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Sun, July 3, 2022 | 08:30
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'Gays are also God's creation'
성소수자·기독교단체 "성소수자 차별 멈춰야"
Posted : 2013-11-03 16:36
Updated : 2013-11-03 16:36
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Sexual minority Christians and their supporters from Korea and 11 countries, including Canada, Denmark and South Africa, stage a rally at Gwanghwamun Plaza in downtown Seoul, Sunday, protesting discrimination against homosexuals and lesbians, following the 10th Assembly of the World Council of Churches held in Busan last week.  / Yonhap
Sexual minority Christians and their supporters from Korea and 11 countries, including Canada, Denmark and South Africa, stage a rally at Gwanghwamun Plaza in downtown Seoul, Sunday, protesting discrimination against homosexuals and lesbians, following the 10th Assembly of the World Council of Churches held in Busan last week. / Yonhap

By Kim Jae-won

Gay Christians and their supporters staged a rally Sunday to protest discrimination against sexual minorities, in particular from conservative Protestant groups here.

A group of gay rights advocates from international Christian organizations, including the European Forum of LGBT Christian Groups based in Paris, the Metropolitan Community Church from New York and the United Church of Canada, joined the rally at Gwanghwamun Plaza in downtown Seoul.

LGBT is an acronym that stands for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender.

Their gathering coincided with the 10th Assembly of the World Council of Churches which was held last week in Busan.

"We profess the dignity of every person created in the image of God, and we also profess with faith that the sexual orientation and gender identity and expression of each individual are a part of creation," the group said in a statement.

The group also urged conservative Christians to stop discriminating against them, claiming that this is against the teaching of Jesus Christ.

"We underscore once again that the violent bigotry against sexual minorities in the name of Christianity fully contradicts the Christian mandate to love thy neighbor. We declare as follows as we unite and pray together so that this social abuse in Korean society will be ended."

The group also asked the Korean government to set up a law to protect sexual minorities from abuse.

It claimed that any type of discrimination against sexual orientation, gender identity and expression must be prohibited so that equal rights are never violated.



성소수자·기독교단체 "성소수자 차별 멈춰야"

성소수자 및 기독교 단체로 구성된 '세계교회협의회(WCC) 제10차 총회 맞이 성소수자 그리스도인 만남 준비단'은 3일 서울 광화문광장에서 기자회견을 열어 '성소수자에 대한 차별을 멈춰야 한다'고 강조했다.

이들은 '한국 사회에서 성적 지향과 성별 정체성을 이유로 폭력, 괴롭힘, 낙인 등이 빈번하게 일어난다'라며 '특히 종교의 이름으로 자행하는 성소수자에 대한 혐오는 기독교의 오랜 전통인 '이웃사랑'과 전면적으로 배치되는 것'이라고 말했다.

단체는 '성소수자에 대한 차별은 모든 사람의 존엄성과 예수 그리스도의 공평한 은총을 한결같이 강조해온 WCC의 정신도 훼손한다'고 주장했다. 지난 30일 부산 벡스코에서 개막한 WCC 제10차 총회는 오는 8일까지 열린다.



이어 '한국 교회는 각 교회 공동체에 속한 성소수자를 편견 없이 맞이하고, 한국 정부는 성적 지향이나 성별 정체성을 이유로 평등권이 침해받지 않도록 차별금지를 법제화하라'고 촉구했다.

이날 기자회견에는 미국, 캐나다, 인도네시아, 남아프리카공화국, 우간다 등지에서 온 성소수자 및 기독교인 20여명도 참여했다.

 
 
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