“Would Jesus Discriminate?”
Campaign Resources
Direct Website Links
http://www.wouldjesusdiscriminate.com
http://www.jesus.com
Partners
Jesus MCC, Indianapolis, IN
http://www.jesusmcc.org
Faith in America
http://www.faithinamerica.com
Recommended Reading
Would Jesus Discriminate?: The 21st Century Question, Rev. Dr. Cindi
Love
Trafford Publishing, 2008
http://www.trafford.com/07-2967
The Children Are Free: Reexamining the Biblical Evidence on Same-sex
Relationships, Rev. Jeff Miner and John Tyler Connoley
Jesus Metropolitan Community Church, 2002
http://www.jesusmcc.org/resource/free.html
“Gays Reclaim the Bible”
http://www.jesusmcc.org/news/archives/5
The Indianapolis Star ran a story by staff reporter Robert King which
featured a photograph of one of the defaced billboards during the
inaugural campaign.
http://advanceindiana.blogspot.com/2007/04/billboard-promoting-
tolerance-defaced.html
Here is a “non-profit organization dedicated to helping the
church matter” commenting on the campaign in Indianapolis.
http://www.churchmarketingsucks.com/archives/2006/06/
would_jesus_dis.html
Hate Crimes / Intolerance
Matthew Shepard, October 1998
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Shepard
US Department of Justice report, November 2005
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/pub/pdf/hcrvp.pdf
Anti-Defamation League report, November 2005
http://www.adl.org/Religious_Freedom/religion_public_
square.asp
Anthony Hergesheimer, April 2007
http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/11608272/detail.html
Sean Kennedy, May 2007
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sean_W._Kennedy
Southern Poverty Law Center documentation, various dates
http://www.splcenter.org/?source=redirect&url=wwwsplcenterintel/
news/item.jsp?site_area=1&aid=145
Additional Resources
Continuities in Cultural Evolution, Margaret Mead
Transaction Publishers, 1999
http://www.transactionpub.com/cgi-bin/transactionpublishers.
storefront/47c71a1b00364f62ea6dc0a80aa506c1/Product/View
/0&2D7658&2D0604&2D5
Who Moved My Cheese?, Dr. Spencer Johnson
Spencer Johnson Partners, 2006
http://estore.whomovedmycheese.com/
and
http://www.spencerjohnson.com/whomovedmycheese/
phenomenon.php
The Gospel of Inclusion: Reaching beyond religious fundamentalism to
the true love of God, Bishop Carlton Pearson
Azusa Press/Council Oak Books, 2007
http://www.counciloakbooks.com/
What Jesus Meant, Garry Wills
Penguin (Non-Classics), 2007
http://us.penguingroup.com/nf/Search/QuickSearchProc/1,,what%
20jesus%20meant,00.html?id=what%20jesus%20meant
Perfect Enemies: The Religious Right, the Gay Movement and the
Politics of the 1990s, Chris Bull & John Gallagher
Diane Publishing Co., 1996
http://www.dianepublishing.net/SearchResults.asp?Search=perfect+enemies
The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference,
Malcolm Gladwell
Little Brown, 2000
http://www.hachettebookgroupusa.com/books/4/0316346624/index.html
Velvet Elvis: Repainting the Christian Faith, Rob Bell
Zondervan, 2005
http://www.zondervan.com/Cultures/en-US/Search/Search.htm?View
Images=true&SearchValue=velvet+elvis&SearchContent=Products
&SearchMode=Simple&QueryStringSite=Zondervan
Jesus, the Bible, and Homosexuality, Jack Rogers
Westminster John Knox Press, 2006
http://www.ppcbooks.com/Details.asp?BookID=0664229395
The Change Cycle: The Secret to Getting Through Life’s
Difficult Changes, Rev. Lillie Brock and Mary Ann Salerno
Bridge Builder Media, 1994
http://www.changecycle.com/
The Holy Spirit and Liberation, José Comblin, translated from
the Portuguese by Paul Burns
Orbis Books, 1989
(Not available directly from the publisher; can be purchased from most
book-selling websites)
“Archbishop of Canterbury says anti-gays misread Bible,”
Tom Heneghan, Religion Editor, Reuters UK, April 2007
http://uk.reuters.com/article/reutersEdge/idUKNOA83516120070418
“Annual Barna Group Survey Describes Changes in America’s
Religious Beliefs and Practices,” The Barna Group, April 2005
http://www.barna.org/FlexPage.aspx?Page=BarnaUpdate&BarnaUpdateID=186
“Human Rights, Dignity, and Spiritual Belief,” Chip
Berlet, Senior Analyst, Political Research Associates, November 2005
http://www.talk2action.org/story/2005/11/21/123810/82
“Youth in the Crosshairs: the Third Wave of Ex-Gay Activism:
Task Force Policy Institute report reveals ex-gay movement’s
tactic,” National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, March 2006
http://www.thetaskforce.org/press/releases/pr923_030206
Diffusion of Innovations, Everett M. Rogers
The Free Press, 1962
http://www.simonsays.com/content/ene/search.cfm?N=0&Ntk=ALL&Nty
=1&Ntx=mode%2Bmatchallpartial&Ns=P_FORMATSORTGROUP%7C0%7C%
7CCP_PUBDATEGAP%7C0&Nr=AND%28Subsite%3ASimonSays%2CCP_
IDENTIFIER%3ATITLES%29&D=diffusion+of+innovations&Ntt=diffusion+
of+innovations&Dn=23424
“New Product Adoption and Diffusion,” Journal of Consumer
Research: An Interdisciplinary Quarterly, Everett M. Rogers, Vol.
2, Issue 4, pp. 290 – 301
http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/toc/jcr/1976/2/4
“Diffusion of Innovations Theory,” Unnamed graduate
student
http://www.tcw.utwente.nl/theorieenoverzicht/Theory%20clusters/
Communication%20and%20Information%20Technology/Diffusion_of_
Innovations_Theory.doc
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