PANA and PSR clergy arrested following court decision on Prop 8
News:
May 26, 2009 - Four clergy members on the faculty and staff of Pacific School of Religion (PSR) were arrested near City Hall in San Francisco in acts of civil disobedience following the California Supreme Court's decision to uphold a constitutional amendment that denies the full equality of same-sex couples under the law. The Rev. Kah-Jin Jeffrey Kuan [pictured above, right], associate professor of Old Testament at PSR; Rev. Deborah Lee, program director of PSR's PANA Institute (Institute for Leadership Development and Study of Pacific and Asian North American Religion); Rev. Nicole Naffaa [pictured above, center], director of recruitment and admission for the multidenominational Christian seminary; and Rev. Roland Stringfellow, who serves as a program coordinator at PSR's Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies in Religion and Ministry (CLGS).
The four, along with other PSR faculty, staff, students, and alums, had marched behind a banner stating "Faith demands justice! Marriage Equality Now!" at a rally held in advance of the court ruling.
See news photos at SF Gate and New York Times, and this PSR press release that was sent out just after the court's announcement was made.
For more information about the protest organizers:
http://apiequality.org/
http://www.marriageequality.org/
http://www.dayofdecision.com/
More coverage of the event
"Rev. Jeffrey Kuan Speaks About His Tuesday Arrest," CA-NV UMC Conference News, 5/28/2009
Video of the civil disobedience and arrests - http://onestruggleonefight.com/video.php?id=VB1SzihxCRY
Photos featured in the LA Times (note that the majority of the images are from SF!) - http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-27prop8-pictures,0,662413.photog...
Oasis LGBT Ministry of Episcopal Diocese of CA Blog - http://www.news.oasiscalifornia.org/2009/05/people-of-faith-respond-to-p...
J-Weekly: SF Jewish Magazine coverage - http://www.jweekly.com/article/full/38189/jews-take-to-the-streets-after...
Video news coverage on YouTube from Contra Costa Times:
Photo below by Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times. Rev. Deborah Lee, Rev. Nicole Naffaa at left.
Photo below by Claire Bohman. Deborah Lee, Nicole Naffaa, Jeffrey Kuan are at left.
Photo below by Dustin Manuel. Deborah Lee, Nicole Naffaa, Brenda Vaca.
Photo below by Sheryl Butler. Deborah Lee, Jeffrey Kuan sitting in blockade.
