John L. Selders Jr.

John L. Selders Jr. is an ordained minister and bishop in the United Church of Christ and is the organizing pastor of Amistad United Church of Christ in Hartford, Conn.

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“Bullies Flourishing with Christian Support”

Read a Sept. 29, 2010, column at Religion Dispatches by Candace Chellew-Hodge, founder and editor of Whosoever: An Online Magazine for GLBT Christians. Chellew-Hodge criticizes a campaign by Focus on the Family against anti-bullying legislation.

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“When hatred is lethal”

Pamela Taylor, a Muslim columnist for The Washington Post’s On Faith blog, discusses the 2010 suicides and bullying in this Sept. 30, 2010, post.

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“You Should Be Alive To See It”

Read an Oct. 1, 2010, entry on the Reconciling Ministries Network blog suggesting that an anti-gay climate in society creates bullies and is fueled by church policies that call homosexuality incompatible with Christian values. It’s written by the Rev. Troy Plummer, executive director of the network, which mobilizes United Methodists to transform their church and the world […]

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