Post by Logan on Apr 25, 2016 0:30:04 GMT -6
Opponents of HB2 gather in Charlotte church to call for repeal
Nearly 400 people opposed to North Carolina’s House Bill 2 packed Myers Park Baptist Church on Sunday night to sing, pray, light candles, listen to a rousing sermon and contribute money to support the legal battle to throw out the controversial law.
The interfaith event was organized by about 40 liberal clergy who have decried the N.C. General Assembly decision to override a Charlotte city ordinance that would have extended anti-discrimination protections to the LGBT community and would have allowed transgender persons to use the bathroom of their gender identity.
The agenda included a blessing of Charlotte Mayor Jennifer Roberts, members of the City Council, and Mecklenburg County officials.
Members of various religions lit candles as symbols of the light of their faiths. And as the collection plate was passed around to help pay for a lawsuit filed against the law by the ACLU, the congregation sang “This little light of mine, I’m gonna let it shine.”
Read more here: www.charlotteobserver.com/living/religion/article73693517.html
Nearly 400 people opposed to North Carolina’s House Bill 2 packed Myers Park Baptist Church on Sunday night to sing, pray, light candles, listen to a rousing sermon and contribute money to support the legal battle to throw out the controversial law.
The interfaith event was organized by about 40 liberal clergy who have decried the N.C. General Assembly decision to override a Charlotte city ordinance that would have extended anti-discrimination protections to the LGBT community and would have allowed transgender persons to use the bathroom of their gender identity.
The agenda included a blessing of Charlotte Mayor Jennifer Roberts, members of the City Council, and Mecklenburg County officials.
Members of various religions lit candles as symbols of the light of their faiths. And as the collection plate was passed around to help pay for a lawsuit filed against the law by the ACLU, the congregation sang “This little light of mine, I’m gonna let it shine.”
Read more here: www.charlotteobserver.com/living/religion/article73693517.html