Dr. Randall C. Bailey, a native of Malden, MA, is the Andrew W. Mellon Professor of the Hebrew Bible at the Interdenominational Theological Center in Atlanta, GA.
On February 12, 2009, Dr. Bailey was a guest blogger on Freedom to Marry's website. He talked about three events that changed his view on marriage equality: a family gathering reacting negatively to his late brother's desire to marry his same-sex partner, a religious panel debating excluding lesbians from their movement, and coming up against sharp criticism during a lecture in which he advocated for going beyond oppressive elements in the Christian tradition and in the interpretation of Biblical text.
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