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Holocaust exhibit has volunteer chaplains
Multifaith group assembles for offering on Nazis, gays
By Stephanie Innes
ARIZONA DAILY STAR

Volunteer chaplains at a local Holocaust exhibit about Nazi persecution of gays and lesbians come from different faiths - even religions that condemn homosexuality.

The clergy, who are staffing the exhibit during all of its operating hours, are available to any viewers who need emotional support or counseling.

"The Holocaust was something horrific. It doesn't matter whether it was homosexuals or the Jews. Christians need to show their concern - a lot of times during the Holocaust that didn't happen," said Loretta Tracy, a Catholic lay leader at St. Cyril of Alexandria Catholic Church, 4725 E. Pima St., who is one of the exhibit's 11 volunteer chaplains.

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Donna Robarge, out for a barefoot stroll with her three children, ages 3, 2, and 1, listened to the messages for a while but left shaking her head.

''The Bible says don't judge, and that's the first thing these people are doing,'' she said.

''One day it's going to be gay people. The next day it's going to be people who are black or what. Civil rights are civil rights, and you have to respect that.''

After listening to several hours of speeches, the Rev. Chris Pugh of The Father's House in Dayton had also heard enough.

''I'm very disturbed about the anger I hear coming from behind that pulpit. Homosexuality is no different than a man murdering somebody or stealing a piece of bubble gum. It's sin, but the Bible says gluttony is a sin, and I see a lot of fat people around here,'' he said.

Pugh said he's not condoning homosexuality, ''but let him who has no sin cast the first stone. A spirit of hatred will never win the lost,'' he said.

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