If you read with rapture my Urban Explorer column about the Family Impact Summit last month — where Christian fundamentalists headed workshops like “The Homosexual Agenda†— you might be interested in a more tolerant (and some would say, sane) event celebrating the relationship between religion and gays, lesbians and transgender people.
“Faith and Fairness: A Celebration of Faith and Diversity†is a daylong event sponsored by the Human Rights Campaign, Equality Florida and over 40 congregations.
From noon to 9 p.m. participants can expect speakers from various church’s and theology institutes along with workshops that challenge the religious right’s interpretations of the Bible and homosexuality. St. Petersburg’s Trinity United Church of Christ, 1150 49th St. N., hosts the event.
For more information or to register, visit celebrationfd.com or call 727-321-1088
This article appears in Oct 31 – Nov 6, 2007.