Friday, February 12, 2010
Event God Loves Gays
Posted by Bianca Phillips on Fri, Feb 12, 2010 at 3:01 PM
On a day set aside to celebrate love, Neshoba Unitarian Universalist Church wants to show folks that God loves LGBT equality.
On Sunday, February 14th at 2 p.m., Neshoba (7350 Raleigh-Lagrange) is hosting "Standing on the Side of Love," a community-wide equality worship service and reception featuring LGBT-supportive clergy from five area churches.
Participating clergy include Rev. John Gilmore from Open Heart Spiritual Center, Rev. Joe Pfeiffer of First Congregational Church, Rev. Tommy Sheppard from St. Francis Old Catholic Church, Rev. LaPaula Turner of Holy Trinity, and Neshoba's Rev. Bill Neely.
The worship service will focus on the need for LGBT equality, and a symbolic community wedding reception follows. Guests will be treated to wedding cake adorned with same-sex couple toppers.
“Many of us were energized by last spring’s Shelby County Commission discussion of equality in the workplace. While the resolution that was finally passed by the commission was not all that many of us had hoped for, it was nonetheless a victory for equality in Memphis,” said Neely. “Interfaith voices of support for equality had much to do with that victory. We would like to continue in the spirit of that advocacy so that the religious climate of Memphis continues trending toward equality.”
A love offering will be collected to benefit the Memphis Gay & Lesbian Community Center.
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God loves you as you were created man and woman not as lesbian and gay, the very act of homosexuality is sin and punishable by going to hell. If you don't repent and turn from those wicked ways that will be the result. Anyone preacher that accepts that as being good in the eyes of God are false pastors and will suffer the same fate.
So where are all of these so called sins outlined there Distinguished G? Are they next to the don't eat shellfish lines? Or maybe they're close to the take your brother's widow and make babies bit? Oh I know, right after Jesus turned water into wine (then of course said not to drink it because alcohol is evil and drinking it could lead to dancing) he said love everyone, except for gay people because they're an abomination.
Get a grip DG.
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