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For A Loving, Inclusive Community (a.k.a. Walking the Talk)

February 26, 2010

No HatePosted by Wallace+

This week, I write to you from the Consortium of Endowed Episcopal Parishes in Austin, Texas. Yet, the news is not here, but it's in Richmond, Virginia. As you have no doubt heard, a group devoted to hate -- of the LGBT community, those of the Jewish faith, and so many others -- has decided to come to Richmond on Tuesday, March 2.

They claim their hatred is rooted in God, but it is no such thing. And as it is St. Paul's mission to proclaim Christ in the heart of the city, it is our responsibility to proclaim Christ's gospel of all-consuming, all-powerful love for all of God's people. As the Executive Director of the Virginia Holocaust Museum, Jay Ipson, put it: It's not about hating our neighbors; it's about loving our neighbors.

Your clergy and a number of lay leaders plan to attend the anti-hate rally at 1:30 p.m. on Tuesday at the VCU Commons that is supported by the Virginia Center for Inclusive Communities. I invite all of you who are downtown or who can get downtown to please join us in this affirmation that God -- by whatever name we give our God -- is about love and compassion.

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