Meeting
We start with an icebreaker topic for conversation and then move to an open discussion. Our agenda is always open but in general we discuss life and living beyond religious belief.
PFLAG Columbus is a local chapter of PFLAG National. “PFLAG” is Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians And Gays. We are a national support, education and advocacy organization for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people, their families, friends and allies. With 200,000 members and supporters and local affiliates in more than 500 communities across the U.S. and abroad, PFLAG is the largest grassroots-based family organization of its kind. PFLAG is a non-profit organization and is not affiliated with any religious or political institution.
The monthly meeting of the local affiliate of the national Move to Amend organization that is calling for a U.S. Constitutional amendment to reverse several U.S. Supreme Court decisions during the past century and thereby to firmly establish that corporations are not people and that money is not free speech. Find out what can be done locally to restore democracy! Bring a brown bag lunch.
Topic: “Natural Law,” with Fr. Charles Curran, professor at Southern Methodist University. Fr. Curran is a Roman Catholic priest who is considered one of the foremost Catholic moral theologians. Fr. Curran is a former President of the Catholic Theological Society of America. Rome stripped Fr. Curran of his license to teach in 1986 because of his moral views concerning human sexuality (both heterosexual and homosexual).
Natural Law is used to justify many of the Roman Catholic Church’s moral teachings. Does Natural Law really justify Church teachings? Come find out.
On May 4, 1970, Ohio’s National Guard killed four young people during anti-war protests on the Kent State campus. We will view “Kent State: The Day the War Came Home (2002).” The film looks at the reasons for the attack on anti-Vietnam-war student demonstrators by National Guardsmen, shows the build-up of the protest against the Vietnam War, and follows the stories of the four students who were killed at Kent State.
Free parking is available in the “R” spaces — “R” for “Rardin Clinic” — behind the building.
Contact: Simone Morgen, smorgen@juno.com
Free parking is available in the “R” spaces — “R” for “Rardin Clinic” — behind the building.
This month’s program: “Cryonics — A Humanist Imperative”
Is Dr. Arthur Rowe right to say that “Believing cryonics could reanimate somebody who has been frozen is like believing you can turn hamburger back into a cow”?
Join Green Energy Ohio’s 15th Anniversary Celebration as we look back and forward in making Ohio greener. A workshop, exhibits, tour, annual recognition awards and special expert speakers will highlight the day and evening banquet.
Let us know if you can help Green Energy Ohio as a volunteer.
Pre-registration for this event is required.
To bring together advocates of health care for all — businesses, community groups, faith groups, health care providers, unions, women’s organizations, and others — to devise ways to build support for publicly funded, not-for-profit universal health care guaranteeing comprehensive coverage for all Ohioans.
Keynote: “The State of the Single Payer Movement and Movement Action Planning,” by Ben Day, Director of Organizing, Healthcare-Now!
Registration cost of $40.00 includes continental breakfast and lunch. Space is limited, so register soon.