Open and Affirmg is the way many the Uned Church of Christ (UCC) clare wele and cln of gay, lbian, bisexual and transgenr (LGBT),
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DO PRO-GAY CHRISTIAN GROUPS REALLY BELONG AT PRI?
* gay christian groups *
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For some, their relig upbrgg also clud “nversn therapy” — the discreded practice of attemptg to change someone’s sexual orientatn, genr inty or genr a 2020 study, the Williams Instute at the UCLA School of Law found that 7% of lbian, gay and bisexual adults the U. He noted, “As someone who liv at the tersectn of many inti — Black, gay, Christian, pastor— [and] as someone who left the Baptist church bee I’m gay and not knowg that I uld be gay and a Christian, let alone a mister, I need to see affirmg and welg ngregatns at Pri events.
A muny the Reformed Church Ameri mted to the wele and affirmatn of lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer people and their alli, while pursug grace-filled dialogue wh those who believe differently. Open and Affirmg is the way many the Uned Church of Christ (UCC) clare wele and cln of gay, lbian, bisexual and transgenr (LGBT), same genr lovg (SGL) persons to the full life and mistry of the church.
18 ANTI-GAY GROUPS AND THEIR PROPAGANDA
Alliance Defendg Freedom distribut hundreds of thoands of dollars to ge groups attackg trans, gay and abortn rights * gay christian groups *
The urt found 303’s ADF’s rightwg advocy extends further, however, as the anizatn has donated to more than a dozen anti-LGBTQ+ and anti-abortn found that the ADF donated $85, 000 to the Child and Parental Rights Campaign, a group which, acrdg to a Poli report, helped Florida Republins shape the state’s so-lled “don’t say gay” law, which prohibs discsn of sexual orientatn and genr inty group has also sued two school districts Florida over issu relatg to the rights of trans youth. In the 25 years sce was found, has brought 10 s before the US supreme urt, cludg some of the most nsequential s of the last on ntraceptive and gay is, “an aggrsive, strategic legal group that is about Christian supremacy and hegemony the US and the world, ” said Frerick Clarkson, a senr rearch analyst wh Polil Rearch Associat. In another, the group succsfully argued the arts and crafts pany Hobby Lobby should not be required to pay for birth ntrol clud private surance plans, bee of the owner’s Christian unts the former Tmp-appoted US attorney general Jeff Ssns as an ally, and s founrs are a who’s-who list of opponents of gay rights.
Their brief argued, “equal digny do not mean that every sexual orientatn warrants equal rpect” Belize, the group sid wh another anizatn phg to crimalize gay sex. Fellow founr Alan Sears wrote the 2003 book: The Homosexual Agenda: Exposg the Prcipal Threat to Relig Freedom ’s legal work has earned the group glowg reviews om iendly media, such as Fox News, where host Lra Ingraham recently clud Holb on her high-profile ADF’s Connecticut lawsu is, part, an acknowledgement that earlier tactics have a few years ago, Christian legal groups were phg “bathroom bills” across the untry.