Comments on: A Giant Remembered http://www.sisterfriends-together.org/a-giant-remembered/ An online community sharing our lives and faith within a place of grace Thu, 22 Dec 2011 05:29:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: anita http://www.sisterfriends-together.org/a-giant-remembered/comment-page-1/#comment-1811 anita Sun, 31 Aug 2008 06:32:15 +0000 http://www.sisterfriends-together.org/?p=498#comment-1811 Rick--> I read that there's going to be one or more public memorial services within several weeks for Del in the San Francisco area. I would imagine if you get updates from <a href="http://www.eqca.org/site/pp.asp?c=kuLRJ9MRKrH&b=4026385" target="blank" rel="nofollow"> Marriage Equality California</a> or check their site regularly the information will be provided. I don't have any information about either her or Phyllis' faith commitments, if they had any. I've read that they were more than aware and vocal early on in the role of the church in creating false perceptions about gays and that in the mid-60's they were instrumental in forming the <em>Council on Religion and the Homosexual</em> which was intended to advocate to reduce the harassment of gays by the police and to remove sex laws that criminalized homosexual behavior. With all of you I continue to rejoice that only death separated Del and Phyllis and that at their parting they held legal status as married which we wouldn't have available in California (or anywhere) were it not for their pioneering work and of other brave souls like them. Rick–> I read that there’s going to be one or more public memorial services within several weeks for Del in the San Francisco area. I would imagine if you get updates from Marriage Equality California or check their site regularly the information will be provided. I don’t have any information about either her or Phyllis’ faith commitments, if they had any. I’ve read that they were more than aware and vocal early on in the role of the church in creating false perceptions about gays and that in the mid-60′s they were instrumental in forming the Council on Religion and the Homosexual which was intended to advocate to reduce the harassment of gays by the police and to remove sex laws that criminalized homosexual behavior.

With all of you I continue to rejoice that only death separated Del and Phyllis and that at their parting they held legal status as married which we wouldn’t have available in California (or anywhere) were it not for their pioneering work and of other brave souls like them.

]]> By: Bon http://www.sisterfriends-together.org/a-giant-remembered/comment-page-1/#comment-1805 Bon Sun, 31 Aug 2008 03:30:16 +0000 http://www.sisterfriends-together.org/?p=498#comment-1805 All I can do is hold my hand over my mouth. I am overcome, especially with all these two heroic women have done for all of us. I am so glad the law began to overlap with justice before she died. But it is tragic that we're all so very happy for her experiencing a basic human right before she died. I look forward to the day, may it be within our lifetimes, that a gay person can run for president and be seen as somebody respectable and honorable, like Obama is doing for the African Americans who were so oppressed just a few short decades ago. If this happens in the next few decades, it will be thanks to people like Del and Phyllis. All I can do is hold my hand over my mouth. I am overcome, especially with all these two heroic women have done for all of us.

I am so glad the law began to overlap with justice before she died. But it is tragic that we’re all so very happy for her experiencing a basic human right before she died. I look forward to the day, may it be within our lifetimes, that a gay person can run for president and be seen as somebody respectable and honorable, like Obama is doing for the African Americans who were so oppressed just a few short decades ago. If this happens in the next few decades, it will be thanks to people like Del and Phyllis.

]]> By: Eliz Anderson http://www.sisterfriends-together.org/a-giant-remembered/comment-page-1/#comment-1799 Eliz Anderson Sat, 30 Aug 2008 17:43:40 +0000 http://www.sisterfriends-together.org/?p=498#comment-1799 My prayers and thoughts are will Plyllis. The love her and Del shared is a testament of such courage and commitment. I'm thankful that they were able to legally marry and no one can ever take that away from them. My prayers and thoughts are will Plyllis. The love her and Del shared is a testament of such courage and commitment. I’m thankful that they were able to legally marry and no one can ever take that away from them.

]]> By: Thea Collier http://www.sisterfriends-together.org/a-giant-remembered/comment-page-1/#comment-1798 Thea Collier Sat, 30 Aug 2008 06:05:57 +0000 http://www.sisterfriends-together.org/?p=498#comment-1798 God is SO good!! I am so saddened by Del's passing and I am so grateful that she lived to see the day when she got to legally marry the woman she had loved for so many decades! :) Thea Collier God is SO good!! I am so saddened by Del’s passing and I am so grateful that she lived to see the day when she got to legally marry the woman she had loved for so many decades! :)

Thea Collier

]]> By: Wendy http://www.sisterfriends-together.org/a-giant-remembered/comment-page-1/#comment-1797 Wendy Fri, 29 Aug 2008 23:28:40 +0000 http://www.sisterfriends-together.org/?p=498#comment-1797 I am deeply saddened for the loss! And deeply grateful that she and her partner were rewarded for their hard work with a real legal same sex marriage! I am deeply saddened for the loss! And deeply grateful that she and her partner were rewarded for their hard work with a real legal same sex marriage!

]]> By: Rick Brentlinger http://www.sisterfriends-together.org/a-giant-remembered/comment-page-1/#comment-1796 Rick Brentlinger Fri, 29 Aug 2008 05:33:19 +0000 http://www.sisterfriends-together.org/?p=498#comment-1796 Its wonderful that Del and Phyllis were blessed with a 55 year partnership. Such faithfulness to each other and what an example for all of us in the GLBT community. I haven't seen much about funeral arrangements yet. Does anyone have information about that? I also haven't seen much about their spiritual lives. Were Del and Phyllis saved, born again Christians or something else? I am grateful for their undaunted courage and their pioneering work for GLBT rights. Let's keep Phyllis in our prayers at this time of such loss. Rick Brentlinger Its wonderful that Del and Phyllis were blessed with a 55 year partnership. Such faithfulness to each other and what an example for all of us in the GLBT community.

I haven’t seen much about funeral arrangements yet. Does anyone have information about that?

I also haven’t seen much about their spiritual lives. Were Del and Phyllis saved, born again Christians or something else?

I am grateful for their undaunted courage and their pioneering work for GLBT rights. Let’s keep Phyllis in our prayers at this time of such loss.

Rick Brentlinger

]]> By: joni http://www.sisterfriends-together.org/a-giant-remembered/comment-page-1/#comment-1792 joni Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:59:08 +0000 http://www.sisterfriends-together.org/?p=498#comment-1792 Wow... how truly wonderful that they were able to get married legally before their union ended. Wow… how truly wonderful that they were able to get married legally before their union ended.

]]> By: wvhillcountry http://www.sisterfriends-together.org/a-giant-remembered/comment-page-1/#comment-1791 wvhillcountry Thu, 28 Aug 2008 03:02:25 +0000 http://www.sisterfriends-together.org/?p=498#comment-1791 I am so grateful that they had the chance to legally say I do. That is something that can never be taken away from them. I am also humbled by all that has been done before that makes it easier on people today. I am so grateful that they had the chance to legally say I do. That is something that can never be taken away from them. I am also humbled by all that has been done before that makes it easier on people today.

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