Welcome to DU!
The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards.
Join the community:
Create a free account
Support DU (and get rid of ads!):
Become a Star Member
All Forums
Issue Forums
Culture Forums
Alliance Forums
Region Forums
Support Forums
Help & Search
Religion
Related: About this forumFamily: Church in Lakewood stops woman's funeral because she was gay
Vanessa Collier (Photo via 7News)
By Jesse Paul
The Denver Post
Posted: 01/13/2015 01:57:16 PM MST
Updated: 01/14/2015 01:59:50 PM MST
LAKEWOOD Hundreds of Vanessa Collier's friends and family gathered Saturday at New Hope Ministries, sitting before an open casket that held the woman they loved, when suddenly the minister overseeing her funeral stopped the service.
The memorial could not continue, Pastor Ray Chavez said, as long as pictures of Collier with the love of her life, the spouse she shared two children with, were to be displayed.
Chavez said there could be no images of Collier with her wife, Christina. There could be no indication that Collier was gay.
Outraged, those who loved Collier, 33, picked up programs, flowers and eventually the dead woman's casket itself, moving the service to a mortuary that thankfully, they say happened to be across the street.
(l-r) Cheyenne Poorbear, Samantha Getman and Victoria Quintana display photographs of Vanessa Collier and her partner, Christina Higley, during a rally outside New Hope Ministries in Lakewood, CO January 13. (Craig F. Walker, The Denver Post)
http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_27312180/family-lakewood-church-refuses-funeral-service-because-woman
I hope she received more love in her life than she did in her death.
InfoView thread info, including edit history
TrashPut this thread in your Trash Can (My DU » Trash Can)
BookmarkAdd this thread to your Bookmarks (My DU » Bookmarks)
7 replies, 1150 views
ShareGet links to this post and/or share on social media
AlertAlert this post for a rule violation
PowersThere are no powers you can use on this post
EditCannot edit other people's posts
ReplyReply to this post
EditCannot edit other people's posts
Rec (5)
ReplyReply to this post
7 replies
= new reply since forum marked as read
Highlight:
NoneDon't highlight anything
5 newestHighlight 5 most recent replies
Family: Church in Lakewood stops woman's funeral because she was gay (Original Post)
rug
Jan 2015
OP
merrily
(45,251 posts)1. Vile, vile, vile.
Dont call me Shirley
(10,998 posts)2. Church has been renamed to Old Hate Ministries
Vanessa
shenmue
(38,502 posts)3. Good Lord
hrmjustin
(71,265 posts)4. Totally unchristian imo.
Not very Christ like all.
TreasonousBastard
(43,049 posts)6. Central to Christianity...
(my version, anyway) is the concept of forgiveness. Even if you believe, wrongly, homosexuality is a sin, it is the kind of sin that can be forgiven, especially in death.
Even if you believe in a specific God, what monumental ego do you have to assume to speak for that God, and know what he thinks about who you are sleeping with?
The God of Love, except...
cbayer
(146,218 posts)7. What a horrible man. I am glad she had family and friends who got her out of there.