A Night to Network...

Last night began on the rooftop of the Loews Hotel for Dining Out Magazine's Summer Issue Release Celebration at the Loews Hotel on the Terrace. Afterwards we convened in the lobby for a special performance by Ben Deignan who sang some originals as well as covers by Bobby Brown, Maroon 5.  In this photo (above), master tailor Matthew Weaver, hair enthusiasts Brandon Thompson and Monty.                                                                      

 

 Rameses Frederick, Founder of Urban Socialites magazine

 

(with 944 magazine managing editor, Isoul Harris)

My next stop of the night was the Hotel Palomar for Equally Wed, the nation’s premier online same-sex wedding magazine event. The couple (seen below) said the idea came as a result of planning their own nuptials, so, immediately after they married they created equallywed.com to assist other gay and lesbian couples who are tying the knot. Their site is full of resources as well as engagement stories. The signature drink for the event, Belvedere grapefruit spritzer...

 

 

(it was hot. See the sweat on my shirt)

 Photos from Equally Wed Event by: http://www.annaandspencer.com

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DC Woman Sues Church for Tithes Payed...

Before reading and listening to the story I imagined this woman to be bitter and hateful, but in reality she's employing doctrine she's been taught.  It's apparent in the video (below) she has been programmed to believe homosexuality is wrong.  She admits one of her friends is gay.  This church and the leaders of it should be applauded for taking a stand.  I believe other churches would take the same stance if they didn't fear losing members which translates to money...

DC resident, Yvonne Moore sued Covenant Baptist Church over its support of gay marriage, Soledad O'Brien reported.  Moore, a member of Covenant Baptist for 37 years, sued for her weekly tithes of nearly $250,000 after Pastors Dennis and Christine Wiley performed a gay commitment ceremony in 2007.  “I don’t believe in that, I’m a southern Baptist,” Moore told O’Brien. “The bible speaks against that.  You cannot take that in the church.”

Moore was not the only member displeased with the union. According to CNN, the historically black church lost half of its congregation following its active support of marriage equality.  The church’s pastors consider the struggle gay rights an extension of the black civil rights movement.
“I don’t think we as a people have a lock on civil rights,” Pastor Dennis Wiley said. 

Moore has since dropped her lawsuit, but has not returned to the congregation.




Source: 365 gay.com

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