Changing Attitude Sussex is committed to telling the truth about Christian teaching on homosexuality, and works for the full inclusion of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people in every province of the Anglican Communion and more widely in all Christian churches.
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OUR PUBLIC MEETINGS:

Changing Attitude Sussex stages regular public meetings to raise awareness of issues affecting LGBT people in the church, as well as running campaigns to bring about change.

THE NEXT MEETING WILL TAKE PLACE ON MONDAY 26TH MARCH 2012 AT 8PM AT ALL SAINTS CHURCH, HOVE. PETER TATCHELL WILL SPEAK ON 'EQUAL MARRIAGE'. THIS MEETING COINCIDES WITH THE GOVERNMENT LAUNCH OF A CONSULTATION ON SAME SEX CIVIL MARRIAGE IN THE UK.





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OUR CAMPAIGNS:
Changing Attitude Sussex is currently promoting the 'open and welcoming church' campaign which you can read about in the following downloadable press release.

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On Tuesday 22nd June 2010 representatives from Changing Attitude Sussex and the Brighton and Hove Lesbian and Gay Christian Movement met with the Bishop of Chichester, the Right Reverend Dr John Hind to discuss the proposed survey. The Bishop expressed the view that the survey is 'an appropriate and helpful contribution to the process of listening to the experience of LGBT people commended to all in the Anglican Communion by the 1998 Lambeth Conference'. His office issued the press statement below:

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Dr Keith Sharpe, Chair of Changing Attitude Sussex has also written an account of the meeting for the gay press:

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On Friday 25th February 2011 the results of the survey were published.

You can read a press release about the results here:
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The Diocese of Chichester also issued a press release:
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The full results can be seen on pages 9 to 12 of this website.

There are currently eight churches in Brighton and Hove registered on the Changing Attitude national website (www.changingattitude.org.uk) as officially WELCOMING AND OPEN:

St John's, Preston Park, Brighton
St George's Kemptown
St Mary's, Kemptown
St Nicholas, Dyke Road, Brighton
The Chapel Royal, North Street, Brighton
All Saints, Hove
St Philip and St Leonard, Hove
St Helen's, Hove


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BOOK ON BEING GAY AND CHRISTIAN: 'THE GAY GOSPELS'

FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT www.thegaygospels.com




ISBN 978-1-84694-548-9

WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING ABOUT
THE GAY GOSPELS

As Director of an evangelical outreach ministry to lesbian and gay
people, I am constantly reminded of the way that church teachings on
homosexuality have caused immense damage to human lives and
relationships. With superb clarity of style and presentation, Dr Sharpe
successfully demonstrates in The Gay Gospels that these harsh
teachings have no basis either in the Bible or in the mission of our Lord
and Saviour, Jesus Christ. This book will be of enormous value to all
involved in the debate over homosexuality and Christianity currently
raging in the church and wider society.
Jeremy Marks, Director of Courage UK

Do you think that the Bible condemns LGBT people for wanting loving
and intimate relationships with people of their own sex? At the London
Lighthouse AIDS hospice it was evident that such homophobic
distortion can and does blight lives. This humane and scholarly book
helps us to a truer understanding of God’s love for all human beings,
and how those insights developed in the history of the Christian faith,
chronicled in the Bible.
Andrew Henderson, Founding Co-chair of London Lighthouse

This is a must-read for all LGBT people, and is definitely Good News. I
couldn’t put it down. Through exhaustive research, Dr Sharpe exposes
the hypocrisy and cant of the anti-gay elements within the Christian
church past and present by placing the Biblical evidence in its proper
context of an ancient society obsessed by procreation, and a Jesus who
was certainly pro-gay and perhaps even gay himself. It is full of
Revelations and, armed with its evidence, the LGBT community can
now move confidently forward towards its own Resurrection within the
Christian church.
Robert Orledge, Emeritus Professor, University of Liverpool

In recent years the LGBT community has come under sustained attack
from Christian leaders. This book will equip gay people to defend
themselves against what Dr Sharpe shows convincingly is totally unjustified
condemnation. In particular, the chapters on Jesus’ lifestyle offer
a vision of Christianity full of hope for LGBT people.
James Ledward, Editor of Gscene magazine

In this polemical work Dr Sharpe presents a provocative and illuminating
view of the radical and transfiguring character of Christ's
mission, and analyses its implications in the context of the current
debate in the Church about human sexuality. The book is written in
coherent, assured and accessible prose, and the arguments are refreshing,
invigorating and persuasive.
Father William Davage

With its unique combination of defensive and affirmative arguments this
important book lays bare the impoverished ideology which is the real
foundation of Christian homophobia. It makes an extremely valuable
contribution to the collapsing taboo against homosexuality.
Colin Coward, Director, Changing Attitude England