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"If you're not having fun, you're not doing it right." -- Helyn D. Goldenberg

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“If I hear ‘not allowed’ much oftener,” said Sam, “I’m going to get angry.” -- J.R.R. Tolkien, from Lord of the Rings

Thursday, September 05, 2013

They're Not All Like That

Meaning, not all Christians are of the Tony Perkins-Scott Lively-Peter LaBarbera stripe. We knew that, but they are finally making themselves heard:

The NALT Christians Project (NotAllLikeThat.org) was launched today [Sep. 4, 2013], giving Christians everywhere an opportunity to rise up and proclaim their unconditional love and support for their gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender friends and family members. This new movement, inspired by Dan Savage’s “It Gets Better” project, encourages LGBT-affirming Christians to upload videos that unapologetically express their full acceptance of LGBT people.

This project was created by Christian author John Shore and Truth Wins Out, a non-profit organization that counters religious extremism. It will be an online platform that directly challenges the idea that anti-gay Christians represent all or even most of the Christian faithful. The project kicks-off with a promotional video from author and advocate Dan Savage.

Here's Dan Saavage's lead-off video:


Within the space of one day, thirty-seven videos have been posted to the site. Some of them are quite moving.

Nice to hear from them.

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