Not all Baptist's are hate mongers.

[Sean Reynolds]

Did you know the First Baptist Church of Salt Lake City holds the Utah Pride Interfaith this June during Pride Week? That's where GLBT or even straight people gather at the local Baptist Church and have an Interfaith Service.

I don't think that would fly in the south, do you?

In past years the following churches have hosted the event in Salt Lake City:

Wasatch Presbyterian Church
The Synagogue of Congregation Kol Ami
Cathedral Church of St. Mark

Pretty cool stuff.

[demosincebirth]

1. Many mainline churches have

that a couple times a year. Mainly at our local Mission (St. Joseph)

[Left Is Write]

2. The American Baptist Church, in my experience, is pretty

moderate to liberal, depending on the congregation.

[last_texas_dem]

3. That's good news

Down here about the only Baptists I run into (and there are tons of them) go to churches that are either part of the Southern Baptist Convention or basically hold their views. I figured it had to get at least a little better outside of the "Bible Belt" so that's cool to hear.

[moobu2]

4. I was very surprised

a few weeks ago when I accidentally ended up on a South Carolina Baptist church website. The website said they welcomed everyone regardless of sexual orientation, that everyone was welcome.

Who would have ever known with all the hateful divisive speech you normally hear from Baptist preacher folks.