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June 3--Roman Catholics with Rainbow Sashes By wearing the Rainbow Sash we are entering God's house honestly, no longer hiding our faces in the Catholic Closet, and seeking Holy Communion. The Church should be engaged in making room at the Eucharistic table for everyone God sends. It's an Eucharistic meal to which we are all worthy, simply because we have been invited. Additionally, the US Rainbow Sash Movement is calling the National Council of Catholic Bishops to enter into open and honest dialogue, in the spirit the Second Vatican Council when it reaffirmed that the^ sensus fidelium--the sense of the faithful--is important. We are requesting by letter (full text of letter can be viewed at our Web Site: WWW.RainbowSashMovement.Org that listening sessions on matters of sexuality take place around the country. We hope this can take place prior to the world Synod of Bishops. The Synod will be held in Rome, during October of this year. It is our prayer that Catholic Cardinals/Arch/Bishops will honor this Catholic Tradition. As Catholics become more educated they will continue to look to reason, science and faith to guide them in the development of their consciences. We bring the gifts, the witness and the challenge of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people into the heart of the Church. Whether one sees this pluralism as a sign of a vibrant church or a church in disarray may depend on one's view of church as either the "People of God," or as the institutionalchurch," said Joe Murray, US Convenor. If you wish to joinus, or just contact us we can be reached at 773-665-8174, email: Sashmovement@AOL, mail: PO Box 13490,Chicago, IL 60613, or visit our Web Site at WWW.RainbowSashMovement.Org The Return of Jesse Helms
The Helms amendment to deny federal education funding
to schools that exclude Scouts because of their gay discrimination policy
is unfair to all students.. . This is the latest in his long standing
personal vendetta against education and free thinkers.
When I was a student at
UNC Chapel Hill in 1952-54, he was then assistant to Senator Willis
Smith, fighting UNC Chapel Hill intellectuals, writers, artists, actors
and what paranoid Mr. Helms thought were a bunch of communists hiding
behind every bush.
Most educated Republicans
I know laugh at his ignorant antics and mock his outdated folksy manner,
but support him because he brings in the uneducated group of Republican
voters and powerful religious right. His support and devotion to NASCAR
and the money he gets from beer and tobacco sponsors encourages destructive
habits and bad role models, the dead high school dropout Dale Earnheart
for example..
Kindest regards,
Charles Merrill PO Box 519 Edneyville, N.C. Roll Your Own Blackout-- June 21 7-10pm worldwide, all time zones
Read the 1999 book ^Natural Capitalism by Hawken and Lovins to learn that conservation / high efficiency technologies already ARE on-the-shelf. If implemented these revolutionary ideas would pay themselves off within five years, after which we'd be pumping far less greenhouse gas into the atmosphere and saving bucks to boot. Forward this e-mail as widely as possible, to your government representatives and environmental contacts. Let them know we want global education, participation and funding in conservation, efficiency, and alternative fuel efforts -- and an end to over-exploitation and misuse of the earth's resources.
Citizens for Legitimate
Government: www.legitgov.com/protests_rollblackout.html
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The Rainbow Sash Movement (Gay Catholics) will be wearing Rainbow Sashes
in Catholic Cathedrals on Pentecost Sunday, June 3 from Chicago, IL
to Rochester, NY, from Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN to Dallas, TX. From
Melbourne and Sydney, Australia, to London, England as we call the Catholic
Church to a conversion of heart on issues surrounding matters of sexuality.
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