordan, Pastor, Metropolitan Community Church and The Reverend Susan Richardson, Christ Church. “Ave Maria” was sung by Jonathan Allen, America’s Got Talent semi-finalist.
The service recognized that, over the past 50 years, faiths and denominations have increasingly welcomed LGBT parishioners, ordained openly gay clergy, and married same-sex couples.
For more information visit lgbt50th.org.