SAN DIEGO – St. Paul’s Foundation is developing a program that will connect loving parents and friends of LGBT people in the U.S. with concerned parents and friends of LGBT people in countries where their children or friends could be arrested for simply being true to themselves.

It is illegal to be gay in 76 countries around the world, and the program will reach out to parents in nations where LGBT youth struggle for understanding and acceptance, including basic human rights.

(Editor’s note: This is Part II of a two-part RGOD2 column on straight ally Eric Isaacson, who is behind some of the "friend of the court" briefs opposing California's Proposition 8. Isaacson will will be honored Feb. 14 for his work to "Legalize Love for Everyone." For more details on the Valentine’s Dinner honoring Eric and the Rev. Mike Scheunemeyer at Heat Bar and Kitchen in North Park, please reserve your table or seat HERE.)

In September 2011, I was invited by a young filmmaker, Roger Ross Williams, to be part of a panel at “Good Pitch” in San Francisco to support his undercover and highly controversial film about religious fundamentalism’s obsession with homosexuality in Uganda.

Working Films is an organization that brings together emerging filmmakers with NGOs, philanthropists and foundations to support emerging really good filmmaking.

WASHINGTON – The Human Rights Campaign today applauded the Washington National Cathedral’s announcement that it will begin celebrating weddings of gay and lesbian couples.

The Cathedral is the most visible faith community within the Episcopal Church.

“Today marks another milestone in the Episcopal Church’s embrace of all God’s children, including LGBT people,” said Rev. MacArthur Flournoy, deputy director of HRC’s Religion and Faith Program. “Today, the Church sent a simple but powerful message to LGBT Episcopalians – you are loved just the way you are, and for that we embrace you.”