World's Largest Gay Church Decries Actions of Fort Worth Police
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Dallas-based Cathedral of Hope calls raid "unacceptable"
DALLAS, June 28 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Dallas, Texas-based Cathedral of Hope, known as the world's largest lesbian and gay church, has issued the following statement regarding the raid on the Rainbow Lounge early this morning by the Fort Worth Police Department:
June 28 is celebrated throughout the United States and elsewhere as the beginning of the lesbian and gay civil rights movement in this country. Surely this did not escape the knowledge of the Fort Worth Police Department as they raided the Rainbow Lounge early this morning. In a scene eerily reminiscent of the raid on the Stonewall Inn in New York City's Greenwich Village 40 years ago, the police reportedly entered the bar unprovoked, harassing and arresting patrons without reason. The Cathedral of Hope and Hope for Peace & Justice call on Chief of Police Jeffrey Halstead to issue a full report and apology immediately. This kind of targeted humiliation and harassment was unacceptable 40 years ago, and it is unacceptable today. Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people, and their friends, families and allies have had enough.
Reverend Michael Piazza, Dean of the Cathedral, in condemning the raid, said, "After more than a generation of progress, this action shows that there is still much work to be done to ensure that all Americans enjoy 'equal protection under the law.' It is tragic that lesbian and gay taxpayers are still abused by the very people who are paid by our taxes."
The Cathedral of Hope, a congregation of the United Church of Christ, is based in Dallas, Texas, and is the world's largest liberal Christian church with a primary outreach to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people. Local and national church ministries, outreach programs, pastoral counseling, television media and the Internet (www.cathedralofhope.com) touch thousands of lives each day.
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whether gay or lesbian, it is a self destructive choice
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Lori ,
Sun, 28 Jun 2009 23:15:37 GMT
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I feel strongly, choosing to be gay or lesbian is in direct rebellion against the life we are taught to live in the Bible. One which is pleasing to GOD, who created each of us. Just read the first chapter in Romans in the Bible. People are not born with a gay or lesbian tendency. It most always is a result of an absentee father or weak parenting from mom and dad. I also feel people who feel they are gay or lesbian are in dire need of profesional help. Like any other mentally challenged human being, who does not have the ability to make responsible clear decisions, they are not entitled to any civil rights. We have seen nothing but negative and destrucitve behavior from those in our own families who choose to have a same sex partner and partners...
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Backwards
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Gerald Avila ,
Sun, 28 Jun 2009 23:10:56 GMT
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What can I say, after 20 years living in Dallas, Fort Worth is one of the most backward thinking, prejudiced city in America.
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