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Lay Episcopalians for “I don’t think this is a protest,” Jennifer the Anglican Communion blames this strife on the Chrisler, executive director of the Family Pride “reckless pursuit of a gay agenda that is hostile to Coalition, told The Associated Press. “Showing up, Scripture and to the historic order of the church. participating fully in an American tradition, show “Our purpose is to demonstrate the gravity of ing Americans that we do exist—that in our minds unilateral [non-Communion] actions already taken isn’t a protest." to advance a gay agenda in our American church,” Nonetheless, some felt that even “showing the statement continued. “The homosexual thrust Americans we exist” constituted unseemly political is real, aggressive and largely influenced by a shad grandstanding. ow gay-lesbian-transgender hierarchy of bishops, Also speaking to the AP, Mark D. Tooley of the priests and laypeople. The most persistent cam Institute on Religion and Democracy said, “I think paigner for accelerating the gay agenda in the it’s inappropriate to use a children’s event to make Episcopal church is Integrity, a 30-year-old homo a political statement.” sexual activist organization believed to comprise Portland’s Love Makes a Family joined with much less than 1 percent of the national church.” other organizations to bring more than 100 sexual minority families to the White House event. Participants wore rainbow leis. X^Visit us online at: www.re3rreece.com or schedule your appointment.^/ have to play in the church. April 14 for tickets to the annual event, substantial queer turnout was a political statement. Jerilyn Lowery Cell:(503> 860-0342 jlowery@reyreece.com drive April 13. 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With so many children in need of homes, laws False Promises, authored by NGLTF policy ana that exclude queers from consideration as adoptive or lyst Nicolas Ray, shows that legislators with low rat foster parents unnecessarily reduce the already in ings on queer equality also receive low ratings from sufficient p<x)l of available families, the book argues. organizations that promote the rights of people of The new edition includes a chapter debunking color, including the National Association for the Colored misinformation being spread by opponents of gay par Advancement enting and an overview of state laws that restrict the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights. 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Bush’s Willie Horton ads, all with dis for the Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Project. turbing racist undertones, and the GOP’s current “Most states now recognize that it is wrong to use push for African-American voters to “come home." sexual orientation as an excuse to deny parents cus The study suggests that the moral values rhetoric tody and visitation, and many states now allow espoused by many in the party is designed in part to both partners in same-sex relationships to adopt generate support by stoking homophobia in the the children they are raising together." African-American community. Episcopalians Want Gay Bishop Tried for Heresy A group of Episcopalian laypeople have launched Feingold Takes Stand for Gay Marriage a petition drive to force a church trial for Gene Responding to a question posed at his Kenosha Robinson, the church’s first openly gay bishop, as well County listening session earlier this month, as for the 35 bishops who endorsed him. Wisconsin Sen. Russ Feingold, a likely contender The orphan group, known as Lay Episcopalians for the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination,
