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News and commentary about the anti-gay lobbyJuly 30th, 2011
TODAY’S AGENDA (OURS):
Oral Roberts’s Grandson To Speak At Inclusion Conference: Chicago, IL. The Bishop Pearson Inclusion Conference has been going on in Chicago since Thursday, but I only learned about it late last night. I wish I had known earlier. Today, the conference will feature Randy Roberts Potts, the openly gay grandson of the late Oral Roberts. He tried to convince himself he was bisexual, and was married for eleven years. He finally decided to stop living a lie, and he and his wife divorced amicably in 2006. He’s been out since then, but unreconciled with his family. He hasn’t spoken with his parents in ten years. “There’s just no middle ground,” Potts said. “I’m not going to stop being out.” He did however reconcile with his famous grandfather before he died in 2009 at age 91. According to Gay Chicago News:
In a touching video he made for the It Gets Better Project, Potts reads a letter he wrote to his late uncle, Ronnie Roberts, who committed suicide in 1982 at age 37, just six months after he also came out as gay. Through the video, recent speaking engagements, a planned book and play about his experiences, Potts is on a mission to tell the world it’s OK to be gay.
Also speaking at the conference (if they haven’t spoken already) are retired Episcopal Bishop John Shelby Spong, Agape International’s Rev. Michael Beckwith, Pentecostal preacher D.E. Paulk, and Methodist minister Chad Holtz. The conference is taking place at the Sheraton Chicago Hotel & Towers on 301 E North Water St. The conference continues through Sunday.
Pride Celebrations This Weekend: Belfast, Northern Ireland; Braunschweig, Germany; Frankfurt, Germany; Harrisburg, PA; Norwich, UK; Nottingham, UK; Pittsburgh, PA (Black Pride); Raleigh/Durham, NC (Black Pride); Vancouver, BC.
Also This Weekend: Diverse/Cité, Montréal, QC; Up Your Alley, San Francisco, CA.
TODAY’S AGENDA (THEIRS):
Western Conservative Summit: Denver CO. The weekend gathering of the Western Conservative Summit continues today at the Centennial Institute at Colorado Christian University in Lakeland. Last night, former Senator Rick Santorum and Texas governor Rick Perry gave keynote addresses just before a Young Conservatives Late-Night which began at 9:00. Those party animals! Today’s sessions consist of talks by Tucker Carlson, Juan Williams, John Bolton, Dennis Prager, and Mark Steyn. Pat Caddell, a Fox News contributor, will give a talk on “Understanding the Culture War.” They will be streaming all the talks live here.
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octobercountry
July 30th, 2011
Here’s a great video—well worth setting aside the time to watch—of Randy speaking at the All Souls Unitarian Church a couple of weeks ago:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9uYWf2WfPH8&
Ben in Atlanta
July 30th, 2011
We had a Rally for Inclusion here in Atlanta last month. Carlton Pearson and D.E. Paulk teamed up with our David Ault. It was a party.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=incJFeiFW0c
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