What Would Your Pride Tract Say?

By Chad Crawford • Jun 27th, 2009 • Category: engaging

Warning: Photo contains offensive hand gesture. Parental guidance suggested.

christiansprideThis weekend is Pride in San Francisco, one of the largest Pride events in the world. Over a million people are expected to attend the main event on Sunday morning, June 28. All weekend there are events held literally out my front door. Not just the GLBT community and allies will be there. Every year, there are Christian protesters and street evangelists there as well. Some quietly hand out tracts. Others wield 10-foot signs and shout hate through bullhorns. In retaliation, some Pride-goers return the favor with insults and hand gestures. It makes me want to yell things at the evangelists myself. It’s never a good experience.

Earlier today, as I was walking home, I sent out a tweet:

I might make some tracts to hand out to street evangelists at Pride. What should they say?

Zach Roberts responded with this reply using the #pridetracts hashtag:

@chadcrawford “If God loves you, He can love anybody!” #pridetracts

So if you were to write a Pride tract for me to hand out to street evangelists at a Pride event, what would yours say? Tweet it or just put it down there in the comments.

It doesn’t actually have to be before Sunday morning…there’s always next year.

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Chad Crawford is a graduate of the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor and Wake Forest University Divinity School. He is originally from Austin, Texas and now lives in San Francisco, where he is the online communications manager for Interfaith Power & Light, a nonprofit organization mobilizing a religious response to global warming. He's a former youth minister and long distance hiker sharing thoughts on ecology, politics, culture, and faith. Follow Chad on Twitter | Chad on Facebook
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4 Responses »

  1. Jo Ann W. Goodson on June 27th, 2009 at 8:13 pm:

    I would say to the evangelists: In my opinion your thinking is very foreign to the way I see Jesus. God made people the way they are and loves us all. We too should love everyone and though I think you are wrong, that is your right, but I ask you to extend the love YOU expect to all those around you whether alike or different from you.

  2. Kevin Matthews on June 29th, 2009 at 9:45 am:

    I grieve for you Jonathan my brother; you were very dear to me. Your love for me was wonderful. More wonderful than that of women. (2 Samuel 2:26)

    Just happened to be in the Revised Common Lectionary reading for Sunday.

  3. Ellen on July 8th, 2009 at 12:24 pm:

    I’d be inclined to respond like these folks: http://godhatesfigs.net/?page_id=12

    Probably too subtle, though.

  4. Chad Crawford on July 9th, 2009 at 8:16 am:

    @Ellen…I haven’t seen that one! I saw the God hates shrimp website a while ago, but yours is way better.

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