“Being Gay is a Gift from God”: Central United Methodist Church of Toledo
Central United Methodist Church speaks out for tolerance\Source: wtol.com
Members of the Central United Methodist Church of Toledo, Ohio are hitting the streets with a visible and vocalcampaign on behalf of religious tolerance and against anti-LGBT discrimination. Perhaps most notable amongst the church’s efforts are a series of billboards that proclaim a very different message from that most of us are used to hearing from the conservative Christian right.
The billboards – large, stark, black and white and impossible to misinterpret – claim that “Being gay is a gift from God;” and according to Rev. Bill Barnard, the message is meant to remind viewers that “all persons are of sacred worth and who they are is the way God created them to be.”
Barnard and other members of the church are pushing an agenda of tolerance and acceptance amidst the current deluge of anti-gay activism pouring forth from many conservative religious groups.
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