Posted: Mar 14, 2021 4:46 PM CT | Last Updated: March 16
Attendees were given a performance from the drag queen Katy Hairy at Sunday s rally outside Victory Church.(Bryan Eneas/CBC)
Members of the LGBTQ community hosted a rally outside of Victory Church in Regina to express love and support in the wake of a controversial sermon delivered last week.
Organizers say the rally was hosted, in part, to show support for younger members of the LGBTQ community, particularly those who may be caught in situations where the religious views of others prevented them from expressing themselves. Over the past week our community was discriminated against and today s just to really bring everybody together, said organizer Terry Van Mackelberg, who is also the drag queen Flo Mingo.
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Carla Blakley has seen the hurt that can happen when 2SLGBTQ youth aren’t accepted for who they are.
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Blakley, a Lutheran pastor in Regina for more than 20 years and a former co-chair of Camp fYrefly for 10 years, said she continues to hear stories from youth about backlash from their families, including being told that they’re wrong or that God doesn’t love them.
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Carla Blakley has seen the hurt that can happen when 2SLGBTQ youth aren’t accepted for who they are.
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Try refreshing your browser, or Human rights complaint filed against Regina preacher after hate-filled sermon Back to video
Blakley, a Lutheran pastor in Regina for more than 20 years and a former co-chair of Camp fYrefly for 10 years, said she continues to hear stories from youth about backlash from their families, including being told that they’re wrong or that God doesn’t love them.
REGINA Regina residents and local businesses are reacting with a show of support for LGBTQ2S+ people after a pastor’s message was called homophobic by some community members. On Sunday, Pastor Terry Murphy gave a sermon at Regina Victory Church that has since been condemned by many in the community. The sermon was livestreamed on Facebook. Murphy’s sermon compared members of the LGBTQ2S+ community to pedophiles and expressed the belief that sex should only occur “between a man and a woman.” Terry Van Mackelberg said he will be submitting a complaint to the Saskatchewan Human Rights Commission.