Sentences with phrase «by the gay community»

Said scriptures are being twisted and contorted by the gay community so His truth is being defiled.

If a gay Christian accepts what scripture says about that behavior, that it is a sin, and then truly tries to repent, they will be vilified and called a hater by the gay community — and certainly no longer accepted in the gay community.

I think Packer's statement is misinterpreted by the gay community.

«I certainly have been surrounded by the gay community.

Yes, it was viewed as a provocation, but it was also fatally misunderstood by the gay community, which slammed it at the time.

Sex Positive (R for profanity and graphic sexuality) Bio-pic revisits the life and times of Richard Berkowitz, an HIV + prostitute specializing in freaky fetishes who found himself ostracized by the gay community at the outbreak of the AIDS epidemic in the early Eighties just for being a safe sex advocate.

Once frequented mainly by the gay community of Europe, today the island is a cosmopolitan and liberal destination, with groups of friends and solitary tourists visiting the trendsetting capital of the Aegean, the liveliest and noisiest of all the wonderful Greek islands.

Centrally, his practice is informed by the architectures and atmospheres of meeting places, particularly those used and accessed by gay communities: clubs, saunas, or cruising spots that create or facilitate proximity.

Its approval rating by gay communities is one reason why Nationwide is considered one of America's better companies to work for.

Not exact matches

Shed Boren and Jose Valdes - Fauli, a longtime South Florida couple well - known for their philanthropy and activism in both the mainstream and LGBTQ communities, will be honored Feb. 11 at the Biltmore Hotel in Coral Gables by SAGE, a national organization that provides «services and advocacy for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender elders.»

I think Christians, in general, don't know jack squat about the gay lifestyle / community nor do they really take the time to understand... their scripture says this and that's all they need (blatant ignorance — but that's life)... even those scriptures are up for contention as noted earlier by Trey.

Those who support gay marriage will say they are «persecuted» by Christians and that all Christians are bigots because they don't support the ideas of the gay and lesbian community.

Ex-gay men are often closeted, fearing ridicule from gay advocates who accuse them of self - deception and, at the same time, fearing rejection by their church communities as tainted oddities.

Thanks for proving you have really bad reading comprehension because you are so blinded by your hate and prejudice toward the gay community.

The negative connotations that have been ascribed to the gay community virtually assures that being the target of hatred and bigotry by people is not a choice; especially to excuse their behavior.

Successful ex-gay alumni can't come out as ex-gay, as they will likely be ostracized by their own religious communities and the gay community.

Same goes for theologies that suggest the poor are poor because of their sins, that if only the sick had more faith or gave more money they would be healed, that the tsunami or the earthquake or the flood that devastated a community was clearly the result of God's wrath on its gay inhabitants, that we can stop rape by teaching women to cover up better, that sex before marriage makes a person «broken» and «unwanted.»

The only sanction by the Church against gays is that they can not be allowed to be church members, because the Church is the community of people, which are reconciled with God.

You apply for a job in my community by running a campaign for a paid office that my local tax dollars pay for and you get elected then show up to your first scheduled meeting and decide to spend the first 5 minutes — eating donuts instead of working, speaking to the audience about your personal problems with your wife, telling the audience about an upcoming play your kid will be in, telling the captive audience about the benefits of being gay, speaking to them about God or praying aloud to your God regardless of which God the rest of the audience believes in.

Stephen Green in his book «The Sexual Dead End» describes how the Chief Superintendent in charge of the Metropolitan Police Community Relations Branch was «worn down» by pressure of Gay activists.

The announcement comes less than a day after Exodus issued a wide - ranging apology to the gay community for «years of undue judgment by the organization and the Christian Church as a whole,» a statement from the group says.

In fact, U.S. liberation movements are already under way in women's groups, community organizing efforts among the poor, the search for freedom by gay and lesbian communities, and in Native American, African American and Hispanic struggles against U.S. racism, and in a host of works for justice, peace and the wholeness of creation.

But you have no problem twisting decades - old, oft debunked junk science into» proof» that there is an evil secret agenda driven by thousands of health professionals, distinguished mental health physicians, and the gay community at large.

Similar statements have been made by the Catholic gay group, Dignity; the Episcopal group, Integrity; the Methodist group, Affirmation; the Metropolitan Community Church; Evangelicals Concerned and others.

The second thesis of my book was that homosexuals, rather than being somehow a menace to the values of society and the family, as Christians have tended to assume, have, as a part of God's creative plan, special gifts and qualities and a very positive contribution to make to the development of society (cf. also my article «Homosexuality, Lesbianism, and the Future: The Creative Role of the Gay Community in Building a More Humane Society,» in A Challenge to Love: Gay and Lesbian Catholics in the Church, edited by Robert Nugent [Crossroad, 1984]-RRB-.

Predictably, she has been savaged by those in the GLBT community who rely on the «born gay» argument, supposedly supported by science, to justify sexual orientation being analogous to race and thus to be accepted and celebrated as a «given» of the human condition.

Now, gee, why do you think the LGBT community might have issues with people trying to deny them equal rights especially when those people are trying to convince everyone else gay people are subhuman and are even hated by God?

First he was against it but now his advisers told him he can improve his miserable polls by supporting it so now we have the pro-gay Obama and all his people like Sharpton want to catch the gay rights wave now that it's apparently OK with the gay black community.

In the late»70s 55 percent of Americans would allow books by homosexual authors in public libraries, 62 percent supported gays» right to lecture in the community and 49 percent supported their right to teach in a college.

(Read here) Gays and lesbians are still stigmatised and demonised by fundamentalist religious fraternity and right - wing conservatives, which have driven some of them to leave families and communities and even attempt suicide.

For example, most Christians I know agree that gays and lesbians have been horribly mistreated by the religious community, and that it's time for a change in attitude and approach.

By the way Bob is adding his personal opinion here and it's not based on any real facts, he is twisting the scriptures to try and justify his prejudice and bigotry toward the gay community.

I look at many of my friends in the gay community and see a whole lot of good individuals and also people with morals and convictions they choose to live their life by.

I would bet that the gay neighbor in the 1999 film American Beauty, who, it is implied, loves guns, collects Nazi trinkets, and turns to murder all because he represses his own urges, formed more people's views about how to regard homosexuals than did the entire decade's research into psychosexuality by the whole scientific community.

The LGBT community will fight for justice by votes I always remember my black friend who MYsaid, «Clifford, If you think being gay is bad try being black snd gay.My belief is that ENDA rights be fundamental since most people need jobs but the LGBT communty is not allowed common employment rights.

He is dividing they gay community from the rest of NC by supporting an amendment banning gay marriage.

The Mormon group that marched in Salt Lake City was organized by Mormons Building Bridges, a group of lay Mormons who want to show support for the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered community.

Brent Childers, an evangelical Christian, said he once used religious tenets to support prejudice toward the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community, but «I realized those attitudes were not in keeping with my religious values by causing harm using religious teaching.»

Bisexuality is misunderstood by both the gay and straight community — and is even less understood in the Christian community where sexuality is often limited to binary straight / gay and male / female.

Catholic churches do not support gay marriage, and they're not the only ones, that does not mean they do not do alot of other great things for their communities, they help alot of people by giving away food and clothes and providing a sense of community.

The Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches (UFMCC) was founded in Los Angeles in 1968 by Troy Perry, a former Pentecostal minister who aimed to spread the new gospel that God loves gays and lesbians.

I can not possibly convey how much damage Christians have done to our own cause by approaching the gay community in hurtful ways.

Also read about three gay parents in the Broadway community and about the wonderful conference hosted by upstate support group Pride and Joy Families.

• Front Range Lesbian Families, PO Box Drawer E, Denver, CO 80218, Holly 303-466-1482, Eric Rude / Adult Programs GLBTCCC 303-733-7743 • Northern Colorado Our Families, contact Sierra at [email protected] or [phone] • The GLBT Center of Colorado P.O. Box 9798 Denver, CO 80209 - 0798 Phone: [phone] Fax: [phone] Email: [email protected] Website: www.glbtcolorado.org / • The Lambda Community Center 212 South Mason Street Fort Collins, CO 80524 Phone: [phone] Fax: [phone] Email: [email protected] Website: www.lambdacenter.org / • Aspen Gay and Lesbian Community Fund PO Box 3143 Aspen, CO 81612 Phone: [phone] Email: [email protected] • Colorado Springs Pride Center PO Box 607 Colorado Springs, CO 80901 Phone: [phone] Fax: [phone] Email: [email protected] Website: www.yourpridecenter.org / • Equal Rights Colorado PO Box 9798 Denver, CO 80209 - 0798 Phone: [phone] x309 Email: [email protected] Website: www.equalrightscolorado.org / Connecticut • Families by Choice, eastern Connecticut, call Tirza at 860-456-1110 • Gay Fathers of Western Connecticut.

• Lesbian and Gay Community Center of New Orleans 2114 Decatur Street New Orleans, LA 70116 - 2013 Phone: [phone] Email: [email protected] Maine • Mothers & Kids Group PO Box 2235 S. Portland, ME 04116 • The Diversity Center c / o The Robinson Loring Job Corps Center RR # 1 Box 1727 Limestone, ME 04750 - 9743 Phone: [phone] Email: [email protected] • Equality Maine PO Box 1951 Portland, ME 04104 Phone: [phone] Fax: [phone] Email: [email protected] Website: www.equalitymaine.org / • Gay and Lesbian Community Services Center of Northern Maine PO Box 990 Caribou, ME 04736 Phone: [phone] • GLBT Parents Support Group of Maine Timothy Richardson PO Box 10901 Portland, ME 04104 Email: [email protected] Maryland • Gay and Lesbian Parenting Coalition of Metropolitan Washington 14908 Piney Grove Court North Potomac, MD 20878 • Families With Pride, Baltimore Contact Jodi Kaye by email: [email protected] or phone [phone] • Equality Maryland 1319 Apple Avenue Silver Spring, MD 20910 Phone: [phone] Toll - free: 888-440-9944 Fax: [phone] Email: [email protected] Website: www.equalitymaryland.org / • GL Parenting Coalition of Metro Washington 14908 Piney Grove Court North Potomac, MD 20878 Phone: [phone] • The GLBT Community Center of Baltimore 241 West Chase Street Baltimore, MD 21201 Phone: [phone] Fax: [phone] Email: [email protected] Website: www.glccb.org / Massachusetts

In 2008, OA&FS was recognized by the Pride Foundation for strengthening and serving the lesbian, gay, bi-sexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) community.

These communities were extremely hostile to the gay community and there was a sense among many gay campaigners that they had been betrayed by the government.

«Ultimately artist Anthony Goicolea's design was recommended by the Commission and selected as a result of the circular layout and permanency of the bronze stones that expressed the uncompromised strength of LGBT community, marries well within the sites natural environment, invites sitting and contemplation and stands for equality, fairness, justice, and equal rights for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender citizens,» the state parks department said in its statement.

He was further helped by Mr. Weprin's affirmative vote on gay marriage, a move that caused significant backlash in the community.

PHOTO ESSAY BY DONNA ACETO At its annual dinner gala, held on April 19 at Cipriani Wall Street, the LGBT Community Center honored a diverse group of honorees, including Emma González, the president of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Gay Straight Alliance in Parkland, Florida, and co-founder of the #NeverAgain movement, pop singer Ricky -LSB-...]