NC Christian Groups Try to Pray Away the Gay... Pride, That Is

GLBT individuals and families in Charlotte, NC, are getting set to cap off Pride week over the weekend of July 25 and 26, with a Saturday, June 25 festival set to offer crowds live entertainment, fun for the kids, and vendors’ booths.

There will also be an athletic event--the "Front Runner’s Pride Run"--as well as a dance party dedicated to alcohol-free partying.

More high-minded events are also scheduled as well: an art auction, a discussion on coming out at work, a seminar on the topic of life as a transgendered individual.

It’s all part of this year’s week-long "Out is In" celebration of GLBT Pride, an occasion for safe and happy congregation and outreach, reported a July 24 article on the weekend’s events carried by the Charlotte Observer.

But the event has been targeted for a massive, organized counter-event called "God Has A Better Way," reported the Christian Web site MetroCatholic in a July 24 article.

Framed as a respectful but uncompromising counter-event, the anti-gay rally purports to lay down some essential ground rules, the MetroCatholic article reports.

Organizer Michael Brown was quoted in the article as saying, "We have great love for the gay and lesbian community, and have always treated them with dignity and respect; at the same time, we take strong exception to the gay activist agenda and will be sending a message to the city and the nation that God Has a Better Way."
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NC Christian Groups Try to Pray Away the Gay... Pride, That Is

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