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Today outside of City Hall, the Rev. Jim CastroLang will read a proclamation from local clergy supporting gay marriage. "Today, I stand with 18 area religious leaders along with citizens and elected officials from the many neighborhoods of our city, who say to the Spokane City Council: vote yes for the Marriage Equality Resolution”, CastroLang said in a press release.
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In response to the city council’s decision to table the issue of same-sex marriage in Spokane, a group of activists have organized a flash mob kiss-in at Riverpark Square this weekend.
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To show support for same-sex marriage about 10 couples scattered around River Park Square on Sunday for a flash mob kiss-in.
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Many churches are struggling to figure out this whole Internet thing. Does a church need a website? What should be on it? What about Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, YouTube, Pinterest?
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Tonight SpokaneFAVS editor Tracy Simmons will lead a workshop, “Advancing your church in the D...
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Soon after the state legislature legalized same-sex marriage the effort to repeal that law began, and it now appears we will be voting in November on whether or not the State of Washington will recognize such marriages. Though the signatures on the initiative petition repealing that law have not yet been fully certified, supporters of repeal are confident they have garnered far more than enough valid signatures to qualify for the ballot.
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On Tuesday a lawsuit was filed challenging Pastor Mark Hamilton’s candidacy for Spokane City Council.
Attorney Frank Malone is disputing Hamilton’s residency, claiming he has not lived inside the Spokane city limits long enough to run for office.
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The best weddings I’ve been at (either as a participant or a guest) were worship services in which a...
There is another whole story about this man. I am a Christian Pastor and I am more upset by his eth...
I don’t think it’s ever ok for a preacher to speak about politics. Much of our world’s trouble has...
I feel like people are often far more concerned about the wedding day than everything (the marriage!...
A fine answer, Rev! Babies can be a sex-killer for a lot of reasons: pain being chief among them....
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