St. George, Utah did not have a large public Pride festival before 2016. Previously, Pride was held as a small private gathering in Springdale. In 2016, two local high school students were distraught after the Pulse Nightclub shooting and wanted to celebrate Pride locally. LGBTQ+ folks and allies put together an event in the space of about 10 days. This photo is of the setup before 500 people arrived to celebrate Pride in Vernon Worthen Park in June 2016.
This is a blessing To remind you With strength and gentleness That your body is a temple Whole and beautiful Worthy and unique. You need no special documentation To inhabit it Or possess it Because it is entirely yours Sanctified by a God Who knows your pronouns Whose gender is reflected in you Who loves the people you love. This God sees your temple body As sacred and holy. Misunderstanding men may claim that A misunderstanding God Has a different arrangement, strange rules. But God never left your temple And is with you Affirming you All along the way. Amen.
Nancy Ross is an art history professor by day and a sociologist of religion by night. She lives in St. George, Utah with her husband and two daughters and co-hosts the Faith Transitions podcast.
Flattery.
This is beautiful and a blessing to me to read as a straight person in how perfectly it affirms all that I have longed to hear about who God is.
Agree..a blessing to read and affirm who I think God really is.
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Amen
thank you thank you, beautiful and true, amen