ADF Calls for Christian Counterpoint to Homosexuals' Day of Silence
by Jim Brown
March 15, 2005
(AgapePress) - A pro-family event next month will encourage Christian students across the United States to engage in peaceful expressions of their biblical viewpoint on homosexuality. The Alliance Defense Fund, a religious liberty defense group, is sponsoring a national "Day of Truth" on April 14, just one day after the Gay, Lesbian, and Straight Education Network (GLSEN) observes its annual pro-homosexual "Day of Silence."
ADF senior counsel Joseph Infranco feels confident that the Christian observance next month will be respectful and non-disruptive. He describes the emphasis as "an opportunity for Christian students to counter the promotion of the homosexual agenda in schools across America" and says, "The Day of Truth, held the day after the Day of Silence, encourages respectful debate rather than silence."
Infranco adds that the project "brings a Christian viewpoint, which is the mainstream viewpoint, into the discussion." An ADF public service announcement advertising the Day of Truth features the voice of a California high school student who was barred by school officials from wearing a T-shirt expressing his Christian views about homosexuality.
"I'm Chase Harper," the youth states in the recorded message. "Last year I stood alone. This year I'm asking you to join me and thousands of other high school students across the country in sharing our Christian beliefs on the Day of Truth, because the truth cannot be silenced." The ad ends with an encouragement to visit the Alliance Defense Fund's Day of Truth website at "http://www.telladf.org/truth."
Students involved in the ADF-sponsored event will wear promotional T-shirts and pass out literature, including information about opposing special rights for homosexuals and cards with the message, "Hurts will be halted, Hearts will be Healed, and Lives will be saved" if the truth about homosexuality is proclaimed.
Jim Brown, a regular contributor to AgapePress, is a reporter for American Family Radio News, which can be heard online.
