FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - November 11, 2025 LOVEboldly is happy to announce that Holy Trinity Lutheran Church (ELCA) has officially joined the LOVEboldly Church Partner Program. LOVEboldly's Executive Director, the Rev. Dr. Ben Huelskamp, said, "The partnership between Holy Trinity and LOVEboldly has been in the works since Summer 2024 and our collaboration together has already featured supporting Holy Trinity's writing of their affirming statement and Holy Trinity's pastor, th

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 10, 2025 - Westerville, OH Today, the United States Supreme Court rejected a challenge to its landmark 2015 decision in Obergefell v. Hodges , which established marriage equality as the law of the land. While this decision provides a measure of reassurance that same-gender couples' right to marry remains protected at the federal level, LOVEboldly is not celebrating. We cannot celebrate when LGBTQIA+ people, particularly Transgender and nonbinar

Chair Fowler-Arthur, Vice Chair Odioso, Ranking Member Brennan, and Members of the Committee:   My name is the Rev. Dr. Ben Huelskamp. I serve as Executive Director of LOVEboldly and Pastor of Blue Ocean Faith Columbus. LOVEboldly is an Ohio, faith-based nonprofit working to create spaces where LGBTQIA+ people can flourish in Christianity and Blue Ocean Faith Columbus is a progressive Christian congregation. I’m submitting this testimony in my roles as a Christian pastor and