Dear Supporter,
Please forward to your lists and congregations:
Transgender Remembrance, Oaxaca, Peace Conference
People of Faith CT e-newsletter
Friday, Nov. 17, 2006
CONTENTS
Queer Rights
1. 5th Annual Transgender Day of Remembrance, 11/20, Hartford
2. "Disordered" Roman Catholic Hierarchy, Commentary
Mexico
3. Oaxaca Solidarity Action, 11/20, New Haven
Middle East Peace
4. Register for 2nd Annual Tree of Life Conference, 12/3, Old Lyme
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1.
Queer Rights
5th Annual Transgender Day of Remembrance
Candlelight Vigil in Honor and Remembrance of
Transgender Victims of Hate Crimes in 2006
Monday, Nov. 20
6:00 PM Pre-Vigil, Hartford City Hall Steps, 550 Main Street
7:15 PM Vigil, Good Shepherd Episcopal Church,
155 Wyllys St, Hartford
Info: info@transadvocacy.com or (860) 983-8139
Download flyer:
http://www.faithCT.org/dor11202006.pdf
Sponsored by:
City of Hartford Commission on LGBT Issues,
Connecticut Outreach Society
Connecticut TransAdvocacy Coalition
Connecticut Women’s Education and Legal Fund
Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network Connecticut
GLBT Task Force of the Connecticut Psychological Association
The Hartford Catholic Worker
Love Makes a Family
Metropolitan Community Church of Hartford
Parents Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays, Hartford
People of Faith CT
Planned Parenthood of CT
Sylvia’s S.T.A.R. Hartford
True Colors Sexual Minority Youth and Family Services of CT
Twenty Club
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2.
"Disordered" Roman Catholic Hierarchy
Commentary
[Ed. note:
On Tuesday, Nov. 14, the US Catholic Bishops issued a document
on "pastoral ministry" to gay people that reiterated the falsehood
that homosexuality is an "objective disorder."]
"Disordered" is Pope John Paul's covering for a Mexican bishop
who systematically abused boys for decades,
"Disordered" is the present pope who kept the same bishop
in the church instead of kicking him out,
"Disordered" are the priests, bishops and cardinals who refused
to deal with worldwide clergy sexual abuse
until the price tag became too high to ignore,
"Disordered" who to this day, in a lack of christian charity,
refuse to say "I am sorry,"
"Disordered" is a church (us) who have had to shell out
over a billion dollars and climbing in damages to victims,
"Disordered" is the damage done to the church so that the mostly
Catholic country of Ireland has only one seminary left open,
"Disordered" is the past Archbishop of Hartford
who refused to let St Patrick-Saint Anthony's
house a soup kitchen because it would take away
from the value of the church property.
That one is my favorite. True Christ-like behavior.
-- Frank Gagliardi
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3.
Mexico
Oaxaca Solidarity Action
Monday, Nov 20
4:00 -- 6:30 PM
Corner of Grand and Ferry Street, Fairhaven, New Haven
Emergency Action in Solidarity with
our brave brothers and sisters in Oaxaca, Mexico
This action is in response to the Global Day of Solidarity
called by the Zapatista Movement and the Other Campaign
in support of the people of Oaxaca.
A General Strike has been called in Mexico
and many actions will be taking place in cities throughout the U.S.
These are are the demands of The Popular Assemblies of the People of Oaxaca:
1) Resignation of Ulises Ortiz and all other PRI officials in Oaxaca
2) Freedom to the political prisoners of Oaxaca and Atenco
3) Removal of the Federal Preventive Police and the army from Oaxaca
4) Return of all the disappeared
Sponsored by
Nov 20 Ad-Hoc Committee
Info: kiskaro@gmail.com
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4.
Middle East Peace
Register for 2nd Annual Tree of Life Conference
1:30 -- 8:30 PM
Sunday, December 3
First Congregational Church of Old Lyme
2 Ferry Road, Old Lyme, CT
Register on line:
http://www.fccol.org
or 860-434-8686.
$25 registration includes dinner.
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