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Related: About this forumChristian Group Shows Up To Chicago Gay Pride Holding Apologetic Signs
Since seeing this photo, a friend of mine had introduced me to more of the story. A man, by the name of Nathan, is the one you see above hugging the gay guy in his underwear, or Tristan rather. Well, Nathan wrote a blog about this day and this moment and what his and his fellow church-goers had done. Here is what he had to say:
I hugged a man in his underwear. I think Jesus would have too.
http://www.practikel.com/2012/01/27/christian-group-shows-up-to-chicago-gay-pride-holding-apologetic-signs/
madrchsod
(58,162 posts)Hestia
(3,818 posts)It is the most that anyone can hope or ask for. Wonderful
roguevalley
(40,656 posts)think
(11,641 posts)tk2kewl
(18,133 posts)darkstar3
(8,763 posts)These people know they need to make their voices heard, rather than whining about how the right-wing jackasses get all the media time.
skepticscott
(13,029 posts)these people cannot apologize for all Christians if (as some people here harp on almost every day) they cannot be held to blame for the behavior of all Christians. Apologies are nice, for a start, but I'll wait to see them denouncing their fellow Christians bigotry and discrimination at every turn, and using their (supposedly) far superior numbers at the voting booth to keep religious right homophobes out of public office. Right now, everyone who matters in the Republican party is against gay rights, and they didn't get where they are by accident, or overnight.
roguevalley
(40,656 posts)for all Christians and religious. Go on any thread. Now when someone turns out to do what Jesus actually taught its not enough? So you can't win if you believe. You are responsible as everyone else if you believe and if you do the right thing it will never be enough. amazing.
EvolveOrConvolve
(6,452 posts)Technically, it should be "apology signs" rather than "apologetic signs". Apologetics is completely different from apologies.
Beyond that, good for them! This needs to happen more, even if only so members of the more rabid christian denominations see that loving tolerance and faith are possible at the same time.
cleanhippie
(19,705 posts)Just wasn't gonna let sloppy reporting get in the way of something good.
muriel_volestrangler
(101,321 posts)so, when they want to describe the sign, they call it 'apologetic'. I've never seen the noun used in the singular in modern speech. Yes, in English, you can use nouns to stand in as adjectives, so they could have say "apology signs", but it can be awkward - like "Democrat Party", for instance.