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Q-NOTES • APRIL 26 . 2003 p Tpi#live Spring Fever? yxg&a.4^l WeVe got evciytfiing you need, including: • Water Plants • Carnivorous Plants • Annuals & Perenniids • Shrubs & Trees ♦ Herbs & Vegetables • Heirioom Toraatoes • Indoor Iropkais ‘ Crapes & BlueberrfeS ii i Grower^^ Outlet of Indepeiicience 6610 E. Independence Blvd. (Between Idiewlid & Harris) 704-568-4600 A good sense o£pride stzxxs at home! Expect the bestfiom ■ Tim O’Brien A I lELEN ADAA4S REALPi' Email: tobrien@heIenadamsrealty.com Website: www.helenadamsrealty.com 704-777-1741 (Office) 704-401-2964 Ballantyne Commons Shopping Center 15235-J John H. Delaney Drive • Charlotte, NC 28277 Gay Day at Paramount Carowinds playground May 4 amusement park festivities as part of Charlotte Pride Festival Charlotte Pride, in conjunction, with The Carolina Bear Lodge and The Charlotte Business Guild will welcome the LGBT com munity from across the Carolinas for the 3rd Annual Gay Day at Paramount's Carowinds. Gay Day has become the finale of a scries of events celebrating Charlotte Pride Weekend. Gay Day will be held on May 4, the day after the Charlotte Pride Festival. Picnic! New this year is the Pride Picnic featuring unlimited food, drinks and music. The lunch eon will be held in the Bandsheii Shelter from 1:30 pm-3 pm. Red is our color In past years, Gay Day participants were represented by wearing a Charlotte Pride T- shirt or a rainbow bracelet. This year, the color is red. Taking a cue from successful LGBT events at theme parks across the nation. the Pride committee asks all attendees to turn out in the brightest red shirt they have. “Red really stands out. Our hope is to flood the park with a sea of red shirts; it symbolizes our struggles and our achievements," said Henry Chase, of the Carolina Bear Lodge. “To me, Cay Days at Carowinds is a time for the LGBT community to come together as one and enjoy food, music and fellowship," Alex Forrester, Co-Director of Charlotte Pride said. Besides Gay Day and the Pride Festival, several parties and events are taking place over the course of the weekend to fill the trip to Charlotte. Carowinds is home to popular coasters like Top Gun, Thunder Road, Hurler, the new Rugrats Runaway Reptar coaster, and the 14 acre Waterworks, info: Gay Day — wear red! Tickets; www.diorlottepride.coni One greot low discounted price! Pork Admission & Pride Picnic $27.50 ($7.68 for seoson pass holders) Corowinds hours: lOom- 8pm. Southern Country Charlotte "Back in the Saddle Again!" CHARLOTTE — On April 4-6, Southern Country Charlotte held their first annual fundraising event after a three-year absence. Attendees traveled from all over the United States to dance and raise money for local GLBT organizations. The Sheraton Airport Hotel, The Charlotte Eagle and Hartigan’s Pub were the host hotel and clubs. Registrants shuttled to each venue for dance workshops, performances and after-hours parties hosted by Charlotte Pride and The Tradesmen. Special exhibition per formances were given by The CJueen City Outlaws, Southern Line Atlanta and Eve Yeaton from Chicago, IL. Through out the past year, SCC has been raising money for local GLBT organizations. With that money, plus the Hoe-Down pro ceeds, SCC will be donating over $5500 to Charlotte Pride, The Community Center, Time Out Youth and Pets are Loving Support (PALS). (AntHrai «enrrBT CHUMm Duke seminary students denied input in school covenant Duke Divinity School faculty has approved a new ethics code that is drawing fire from students who feel they were not given the chance to have input into the discussion. The policy calls on students to show respect, honor friendships and be welcoming and hos pitable, but it also requires that students and faculty live in chastity, a Christian term that traditionally means remaing faithful if married and celibate if not. Because gay and lesbian students arc cur rently denied the option of marriage, they arc particularly concerned because of the fear that they might violate the code should they decide to have sexual relations. Amy Laura Hall, ethics professor, said the faculty unani mously agreed that chastity could include responsible and faithful sexual relationships among gays and lesbians, but this is not spelled out in the code. The definition of chastity, according to Hall, is “conducting one's intimate life in a way that's not demeaning to oneself or to others.” However, the definition of chastity can vary among Christian groups. Sexuality remains one of the most hotly-contested and bitterly-divisive issues within the Christian Church to date. The United Methodist Church, with whom Duke Divinity School shares affiliation, does not ordain gays and lesbians and does not per mit gay or lesbian union ceremonies. The Church's rulcbook describes homosexuals as people of “sacred worth,” but calls homosexu al acts “incompatible with Christian teaching.” Unfortunately not all of the nearly 500 students and 35 faculty members within the divinity school are United Methodists. Because, the school considers itself ecumeni cal in its approach to education, it accepts students of other denominations, including the United Church of Christ, the Metropolitan Community Church and the Episcopal Church, where attitudes about sarrie-sex rela- see DUKE on 22
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