The Metropolitan Community Church San Francisco
Ready to Get Married?
We are a spiritual community which affirms that you are beloved! We serve as a witness of God’s radically inclusive love as “a home for queer spirituality.”
MCC San Francisco is part of the Metropolitan Community Churches, an international denomination that embraces lesbians, gay men, bisexual and transgender persons, along with their families, friends, and advocates.
We come from a variety of spiritual backgrounds and believe there are many paths to the holy.
We celebrate not only the spirit but also the body as a place where God or the holy may be found.
Our sexualities and our genders, we believe, are sacred gifts.
We believe ourselves called to nurture one another in our individual and collective spiritual growth. We have proven to be a community of healing for many who previously thought of themselves as alone, unloved, or unholy.
We also believe ourselves called to a prophetic ministry championing the marginalized, including lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people. We work for justice and peace.
We have Christian roots, and for that very reason we want to be for you “a house of prayer for all people” as Isaiah prophesied and Jesus called us to be.
We invite you to visit us for any or all of our services and programs!
On the Sanctity of Marriage
a message from The Reverend Lea Brown
“Marriage is a sacred institution between a man and woman. I will work…to do what is legally necessary to defend the sanctity of marriage.” – President George W. Bush, 2003.
The ink is barely dry on the recent decision from the California Supreme Court that legalized marriage between same-gendered couples, and already the opposition is mobilizing to reverse this historic civil rights victory. Plans are under way for a proposed amendment to California’s constitution that would bar same-sex couples from getting married, which would overturn this bold decision from the Court.
Some conservative activists charge that the Supreme Court essentially ignored the will of the majority, who supposedly are against gay marriage. Anger directed toward “judicial activism” is likely to be one of the primary arguments used to spur politically conservative voters to the polls in November, even though six of seven justices were Republican appointments. However, we can be sure that in the months ahead another impassioned plea will be repeatedly trumpeted to specifically mobilize religious conservatives: the “sanctity of marriage” battle cry.
From leaders and followers on the Religious Right: “Only love between a man and a woman is sacred!” From our nation’s highest elected official, speaking in the White House Rose Garden: “Marriage is a sacred institution between a man and woman.”
While our President should probably remain focused on the more than 4,000 American casualties in Iraq and our increasingly faltering economy, it is a pretty safe bet that 2003 will not be the last time he—or the 2008 standard-bearer for his party--makes a pledge to defend the “sanctity of marriage.”
