MIXED BLESSINGS: From the Houston Press

...Dean will exchange vows with Kelly Gilbert, her partner of nine years, in a ceremony that will include an estimated 100 same-sex couples at Resurrection Metropolitan Church on Saturday, February 12. The event, part of National Freedom to Marry Day, is being touted as the largest same-sex wedding ceremony in the state, despite the fact that the unions aren't legal under the Texas Family Code.

Jerry Simoneaux of the Foundation for Family and Marriage Equality, the local group coordinating the event, says participants will show that "there isn't one single answer in religion to the question of same-sex marriage. And they'll be there to show that their marriages are real and are supported and recognized by their friends, family and faith. Only the state of Texas refuses to give them that same dignity." ...

The wedding ceremony will kick off Freedom to Marry Week, which runs though February 19. Coincidentally, the Christian-based Focus on the Family Foundation will host the "Love Won Out" conference at Grace Community Church in Clear Lake on February 19. The conference's theme is that "homosexuality is preventable and treatable -- a message routinely silenced today," according to the group's promotional materials. To promote the event, some 15 billboards featuring beaming, fresh-faced men and women with the tagline "I Questioned Homosexuality" have greeted drivers.

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