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A pride organization is calling on the Regina Exhibition Association Ltd. to cancel a Christian country music event at Mosaic Stadium.
The free, two-day ‘Come Together’ event is billed as a mix of country music and Christian togetherness, with both musical acts and evangelists listed on the lineup. The event – presented by the non-profit group Gospel Fire for All Nations – is set to take place on Friday and Saturday at the 33,000-seat stadium in Regina.
In a statement, Queen City Pride – the organization behind Regina’s annual pride parade – took issue with sections of Gospel Fire’s statement of faith, which is posted on its website.
In the sections of the statement which Queen City Pride called “deeply troubling,” Gospel Fire explains that it opposes homosexual sex and marriage. The group also says a rejection of one’s biological gender is “a rejection of the image of God within that person.”
“We do not condone the use of a publicly funded facility like Mosaic Stadium hosting groups that are promoting such a directly hateful agenda,” Queen City Pride wrote in a statement.
The two-day, free event is set to take place Friday and Saturday at Mosaic Stadium in Regina. (980 CJME file photo)
The organization accused Gospel Fire of hiding “the true intentions of this event” to trick the public into being indoctrinated, and called for the event to be cancelled.
“We call upon community members, allies, and those in positions of authority within REAL and Mosaic stadium to strongly consider canceling this event, or at the very least being more transparent in its core intent,” the pride group said in its statement.
“Rest assured – we support everyone’s right to freedom of speech and the right to individual religious beliefs – the hateful rhetoric from the Gospel Fire group has no place in our province, in our city, and ultimately in our publicly funded and maintained spaces.”
980 CJME has reached out to Gospel Fire for All Nations for comment.
Last month, Queen City Pride banned Saskatchewan Party MLAs from its parade and cancelled a flag raising at the Legislative Building due to a law the government passed requiring schools to seek parental consent before a student under 16 changes the name or pronouns they use in school.
The full statement from Queen City Pride can be viewed below.
