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Afirmación Chile Holds Activities, Issues Statement “We all have the right to be respected as human beings. No one has the right to discriminate.” May 2009 The two chapters of Affirmation in Chile held activities during April. In a social event organized by Esteban and Pablo, Afirmación Santiago celebrated the Academy Award won by Dustin Lance Black, a gay man of LDS background. “Besides celebrating Dustin’s ‘Oscar,’ the chapter continued to strengthen bonds of friendship and siblinghood,” they wrote in a report. Afirmación Gran Valparaíso gathered on Holy Saturday for a pre-Easter spiritual activity at the home of Brus Leguás Contreras, where the group reflected on the meaning of that special day. One week later, they gathered at the home of Marco Antonio, who is recovering after a serious car accident. The gathering included food and an animated conversation which lasted until the wee hours of the morning. Also in April, Afirmación Chile issued a statement in response to Chilean Evangelical groups who are mobilizing against a proposed equal rights law which, they fear, would allow same-sex marriage. “The proposed law only refers to discrimination as suffered today by many minority groups in Chile, including immigrants, sexual minorities, religious minorities, the disabled, and ethnic minorities,” wrote the president of Afirmación Chile, Brus Leguás Contreras, in the 750-word document. “Since 1925, there is in Chile separation between church and state,” the document continues. “We all have the right to live according to what we are. We all have the right to be respected as human beings. No one has the right to discriminate.” “Evangelical leaders are forgetting that God is Love, God’s Love is unconditional, and God is no respecter of persons.”  Read the full statement in Spanish
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