Category Archives: Personal Stories

RECOGNIZING OUR NEIGHBORS IN THIS NEW LAW

By Carr Harkrader / Guest column Published in Burlington TimesNews: Thursday, October 23, 2014 at 08:21 PM. Corrected on Oct. 26 Having been born and raised in Burlington, I’ve watched with great interest how Alamance County has grappled with the … Continue reading

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IF I HAVE GAY CHILDREN……….

BY john pavlovitz 17SEP 2014 2,110Comments If I Have Gay Children: Four Promises From A Christian Pastor/Parent Sometimes I wonder if I’ll have gay children. I’m not sure if other parents think about this, but I do; quite often. Maybe it’s … Continue reading

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A PERSONAL STORY—–

A gay student and a homophobic counsellor: SEE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C15sZtsJ3_U&feature=em-subs_digest.

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BOY SCOUT LEADERS: Why is this an issue?

There have been news stories about Eagle Scouts being denied the role of Boy Scout leader because they are openly gay. In response, there has been on-line commentary. Here are two comments in the New York Times on-line which are … Continue reading

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What’s WRONG With the Morality Argument………

Watch this YOuTube pesentation by Dr. John Corvino (also known as the “Gay Moralist)” a writer, speaker, and philosophy professor at Wayne State University in Detroit: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5iXA_0MED98 —-He is the author of What’s Wrong with Homosexuality? and the co-author (with … Continue reading

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CHALLENGING AMENDMENT ONE

POINT OF VIEW (from The News and Observer) Challenging NC’s immoral and unconstitutional Amendment One Published: September 25, 2013 online at their web edition and September 26, 2013 in their print edition. By Jasmine Beach-Ferrara Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender … Continue reading

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A Straight Reaction to Gay Marriage……

In a letter to the New York Times on June 26th, a woman writes that “hearing gay and lesbian couples talk about the dignity and security” that the recent Supreme Court decision have brought them “has made us straight folks look at … Continue reading

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More Kids are Challenging Traditional Gender

CHICAGO (AP) — From the time they are born, we put our boys in blue beanies and our girls in pink ones. It’s a societal norm, an expectation even, that you just are what you are born — a boy … Continue reading

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FIRED : Read Why…..

COLUMBUS, Ohio — No one at the Catholic high school that fired Carla Hale in March claimed that she was anything less than a terrific physical education teacher and coach, devoted to the kids and adored by many of them. … Continue reading

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Jimmy Creech Shared this Link on Facebook

                Jimmy Creech- Author of Adam’s Gift shared a link. Why I disobeyed the United Methodist Church’s unjust teaching on same-sex marriage     http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/on-faith/wp/2013/05/08/why-i-disobeyed-the-united-methodist-churchs-unjust-teaching-on-same-sex-marriage/ “My experiences in the Civil Rights movement have illumined my responses to what I perceive to … Continue reading

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