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History

Introduction to AFSC's LGBT Work
The American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) was founded in 1917, as a practical expression of Quaker (Religious Society of Friends) principles of nonviolence, peace, justice, and equality...

Timeline of AFSC's LGBT Work
Summary of more than 30 years of AFSC initiatives in support of the civil and human rights of LGBT people and their communities.

Historic Peace Churches
The Historic Peace Churches – Mennonites, Quakers, and Brethren — were founded as Christian communities which from their beginnings in the 16th and 17th centuries refused to engage in warfare or support theological definitions of a "Just War."

News Archive

• Spiritual/Legal Equality
• Equal Civil Marriage Rights
• Sodomy Laws
• Hate Violence & Limitations of Hate Crimes Legislation

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