“Christ Jesus welcomes and embraces all without exception. As Christians, we are called to love as God loves—eternally and unconditionally. Dios nos ama offers our Spanish-speaking congregations a much-needed resource for addressing the important concern of sexual orientation from a faith perspective. I know that those who use this resource will experience a deepening of their faith and their love for others.”
—Bishop Minerva Carcaño
United Methodist Church
“Ensuring that our children are loved, respected and treated with dignity is what every parent wants. However, this will only happen if mothers and fathers take the first step and not allow their gay child to be treated as a second class citizen. Gay and lesbian children should have equal rights and equal opportunity to a happy successful life. Parents should also teach their children to respect gay children, disabled children, and children of other ethnic groups.”
—Dolores Huerta
Dolores Huerta Foundation
“Peter Storey once said that when you pray for Jesus to come into your heart, you need to know that Jesus brings along his friends. This study booklet helps us understand a little more about some of Jesus’ friends. It allows us to welcome them into our hearts with gracious hospitality.”
—Bishop Susan M. Morrison
United Methodist Church
“Today I give thanks to God for Ann Thompson Cook and for her answering a call to translate this booklet into Spanish. I feel in my heart that the souls it will touch and the families it will help are countless. The information is clear and its passion moving.”
—Peter Barbosa
Producer, De Colores
“As parents, the love for our children is unconditional, regardless of whether they're straight or gay. If we want others to respect and accept our children for who they are, we need to start by accepting and supporting them ourselves.”
—Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa
Los Angeles
“The Human Rights Campaign’s Religion and Faith Program enthusiastically supports the publication and marketing of Dios nos ama por igual: Una invitación al diálogo sobre la orientación sexual... What particularly excites us about Dios nos ama por igual: Una invitación al diálogo sobre la orientación sexual is how engaged Latino/a communities have been in the production of it. We have had extensive conversations with Latino/a activists and religious leaders about the problems with translations and they’ve been telling us that the model of a word-to-word translation rarely works. They tell us the cultural context is often alienating and the Anglo bias impossible to ignore. Because Ann Thompson Cook and Ignacio Castuera took pains to conceive Dios nos ama por igual: Una invitación al diálogo sobre la orientación sexual as more of an interpretation than a translation and have worked extensively with a Latino/a editorial board, we are confident it will be the kind of resource Latino/a communities will really use.”
—Harry Knox
Director, Religion and Faith Program
Human Rights Campaign Foundation
“Catholics need resources to learn about and become comfortable with people of diverse sexualities. We get few positive messages from our own church, despite the fact that many of our theologians have contributed richly to the discussion of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender issues. This booklet offers information as well as a warm welcome to individuals and groups to join the conversation. It is a model of creative pedagogy on a topic that causes so much needless pain due to ignorance and prejudice.
“If indeed God does love each of us, this resource belongs on every pastor’s table. Catholic schools could use it to ward off anti-gay remarks that can turn into hate crimes. Few such resources are available in Spanish so this will fall like manna from heaven in Spanish-speaking Catholic communities both in the US and abroad.”
—Mary E. Hunt, Ph.D
Co-director, WATER
Women's Alliance for Theology, Ethics and Ritual
“Spanish-speaking pastors who serve Hispanic or bilingual congregations have requested that LC/NA produce and distribute a variety of resources which are culturally appropriate for their members. In the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, Hispanic congregations have been quite reluctant to engage the issues facing gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people. Dios nos ama por igual will help fill the bill.”
—Emily A. Eastwood
Executive Director
Lutherans Concerned/North America (LC/NA)
“The need for good materials about sexual orientation that reach the Spanish speaking population is immense. And God Loves Each One has been very effective in beginning dialogue. We consider it to be one of our best and primary resources.
“To date, we have not had anything like it to reach out to our Spanish speaking communities and families. And we have had requests from bilingual and bicultural Latino LGBT persons for materials to share with their families.
“I personally have always been impressed by the professional production quality of Ann Thompson Cook’s efforts. This booklet is not a ‘throw away.’ I find this to be reassuring when so many families treat their lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender children as if they were ‘throw away.’”
—Rev. Troy Plummer
Executive Director
Reconciling Ministries Network
