{"id":551,"date":"2014-07-07T09:16:00","date_gmt":"2014-07-07T09:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/rhetoricraceandreligion\/2014\/07\/pastoral-care-of-the-queer-person-questions-for-the-synod.html"},"modified":"2014-07-07T09:16:00","modified_gmt":"2014-07-07T09:16:00","slug":"pastoral-care-of-the-queer-person-questions-for-the-synod","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/rhetoricraceandreligion\/2014\/07\/pastoral-care-of-the-queer-person-questions-for-the-synod.html","title":{"rendered":"Pastoral Care of the Queer Person: Questions for the Synod"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>
San Francisco\u2019s Archbishop Cordileone was met with strong opposition to his participation in the recent March for Marriage. In response he\u00a0wrote a letter<\/a>\u00a0stating, \u201cPlease do not make judgments based on stereotypes, media images, and comments taken out of context. Rather, get to know us first as fellow human beings.\u201d<\/span><\/div>\n
The question must be asked, are we as a Church getting to know our LGBTQ brothers and sisters, or do we make judgments based on stereotypes and media images?<\/span><\/div>\n
The media often paint an image of the LGBTQ community by showing radical and flamboyant images from gay pride parades, but does that truly reflect the reality of this population?<\/span><\/div>\n
The research paints a very different image than the media. It\u2019s not an image of parties and parades; rather it shows a marginalized population disproportionately experiencing homelessness and abuse. It has become common knowledge among homeless social service providers that\u00a0as many as 40 percent<\/a>\u00a0of the homeless youth population identifies as LGBTQ. According to a\u00a0Center for American Progress report<\/a>, \u201cLGBTQ youth continue to be disproportionately represented among homeless youth in our country, and their experiences of homelessness continue to be characterized by violence, discrimination, poor health, and unmet needs.\u201d<\/span><\/div>\n
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San Francisco\u2019s Archbishop Cordileone was met with strong opposition to his participation in the recent March for Marriage. In response he\u00a0wrote a letter\u00a0stating, \u201cPlease do not make judgments based on stereotypes, media images, and comments taken out of context. Rather, get to know us first as fellow human beings.\u201d The question must be asked, are […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-551","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\nPastoral Care of the Queer Person: Questions for the Synod<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"San Francisco's Archbishop Cordileone was met with strong opposition to his participation in the recent March for Marriage. 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