Barry Lynn is Coming, Barry Lynn is Coming!

I am a proud member of Americans United for the Separation of Church and State. Barry Lynn, the UCC Minister and Executive Director of AU has been a hero of mine for years.

I was fortunate enough a few years ago to hear him speak at the Creating Change conference produced by the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force. As member of AU and NGLTF I was very excited to see AU have visible presence on GLBT issues. I think, officially, AU has no position on GLBT issues, but universally their campaign to block religious extremists from turning America into a theocracy, has landed them in our court nearly every time.

Every month I receive the newsletter for AU called Church and State and I read it cover to cover. AU is probably one of my favorite organizations and I cannot think of a patriot committed to church/state separation more dynamic than Barry Lynn.

This year Lynn will be the keynote speaker at the Triangle Foundation Annual State Dinner. The dinner is Sept. 29th and will be held in Dearborn, MI. The fact that Triangle will have someone of Barry's caliber is very exciting to me. Barry effectively is able to weave together a narrative that will unify our dinner attendees so they can see the interconnectedness of GLBT organizing and defense of the Constitutional principle of church/state separation.

Please consider coming to the Triangle dinner and find out more about Americans United, too.