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• AMY CONEY BARRETT URGED TO STEP AWAY OM GAY RIGHTS SE BEE OF FAH AFFILIATN
• ‘GAY. STRAIGHT. IT DO NOT MATTER’: AMY GRANT TAK HER LGBTQ+ SUPPORT ONE STEP FURTHER IN NEW INTERVIEW
• WELE AMY GAY, OUR NEW DIGAL SCHOLARSHIP LIBRARIAN
•  AMY CONEY BARRETT UNR PRSURE TO RECE HERSELF OM GAY RIGHTS SE OVER CHRISTIAN FAH
• IN REBE OF FLORIDA BILL, OSRS HOSTS ARE FEELG ‘GAY, GAY, GAY, GAY, GAY, GAY’
• THE VOICE OF CHICAGO'S GAY, LESBIAN, BI, TRANS AND QUEER COMMUNITY SINCE 1985
• ASK AMY: RELATIVE DON’T WANT TO ATTEND GAY WEDDG
• I'M A GAY ARMY OFFICER—QUEER TROOPS MT FIGHT BACK

AMY CONEY BARRETT URGED TO STEP AWAY OM GAY RIGHTS SE BEE OF FAH AFFILIATN

Former members of Amy Coney Barrett’s secretive fah group, the People of Praise, are llg on the US supreme urt jtice to rece herself om an upg se volvg gay rights, sayg Barrett’s ntued affiliatn wh the Christian group means she has participated discrimatory polici agast LGBTQ+ former members are part of a work of “survivors” of the ntroversial charismatic group who say Barrett’s “lifelong and ntued” membership the People of Praise make her too biased to fairly adjudite an upg se that will ci whether private bs owners have a right to cle servic to potential clients based on their sexual pot to Barrett’s former role on the board of Try Schools Inc, a private group of Christian schools that is affiliated wh the People of Praise and, effect, barred children of same-sex parents om attendg the school. A faculty gui published 2015, the year Barrett joed the board, said “blatant sexual immoraly” – which the gui said clud “homosexual acts” – had “no place the culture of Try Schools”.

‘GAY. STRAIGHT. IT DO NOT MATTER’: AMY GRANT TAK HER LGBTQ+ SUPPORT ONE STEP FURTHER IN NEW INTERVIEW

The discrimatory polici were place before and after Barrett schools’ attu, the former People of Praise members said, reflect the Christian group’s stnchly anti-gay beliefs and adherence to tradnal fay valu, cludg – they say – expellg or ostracizg members of the People of Praise “muny” who me out as gay later life or their gay children.

Smh has said the Colorado law has forced her to “create msag that go agast my eply held beliefs” sce she nnot legally turn away gay upl seekg her webse servic. “The People of Praise has eply entrenched, anti-gay valu that negatively affect the liv of real people, cludg vulnerable youth. It was reported at the time that the People of Praise erased all mentns and photos of her om s webse ahead of her meetgs wh Henry, a 24-year-old former stunt at a Try school who works as a psychiatric nurse, relled cints durg his time at Try which he was disuraged om beg open about his one se, he was told art class that he uld not draw a picture of Harvey Milk, the gay activist and San Francis polician who was killed 1978, bee was “too polil”.

In his service as a stunt ambassador, he also relled approachg his director at the time, Jon Balsbgh – who is now print of Try Schools – and askg him about an quiry om a parent of a gay child.

WELE AMY GAY, OUR NEW DIGAL SCHOLARSHIP LIBRARIAN

“He said there was a policy, and was basilly a public stance that they don’t support gay marriage or people transng, and he blatantly said you jt tell them that this would not be a good place for them, ” Henry said.

Though she has a large LGBTQ+ followg — there’s even a Gay Friends of Amy Grant group on Facebook — the sger has been somewhat guard verbalizg her support for the LGBTQ+ muny. ’ …Gay. A Grace Baldridge, a queer Christian artist, and Trey Pearson, formerly the lead sger of the CCM band Everyday Sunday who me out as gay 2016.

Durg her first gay prs terview, and for an entire hour, the Grammy wner reflected – wh her ual scery and thoughtfulns – on her loyal gay fan base, how she rencil Christiany and homosexualy, her “passn” for gay marriage and the unfettable dner she shared wh out ACLU Executive Director Anthony Romero. When the biggt Christian mic artist of all time is dog gay prs, you know we’ve e a long way.

 AMY CONEY BARRETT UNR PRSURE TO RECE HERSELF OM GAY RIGHTS SE OVER CHRISTIAN FAH

Were you kept at bay om gay prs beforehand, earlier your reer? But you have obvly had a big gay followg for que sometime. Why have gay people nnected to you such profound ways?

IN REBE OF FLORIDA BILL, OSRS HOSTS ARE FEELG ‘GAY, GAY, GAY, GAY, GAY, GAY’

At this pot your reer, are you at all ncerned about people passg judgment on you for talkg to gay prs? To gay people?

Did you ever feel that you had to rencile your Christian fah wh your acceptance of homosexualy? Do you remember the first gay person you knew?

Did you have a close gay iend? Someone might have jt seemed theatril or, I don’t know, effemate, but when I was high school – I graduated ’78 – I had iends high school who eventually said, “I’m livg a gay liftyle, ” but they didn’t say then. When did you first know you had a gay fan base?

THE VOICE OF CHICAGO'S GAY, LESBIAN, BI, TRANS AND QUEER COMMUNITY SINCE 1985

But then someone will e up and say, “You know, I saw a guy wh a boa on, ” and I’ll say, “Oh yeah, yeah, I’ve always had a big gay followg. From photos I’ve seen and nversatns I’ve heard, you seem to have tablished some close relatnships wh people the Gay Friends of Amy Grant group on Facebook over the years.

ASK AMY: RELATIVE DON’T WANT TO ATTEND GAY WEDDG

Weren’t you ved to perform at the weddg of one of your gay fans but uldn’t due to your schle? ” special 2000 and thkg, as a teenager stgglg wh his sexualy, “She’s performg wh an openly lbian performer; she’s throwg her gay fans a bone.

So how do you rpond to people when they ask you about your feelgs on gay marriage? Ally Sheedy has been open and supportive of her gay mother, Charlotte Sheedy.

I mean, I remember growg up durg the women's liberatn movement when people were gay, they were straight, they were this, they were were no stereotyp...

I'M A GAY ARMY OFFICER—QUEER TROOPS MT FIGHT BACK

So, I never had a moment where people were straight and then they were sudnly gay.

Andy Richter had no problem fendg his gay father, a universy profsor, om homophob on Twter.