{"id":1188,"date":"2011-06-19T23:56:37","date_gmt":"2011-06-20T03:56:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/yearofsundays\/?p=1188"},"modified":"2011-06-19T23:56:37","modified_gmt":"2011-06-20T03:56:37","slug":"taking-pride-in-metropolitan-community-church","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/yearofsundays\/2011\/06\/taking-pride-in-metropolitan-community-church.html","title":{"rendered":"Taking Pride in Metropolitan Community Church"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1189\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/yearofsundays\/2011\/06\/taking-pride-in-metropolitan-community-church.html\/church-exterior-2\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1189\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/235\/2011\/06\/Church-Exterior-450x299.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"299\" \/><\/a>By Joel Gunz<\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t think it&#8217;s any coincidence that in Portland, Father&#8217;s Day coincides with its annual <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pridenw.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Pride Festival<\/a>, which celebrates our local lesbian\/gay\/bisexual\/transexual\/queer (LGBTQ) community with a parade, live entertainment and more. It&#8217;s kind of a big deal around here. Amanda and I decided to celebrate our own way by dropping by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mccportland.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Metropolitan Community Church<\/a>, which describes itself as &#8220;a progressive community of faith welcoming all people, with special outreach to the gay, lesbian bisexual and transgender communities.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Well, what do you think of that? Don&#8217;t answer. You might want to get our insider story first. Stop back in a couple of days.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Joel Gunz I don&#8217;t think it&#8217;s any coincidence that in Portland, Father&#8217;s Day coincides with its annual Pride Festival, which celebrates our local lesbian\/gay\/bisexual\/transexual\/queer (LGBTQ) community with a parade, live entertainment and more. It&#8217;s kind of a big deal around here. 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