Rev. Wendy Abrahamson

Reverend Wendy Abrahamson poses in front of stain glass inside of St. Paul’s Episcopalian Church. (Rihaan Bhansali)

“In my work as a lobbyist for the church, we follow a select number of issues every session. Currently we are following immigration, education, the environment, and more, including LGBTQ+ issues. We declare support or opposition to bills in the statehouse, lobby lawmakers in-person about once a week, and speak at subcommittee hearings when the issue is very important. Our bishop, The Rt. Rev. Betsey Monnot, spoke at two hearings last week in opposition to the bill that recently passed to remove transgender Iowans from the Iowa Civil Rights Act. I am proud to say there were many Episcopalians, clergy and lay folks, among the 2500 people present at the statehouse in support of the transgender community on the day the Iowa legislature passed those cruel bills.”

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