ST. LOUIS – ShowMeNoHate will be holding a rally at Cor Jesu Friday morning at 7:45 a.m. outside the Academy’s doors at Gravois and South Laclede Station Roads.
The “Sharing Our Love” action is being held in response to the termination of two gay faculty members at the all-girls Catholic high school in the Affton area.
“During the past few days, many students have expressed fear, betrayal, disappointment, anger and sadness. We must stand outside their school’s walls to remind the current students--that being gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender is okay,” explains Ed Reggi, educator and marriage equality activist. Reggi co-founded ShowMeNoHate in 2008 with his husband Scott Emanuel, a social worker who leads Growing American Youth, the largest and oldest LGBTQ youth support group in Missouri.
The rally is supported by Cor Jesu Alumni, Metropolitan Community Church of Greater Saint Louis and Faith Aloud. ShowMeNoHate is a state-wide coalition of businesses and individuals seeking full recognition of marriage equality in Missouri.
Reggi and Emanuel started the grassroots organization in 2008, shortly after Proposition 8 narrowly passed in California. ShowMeNoHate made national news after it chartered the first Marriage Equality Bus to Iowa City, where 17 same-sex Missouri couples were the first to legally marry in the Hawkeye State on May 1, 2009.
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