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The people chose to go through the process to join with Affirm United and they understand the differ- ence between just welcoming everyone, and taking action to ensure that people who have been hurt and marginalized come in and know they are safe. "The onus should not be on them (the vulnerable people) to come in and find out wheth- er or not they're going to be welcomed. The onus should be on us, especially since the his- tory of the Christian church is not all that pretty and there's been a lot of hurt caused over the centuries," said Hind. She wants to express love in the community and said they have no motivation to return hate with hate. Hind said the more people stand together in solidarity the better, and stron- ger they will be. Rev. Joe Gaspar, of Park- minster United expressed simi- lar thoughts. As much as his initial reaction may have been to be sad and angry, he said he would love to sit down with the person or people responsible for this to find out where they are coming from. "It all comes down to, in terms of scripture, how you read the Bible. If you read it quote unquote, then you're going to lift passages like that out of context and use them to bring people down," Gaspar said. This time at Parkminster, words weren't just sprayed before the main doors, but in the far parking lot in front of the rainbow flag as well. "This is one of the signs that you know you're living out the gospel. This is when you get this kind of backlash," Gaspar said he thinks they are hitting a sore spot. Rev. Heather Power of Park- minster United said they have to carry on, and it's important to keep doing what they were doing. "People have been so amaz- ing and are proud of the work we've been doing," Power said. She thinks it is such a small group of individuals that are taking action, and are opposed to the affirming churches that it is important not to let them win. They weren't sure if there was a correlation between their sign out front and the graffiti, but last time Parkminster was advertising for the LGBTQ Pot- luck, and this time they had a sign for the AIDS vigil run on Friday by the AIDS Commit- tee of Cambridge, Kitchener, Waterloo and area. It was in light of this vigil, and the implication from the verse cited in the graffiti, that they washed it away as best as they could. They did not want people coming to recognize the impact of AIDS in the world and their lost loved ones and have to face that. They agreed that this was time to take action, and not sit back. "I've been thinking that it's also easier to be singled out if you are one of the few churches that does display its inclusivity publicly. It would be very help- ful if other churches made a public statement," said Gaspar. Congregations remain unbowed "This is one of the signs that you know that you're living out the gospel. This is when you get this kind of backlash." Rev. Joseph Gaspar on vandalism at Parkminster