Are We One of These Hostile Religious Communities?

Subject       : Don't throw out the baby with the bathwater! Introducing Progressive Religious and Spiritual Options for LGBT and Allied People
When          : Wednesday, April 18, 2007 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Where         : Shriver Laboratory  : East Wing (Side Entrance) : 0106
Event Type(s) : Diversity

The ongoing national conversations about LGBT people, same-sex relationships, and traditional religious communities (often conservative Christianity in the US) can be described as 'at odds with one another.'  The result of this adversarial relationship is that LGBT people often leave hostile religious communities that choose not to support them and often cannot find a new spiritual community to take its place.  This panel discussion intends to introduce students, staff, and faculty to open and welcoming religious/spiritual communities that proactively affirm the social and spiritual value of LGBT people and their same-sex relationships as a viable alternative to hostile religious traditions.

For more information, contact:
Mark Brimhall-Vargas
Human Relations Programs
+1 301 405 2840
brimhall@umd.edu
www.ohrp.umd.edu