GLBT DAY AT CORNERSTONE CHURCH

Fifty GLBT activists, organized under the auspices of Soulforce and Atticus Circle, attended services at anti-gay pastor John Hagee’s Cornerstone Church in San Antonio on June 28. The action was the first of many planned to take place across the country as part of Soulforce’s Sundays of Solidarity.Those who attended the services and the meeting afterward tell QSanAntonio that the atmosphere at the church was cordial and polite. No special mention was made during the service of the GLBT attendees. After the service, the group was escorted into a side chapel where they were offered light refreshments and interacted with Cornerstone members.Pastor Hagee briefly welcomed the group before he and his wife took a private meeting with Jeff Lutes, executive director of Soulforce and Jodie Eldridge, executive director of Atticus Circle.Writer Toby Johnson told QSanAntonio that while the conversations with Cornerstone members were friendly and respectful, it was clear that Hagee’s followers were firm in their belief in scriptures which say homosexuality is wrong.
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