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Gay clergy will offer ash mixed wh purple glter on Ash Wednday to wele LGBT people to church.

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'GLTER ASH' FOR GAY CHRISTIANS ON ASH WEDNDAY

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This Ash Wednday, wh the help of an ecumenil fah-based LGBT advocy group lled Pary, she is startg what she hop will bee an annual tradn for Christians who support gay, lbian and transgenr rights. Wearg glter is about more than celebratn for the gay muny, Edman said.

GAY MOVEMENT’S ‘GLTER ASH WEDNDAY’ SUBVERTS THE MEANG OF LENT, REPENTANCE

“We’ve always been a parish that that’s been open and affirmg” of gay and lbian Christians, Coleman said. Marian Edmonds-Allen, Pary’s executive director, and distribute glter ash Manhattan at Stonewall Natnal Monument, se of the 1969 Stonewall rts, which galvanized the early gay rights movement.

Meyers, spe her rervatns about glter ash, supports the Epispal Church’s efforts to open s doors fully to gays and lbians.

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“I see people who are lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, queer as part of God’s wonrfully diverse humany, ” Meyers said.

The "Glter Ash Wednday" iative — led part by Pary, a fah-based anizatn based New York that's foced on the lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer muny — aims to be a tradnal symbol of repentance wh a msage of Chigo, Berry Uned Methodist will make glter ash available om 8 a. "The relig rual livers a msage of hope and acceptance that n ronate wh the LGBTQ muny, which has faced anti-gay rhetoric and church that were not welg, Ksey Wednday is "not jt about ath but also the possibily of hope and rurrectn and new life for , " he said. Gay clergy Ameri will offer ash mixed wh purple glter on Ash Wednday to wele LGBT people to church.

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But Rev Marian Edmonds-Allen says she will among a group of pro-gay clergy offerg a twist to the sombre ceremony to highlight their support of LGBT Christians.

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Executive director of Pary, an LGBT chary, she says gay people are driven out of church by a 'misplaced belief that God hat queer people'.

) On Ash Wednday queer martyrs rise om the ash as Q Spir rells the thoands who were executed for homosexualy throughout history. The ath penalty for homosexualy ntu at least eight untri, wh the addn of Uganda March 2023.

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