1975: LAPD Chief of Police Responds to LA Pride Invitation: I’d Rather Support “Gay Conversion Week”
In 1975, LAPD Chief of Police Edward Michael Davis responded to an invitation to participate in Gay Pride Week in Los Angeles by saying he’d “much rather celebrate ‘GAY CONVERSION WEEK’.”
The photo was posted to Facebook by Kerry Bailey with the caption:
“Cleaning up the LA Pride office in prep for this year’s festival and came across this.”
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Rev. Mary Glasspool is second gay Episcopal bishop to be elected
The Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles has elected a lesbian as assistant bishop, the second openly gay bishop in the global Anglican fellowship, which is already deeply fractured over the first.
The Rev. Mary Glasspool of Baltimore needs approval from a majority of dioceses across the church before she can be consecrated as assistant bishop in the Los Angeles diocese.
Her victory Saturday underscored a continued Episcopal commitment to accepting same-sex relationships despite enormous pressure from other Anglicans to change their stand.
The Anglican Communion is a family of churches that trace their roots to the missionary work of the Church of England. Most overseas Anglicans are Bible conservatives.
(Full story: New York Daily News)