He spent 4 years hanging out with Baha’is and then signed his declaration card 2 months before this interview took place.

What was your first exposure to the Baha’is? Were you openly gay then?

That’s why being active in the community is so important for me. It gives others a chance to see evidence of my commitment to Baha’u'llah and that the majority of my life – any gay person’s life – is spent outside the bedroom.

“I first met a Baha’i via my boyfriend in college. His best friend is married to a Baha’i and we would go over their house for couples game night. So yes, I was openly gay from my very first contact with the Baha’i community. At some point we got into a conversation about religion, and they were really good conversations!

For about 6 months it was just good conversation. Then I learned about progressive revelation and asked how Buddhism fits when there is no direct concept of God.
What that conversation revealed to me about the nature of God and the importance of context over absolute truth really made an impression on me. So now this was more than just good conversation. It was something worth serious investigation.”

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I’m off to Haifa for a week to be part of the activities surrounding the 11th International Bahá’í Convention in Haifa. No, I won’t be one of the more than 1000 delegates, but I will be assisting them carry out their sacred responsibilities.

Those delegates come from all over the world and my job will be to remind them of the important stuff, so that their vote counts. That’s got to be pretty important, right?

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A 16-year-old male juvenile was taken to drug detox at the Evanston Hospital after the incident on Saturday night.

A 16-year-old male juvenile was taken into custody after reportedly indiscriminately striking people at the Wilmette Baha'i Temple on Sat., April 20, police reports state.

The subject, police reports state, walked up to a female, pushed her and then started punching her in the head. A male subject was pushed when he attempted to intervene.

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It now seems that the US National Spiritual Assembly may not be as asleep at the wheel as it seems. Or perhaps not all members are snoozing. Or perhaps the full frontal assault of reality on their senses is simply too much for even them to ignore any further.

Here is the full Annual Report of the US National Spiritual Assembly’s Ridvan 2007 (pdf). You’ll need an Adobe Acrobat or similar software to read it. The underlined are my own emphasis to draw your attention to important points.

Please read the full report for yourself and do your own thinking. Unlike Counsellor Murphy, I agree with Baha’u'llah and believe that we should see things with our own eyes and ears and not through the eyes and ears of others.

Here are some highlights:

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