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Gay Harassment and the Struggle for Inclusion

Started by Shana A, October 10, 2010, 08:19:09 AM

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October 10, 2010, 08:19:09 AM
Gay Harassment and the Struggle for Inclusion

By SAMUEL G. FREEDMAN
Published: October 8, 2010

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/09/us/09religion.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=Gay%20Harassment%20and%20the%20Struggle%20for%20Inclusion&st=cse

Weeks before she had any reason to know the name Tyler Clementi, the Rev. Audrey M. Connor was planning a celebratory day of worship at her church in Lynchburg, Va. It would take place this Sunday, the eve of a gay-rights event called National Coming Out Day. There would be prayers, songs and testimonies by three congregants who had successfully emerged from the closet.

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"It may sound extreme," Ms. Connor said, "but Tyler Clementi is someone who died in a battle that many clergy and religious people are fighting. For inclusion. For our understanding of what God wants the world to be."
"Be yourself; everyone else is already taken." Oscar Wilde
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