[picture from "Queering the Church"] Posted on 07/08/2012 4:09:36 PM PDT by scottjewell
[picture from "Queering the Church"]
Around 200 Christians marched as a group in the Pride procession in London yesterday (7 July) to show their support for the dignity and equality of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people. Many wore T-shirts declaring "Christian and proud".
Many other Christians joined other parts of the parade. A small number of Christians stood at the side of the march with placards expressing their sorrow for Christian homophobia. Later, a Christian service for Pride participants was hosted at Bloomsbury Central Baptist Church. There were also participants of other faiths at the event, including Jews and Muslims.
Meanwhile, about forty Christians opposed to same-sex relationships staged a protest against Pride.
The Pride celebrations included veterans of the first Pride march in London, forty years ago. . .
While some lamented the 'scaled down' version, others said it was an opportunity to take Pride back to its origins as a campaigning demonstration. The commercialisation of Pride has been strongly criticised in recent years.
Christians Together at Pride said the day before the march that they saw the developments "as a helpful reminder of what Pride is all about".
Christians Together at Pride is a coalition of nine groups, including the Lesbian and Gay Christian Movement, Accepting Evangelicals, Inclusive Church and Changing Attitude. Other Christian groups with members at the event included Quest, a network of gay and lesbian Catholics.
They pointed out that Pride originated as a protest rally, with the first participants expressing a demand to be recognised publicly as they defined themselves, not withholding their sexuality.
(Excerpt) Read more at ekklesia.co.uk ...
Headline should read “Hundreds of apostates and pagans walked in LGBT march...”
I don't think it means what they think it means.
They aren't Christians.
As always, it’s men who drive this crap at the top.
I’m always surprised that women would have anything to do with it, lesbian or not.
In other words, they are not Christians at all.
All the "christian cults" in the world do the same thing like the mormons and JW's.
They will stand before Jesus and say "Didn't we do thus and such in Your name?" and Jesus will say, "I never knew you. Depart from Me you workers of iniquity."
That is the way it does read to those who are not taken in by the global hype and madness.
Very fitting words of scripture.
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