<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13665762.post6067959217182789805..comments</id><updated>2007-10-22T08:02:48.864-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Comments on Straight, Not Narrow: Do Open and Affirming Churches Want to Be "Gay Chu...</title><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://straightnotnarrow.blogspot.com/feeds/6067959217182789805/comments/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13665762/6067959217182789805/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://straightnotnarrow.blogspot.com/2007/10/do-open-and-affirming-churches-want-to.html'/><author><name>Jim  and Brenda Johnson</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17140742020232237724</uri><email>jesusbeyondthewalls@gmail.com</email></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>1</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13665762.post-5877603608435231024</id><published>2007-10-22T08:02:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-10-22T08:02:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>This is why I turned to the Episcopal church inste...</title><content type='html'>This is why I turned to the Episcopal church instead of an MCC church.  My partner is an MCC pastor, but I felt that the church was somewhat "ghettoized" in that they seemed to only appeal to the gay population.  Granted, people who have been hurt by the church may need a "place away" to heal, but change can only occur when the gay and the straight communities can combine.  It is only when the communities see how similar we really are that change can occur.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13665762/6067959217182789805/comments/default/5877603608435231024'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13665762/6067959217182789805/comments/default/5877603608435231024'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://straightnotnarrow.blogspot.com/2007/10/do-open-and-affirming-churches-want-to.html?showComment=1193054520000#c5877603608435231024' title=''/><author><name>BentonQuest</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09007300481037924684</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://straightnotnarrow.blogspot.com/2007/10/do-open-and-affirming-churches-want-to.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13665762.post-6067959217182789805' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13665762/posts/default/6067959217182789805' type='text/html'/></entry></feed>