An open letter to religious leaders on gay youth suicides: it's time to act out

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An open letter to religious leaders on gay youth suicides: it's time to act out loud
Debra W. Haffner

http://onfaith.washingtonpost.com/onfaith/panelists/debra_w_haffner/2010/10/an_open_letter_to_religious_leaders_on_gay_youth_suicides_its_time_to_act_out_loud.html?hpid=talkbox1

Dear Clergy Colleagues:

It's Monday morning, and you are probably not quite ready to think about next weekend's sermon. Perhaps you've already announced the upcoming topic in your newsletter. I am praying that you might be willing to change it.

October 11th is National Coming Out Day, a day that encourages gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender (GLBT) people to publicly state who they are. In light of the at least five gay youth who killed themselves in September, it's time for us to come together as religious leaders and say, "Enough."