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Title: Church Installs The Perfect Rainbow Sign: 'God's Doors Are Open To All'
Post by: traci_k on July 02, 2015, 07:12:58 AM
Church Installs The Perfect Rainbow Sign: 'God's Doors Are Open To All'

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/07/01/church-rainbow-doors_n_7707902.html?utm_hp_ref=gay-marriage

The Huffington Post  |  By Antonia Blumberg

Posted: 07/01/2015 4:57 pm EDT Updated: 07/01/2015 9:59 pm EDT

Days before the Supreme Court legalized same-sex marriage around the United States last week, Newman Congregational Church in Rumford, Rhode Island, installed a set of rainbow doors along its fence to send a strong message in support of equality.

The message, "God's doors are open to all," stands in contrast to many houses of worship that still argue they have a religious objection to same-sex marriage.

Before being installed along the church's fence, the doors stood within the sanctuary, directly in front of the pulpit:

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Just goes to show not all denominations are haters. Check out the doors in the link - pretty cool.
Title: Re: Church Installs The Perfect Rainbow Sign: 'God's Doors Are Open To All'
Post by: Lady Smith on July 02, 2015, 07:59:37 AM
What a great article.  The message those doors give is so beautifully simple and so wonderfully powerful.
Title: Re: Church Installs The Perfect Rainbow Sign: 'God's Doors Are Open To All'
Post by: smdh on July 11, 2015, 07:45:51 PM
I knew this article would be great, but never expected the doors to basically be an art installation. That makes it all the more rad :D
Title: Re: Church Installs The Perfect Rainbow Sign: 'God's Doors Are Open To All'
Post by: gennee on July 18, 2015, 12:19:06 PM
A nice story.


:)