Tutu endorses Palestinian for Nobel prize
Archbishop Desmond Tutu in early June endorsed the nomination of Palestinian political prisoner, Marwan Barghouthi, for the Nobel Peace Prize, according to the Anglican Communion News Service. Tutu joined seven other laureates in saying the nomination “is a reflection of our belief that freedom was the only path to peace. … I hope the Nobel Committee will take a bold decision bringing us closer to the day this holy land, charged with unique symbolic value, can stop being a living testimony of injustice and impunity, occupation and apartheid, and can finally be a beacon of freedom, hope and peace.” Tutu was a key player in the fight against apartheid in South Africa and was also the first black South African Archbishop of Cape Town and primate of the Anglican Church of Southern Africa.
Christian rocker comes out as gay Trey Pearson, 35, married father of two and leader of the Christian rock band Everyday Sunday, came out as gay in June. Raised in a conservative Christian home, Pearson said he was taught sexual orientation was a matter of choice. Now he thinks otherwise: “This is a part of me I have come to be able to accept, and now it is a part of me that you know as well,” he wrote in a letter addressed to his fans. “I trust God to help love do the rest.”
Reader call: Pets and faith For an article in an upcoming issue of Living Lutheran, we want to know: How has your pet influenced your faith? Submit your 300 words (or less) to Erin Strybis (
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Correction S.O.A.P. stands for Saving Our Adolescents from Prostitution (June, page 30). S.O.A.P. was founded by Theresa L. Flores.
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