Becky Garrison

Roger Williams was a 17th century theologian, rabble rouser, founder of the first Baptist church in America— and of the state of Rhode Island. His idea of “soul liberty” was in exact opposition to the idea, promoted by some Christian conservatives, that the U.S. is a “Christian nation.”

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When people discuss the rights of lesbians and gays in contemporary U.S. culture, and across religious denominations, the abbreviation “LGBT” is used as a shorthand: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender. But are transgender people really being taken into account? What’s the state of the struggle, where…