Faith and Fairness Panel Discussion
Sunday, July 16, 2006
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM

The Human Rights Campaign is bringing religious leaders from across the United States to discuss how to counter religious attacks on the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community in a town meeting called "Faith & Fairness."

Harry Knox, director of HRC’s Religious and Faith Program, will moderate the town meeting which will feature the following panelists: Rev. Susan Brooks Thistlethwaite, Ph.D., the 11th President of Chicago Theological seminary; Daayiee Abdullah, the Moderator for the Muslim Gay Men Discussion Group since 2000; Larry Yang, who leads Buddhist meditation retreats and groups for LGBTQ communities, people of color, men’s groups, people in recovery from addiction, and other diverse communities; and Rabbi Joshua Lesser, the spiritual leader of Congregation Bet Haverim, a diverse and growing Reconstructionist synagogue founded by gay and lesbian Jews.

The event is being co-hosted by the following groups (list in formation):


All Souls Free Religious Fellowship

Berry United Methodist Church

Bethlehem United Church of Christ

Beverly Unitarian Church

Broadway United Methodist Church

Church of the Three Crosses

Church Within A Church Movement, Inc.

Congregation Or Chadash

Dignity/Chicago

Emanuel Congregation

Euclid United Methodist Church

First Congregational Church of LaGrange (UCC)

Galewood Community Church, UCC

Good Shepherd Parish Metropolitan Community Church

Human Rights Campaign

The Lithuanian Ethnic Church Romuva of Chicago

The Marin Foundation

New Garden Community Church (UUA)

Peoples Church of Chicago (UCC/UUA)

Pilgrim Congregational Church - Oak Park

Resources Unlimited Foundation

The Sanctuary Fellowship

Second Unitarian Church

St. Paul’s United Church of Christ

St. Peter's Episcopal Church

Third Unitarian Church

Unitarian Universalist Association

University Church

Wellington Avenue United Church of Christ

This Event is FREE to the public!

At The Chicago Cultural Center, 78 E Washington Street.

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Event type: Religous, Seminar, Lifestyle, Education

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