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UrbScotty

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Tue Jun 18, 2013, 11:12 AM Jun 2013

Syracuse Catholic parish hosts Gay Pride prayer service

For the first time in the history of the Catholic Church in Syracuse, a member parish has hosted a Gay Pride prayer service. Tuesday evening, dozens of people of all different faiths gathered at All Saints Church on Lancaster Place on the city's east side. The prayer service was billed as a celebration of gay people and a recognition of the ongoing struggle for equality. All Saints Pastor Father Fred Daley said, "Our mission is to be open and welcoming to all people. I think that often religion of all types lose focus on that and can instead become instruments of isolation and segregation. We are trying to be sure to do our best to stop that at All Saints."


http://www.cnycentral.com/news/story.aspx?id=908607#.UcB4JNgmYSY
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Syracuse Catholic parish hosts Gay Pride prayer service (Original Post) UrbScotty Jun 2013 OP
Baby hedgehog went to that parish when she was in college! hedgehog Jun 2013 #1
Good for them! IrishAyes Jun 2013 #2

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