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Evangelical Church In The Highlands Goes Pro-Gay

December 1st, 2009

News about faith, sexuality, and activism is my area of expertise but somehow this slipped past me until the Denver Post did a story last week.
The Rev. Mark Tidd (pictured below) of Highlands Church here in Denver recently had a change of heart on how his Evangelical church should treat LGBT people.  Via the Denver [...]

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Deconstructing Meth: An Experiential Workshop

November 5th, 2009

Local gay friendly church MCC of the Rockies is hosting a very special “experiential workshop” this Saturday which will allow attendees to have an open and honest dialogue about crystal meth.  The event is being facilitated by Joshua Love (pictured above) who is the MCC’s national director of Global HIV/AIDS Ministry.  The event “Deconstructing Meth” [...]

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Two Big News Stories: ENDA and Ex-Gay Therapy

August 6th, 2009

ENDA:
First off ENDA stands for the Employment Non Discrimination Act which would be a federal law to prevent discrimination against gay and trans folk.  ENDA has been previously introduced in the House and Senate but here’s why this is a big deal this time – This is the first time a version of ENDA that [...]

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On Gays and Faith

June 22nd, 2009

First, polling research company The Barna Group has released a major survey of gay/lesbian people and their faith.  Founder George Barna said this:
People who portray gay adults as godless, hedonistic, Christian bashers are not working with the facts… A substantial majority of gays cite their faith as a central facet of their life, consider themselves [...]

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