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Is Marriage Christian?
Is same-sex marriage a Christian value? Watch
as speakers Todd Miles and the Rev. Wesley
Mullins debate the issue 7 p.m. Jan. 22 at Oregon
State University’s Austin Auditorium, 875 S.W.
26th St. in Corvallis.
Miles, assistant professor of theology at Western
Seminary in Portland, will argue that Gcxl has estab
lished marriage between a man and a woman as the
defining sexual relationship. Mullins, assistant pastor
of Metropolitan Community Church of Portland,
will argue that marriage is a basic human right, an
individual choice and something that same-sex
couplescan experience as a gift from God.
The debate is hosted by the university’s
StKratic Club’s. The club offers a forum for oppos
ing points of view on subjects of contemporary
debate at the intersection of Christian belief and
contemporary culture. For more information visit
www.oregonstate.edu/groups/siKratic.
Equity Honors Philanthropists
Equity Foundation, a foundation focused on
promoting equality for the sexual minorities com
munity, is holding its seventh annual Investments
in Dignity awards, dinner and auction event.
This affair to remember will recognize people
working to promote the advancement of diversity
in Oregon. The silent auction will benefit the foun
dation, and acclaimed author Armistead Maupin
will read from his latest work, Michael Tolliver Lives.
The event aims to recognize the accomplish
ments of people around the state who bring diver
sity to the forefront of community consciousness.
Equity will honor Jocelyn White and Lynn
Nakamoto with the John Grigshy-Jim Vegher
Investments in Dignity Award for their significant
contributions to the foundation and its mission.
Nelson Jones will be presented with the
Torchhearer Award for his outstanding philan
thropic efforts and commitment to achieving
equality for the queer community.
Equity Foundation will also announce its 43
si U^twide grantees for 2007.
Investments in Dignity starts 5:30 p.m. Feh. 15 at
Portland Center for the Performing Arts, 1111 S.W.
Broadway. Tickets are $65 and can he purchased from
Ticketmaster or the hox office.
College Recognizes Chorus
The Portland Gay Men’s Chorus will be
honored with the Urban Pioneer award from
Portland State University’s College of Urban and
Public Affairs.
Urban Pioneer awards honor leaders that exhib
it many of the ideals taught to students and valued
by the college’s faculty and community partners.
The chorus is the fourth-oldest gay-identified
chorus in the nation. Since 1980, it has worked to
promote social justice to affirm the worth of all
people. Known for its musical excellence as well as
its outreach, the group inspires leadership within
the gay community and is an active partner in the
regional arts.
Community outreach is especially important to
the chorus. By using music as a medium to address
philosophical and social barriers, its concerts
become tools in the effort to spread important
messages about diversity. The chorus has demon
strated dedication to reaching the broadest
audience possible, performing special concerts
throughout both urban and rural Oregon. More
than 100 men and women are members of the
chorus, and membership is open to anyone who
supports its mission and vision.
“The gay men’s chorus has been a pioneer in
fighting discrimination,” said Lawrence Wallack,
dean of the college. “Their main weapons have
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Q Center board member Lynn Nakamoto (left) and philanthropist Nelson Jones are being honored
by Equity Foundation for their contributions to the queer community.