tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21098869.post7750614627705937897..comments2024-03-28T13:48:12.219+00:00Comments on Alan in Belfast: Listen back to Roger Trigg, Colin Harvey and Michael Wardlow speaking on Equality, Freedom and Religion at PCI's second Church in the Public Square conferenceAlan in Belfast (Alan Meban)http://www.blogger.com/profile/04647690758839987063noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21098869.post-4624637129248730302014-11-08T09:29:02.833+00:002014-11-08T09:29:02.833+00:00Thank you for that response Alan.
I find it some...Thank you for that response Alan. <br /><br />I find it somewhat duplicitous therefore that they should issue a statement on the Ashers and wider LGBT issues citing this conference when, to the best of my knowledge, the PCI has yet to reach out to LGBT members within their midst.Stephen Glennhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03027718551675624433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21098869.post-79609538951755031922014-11-08T08:33:28.486+00:002014-11-08T08:33:28.486+00:00Stephen - as you'll detect from the commentary...Stephen - as you'll detect from the commentary and audio above, there was no particular emphasis on LGBT equality, but instead a higher-level look across equality and human rights based exclusively on the remarks by three speakers, an interview with the speakers and Q&A after some discussion at tables.<br /><br />LGBT and Ashers were mentioned briefly in Michael Wardlow's presentation (slides above) and he was asked about it in the interview afterwards - but due to where the complaint had got to in the EC process he wasn't able to go into any details.<br /><br />But the emphasis of the event was convincing PCI that "human rights" and "equality" weren't words they needed to run away from and were Biblical concepts that they should pursue on behalf of all communities (including their own) ... rather than opening up any particular aspect of equality or discrimination.Alan in Belfast (Alan Meban)https://www.blogger.com/profile/04647690758839987063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21098869.post-49501882191656488062014-11-07T22:17:16.197+00:002014-11-07T22:17:16.197+00:00I see that the PCI are using this conference in th...I see that the PCI are using this conference in their press release about Ashers yesterday as an example of how they want to encourage thoughtful, gracious and rigorous discussion about how Biblical faith should relate to equality legislation.<br /><br />As you were there, Alan, can you advise me if any LGBT Presbyterians had any input into the discussion? If the PCI made any comments about the inactivity of fulfilling the obligation of the pastoral guidelines on same-sex attraction?<br /><br />As you not in this blog there is a long way to go in the PCI using the right language, but they also appear to have a long way to go to meet the recommendations of their own Board of Social Witness.Stephen Glennhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03027718551675624433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21098869.post-43994325232668591392014-10-09T22:40:35.448+01:002014-10-09T22:40:35.448+01:00So the slide with 'The church in unequal times...So the slide with 'The church in unequal times' has a picture of a woman holding the scales of justice, yet all of the speakers at this conference on human rights and equality were men? The medium is the message...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com