Post by Ayla on Oct 26, 2015 6:50:14 GMT 8
With the notoriously anti-LGBT conference for the World Congress of Families to be hosted nearby a week later, some 200 faith organizers got together to combat religious homophobia.
The National LGBTQ Task Force hosted the Faith & Family LGBTQ Power Summit in Salt Lake City this week with leaders from 33 states gathered for the four-day power summit. The planning committee wanted to unite both LGBTQ people of faith and those non-religious to combat religious homophobia.
"This conference lifts up the light: you can be fully and LGBTQ. We must stop the exportation of hatred and homophobia to Africa," clergyman Bishop Tolton said in a press conference. "We understand the issues are interconnected.... We want to build a campaign to lift up light and hope."
www.advocate.com/religion/2015/10/24/lgbt-faith-leaders-got-together-combat-religious-homophobia-5-takeaways
The National LGBTQ Task Force hosted the Faith & Family LGBTQ Power Summit in Salt Lake City this week with leaders from 33 states gathered for the four-day power summit. The planning committee wanted to unite both LGBTQ people of faith and those non-religious to combat religious homophobia.
"This conference lifts up the light: you can be fully and LGBTQ. We must stop the exportation of hatred and homophobia to Africa," clergyman Bishop Tolton said in a press conference. "We understand the issues are interconnected.... We want to build a campaign to lift up light and hope."
www.advocate.com/religion/2015/10/24/lgbt-faith-leaders-got-together-combat-religious-homophobia-5-takeaways