When I became a Christian in 1978, I enthusiastically shared my faith with a friend and co-worker. To my great surprise, after a few weeks he also acknowledged Christ as his Lord as Saviour.

I encouraged him to attend a church, so he went to talk to the rector of St. Christopher’s Anglican Church in Burlington. My friend told me that the rector convinced him that he was taking Christianity too seriously, that his initial enthusiasm would only lead to problems and that he should slow down. My friend did attend St. Christopher’s for a while but then, with the rector’s help, gradually drifted away from his faith altogether.

Not to worry, though, because St. Christopher’s is still concentrating on what is really important: it is  flying a rainbow flag in support of Halton Pride.

From the Niagara Anglican (not online yet):

A rainbow graced the skies over Bur lington as this article was being written, In the Bible, the rainbow is the sign of God’s mercy to Noah and humankind after the ‘great flood’ (Genesis 9:12-16).

To mark ‘Halton Pride’ at the beginning of June, the Rainbow Flag will fly proudly over St. Christopher’s Church, Burlington, in recognition of the contribution of the LGBTQ community is making in society.

In 1978, Gilbert Baker of San Francisco, designed the first Rainbow Flag to show the diversity of the gay community. Since then the Rainbow Flag has become the, sign for the LGBTQ community worldwide.

Today the six colours of the Rainbow Flag symbolize life (red), healing (orange), sunlight . (yellow), nature (green), harmony (blue) and spirit (Purple).

St. Christopher’s will also have a booth at Halton Pride on June 4, 2011 from 11 am to 4pm in Central Park (New Street and Drury Lane), Burlington.

Perhaps my friend would have fared better had he been gay.