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Title: Fundamentalist Backlash Against LGBT community in Full Swing
Post by: traci_k on March 30, 2016, 07:12:59 AM
Post by: traci_k on March 30, 2016, 07:12:59 AM
Fundamentalist Backlash Against LGBT community in Full Swing
http://www.advocate.com/commentary/2016/3/30/fundamentalist-backlash-against-lgbt-community-full-swing
The Advocate.com
By Mitchell Gold
March 30 2016 5:19 AM EDT
Some fundamentalist Christians just can't accept the idea that lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people are good and decent folks. They call our community "sinners," which causes serious spiritual and emotional harm particularly to LGBT youth, who hear this and start feeling like they are broken. Some conservative faith leaders, like Pastor Kevin Swanson, have even been so reckless as to suggest that LGBT people are "worthy of death." This violent rhetoric is disgusting and has no place in or outside of our faith communities. The LGBT community is entitled to full legal and spiritual rights, which is something my nonprofit, Faith in America, works to advance.
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Excellent Op-Ed by the co-founder of Faith in America.
http://www.advocate.com/commentary/2016/3/30/fundamentalist-backlash-against-lgbt-community-full-swing
The Advocate.com
By Mitchell Gold
March 30 2016 5:19 AM EDT
Some fundamentalist Christians just can't accept the idea that lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people are good and decent folks. They call our community "sinners," which causes serious spiritual and emotional harm particularly to LGBT youth, who hear this and start feeling like they are broken. Some conservative faith leaders, like Pastor Kevin Swanson, have even been so reckless as to suggest that LGBT people are "worthy of death." This violent rhetoric is disgusting and has no place in or outside of our faith communities. The LGBT community is entitled to full legal and spiritual rights, which is something my nonprofit, Faith in America, works to advance.
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Excellent Op-Ed by the co-founder of Faith in America.
Title: Re: Fundamentalist Backlash Against LGBT community in Full Swing
Post by: suzifrommd on March 30, 2016, 08:51:02 AM
Post by: suzifrommd on March 30, 2016, 08:51:02 AM
I really hope their group succeeds. We desperately need voices who are willing to condemn those churches that preach hate against us.