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VIDEO: Out Christian rocker Trey Pearson urges us to go purple for #SpiritDay<\/b><\/p>\n

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Trey Pearson<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Earlier this year, Trey Pearson<\/a> of the Christian rock band Everyday Sunday, came out as gay<\/a> in an emotional letter to (614) Magazine. Now, he is urging his fans to go purple for Spirit Day in a new video<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Pearson’s coming out sparked significant response in the Christian music world. According to Religion News Service<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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While Pearson says he will no longer live<\/a> a lie, he is not abandoning his faith. The rocker says he still prays regularly and reads the Bible. He even once memorized the entire epistle of James. His study of the Scriptures, he says, has led him to believe that the handful of Bible verses that directly address homosexuality do not prohibit the kind of loving, committed gay<\/a> relationships known to the modern world.<\/p>\n

“There is absolutely no conflict with accepting who I am and following Jesus,” he said. “God wants me to be healthy, authentic, whole, integrated and my truest self.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

About Spirit Day<\/strong><\/p>\n

Each year, millions of people “go purple” for Spirit Day in a united stand against bullying and to show support for LGBTQ youth. According to a 2015 GLSEN survey, more than half of LGBTQ students report being victimized based on sexual orientation, with a further three quarters of students who report hearing anti-LGBTQ remarks in school. Started in 2010 by high school student Brittany McMillan, Spirit Day now draws the participation of celebrities, corporations, media outlets, sports leagues, schools, faith institutions, national landmarks, and individuals around the world, who join together in a united stand against bullying.<\/p>\n

Check out glaad.org\/spiritday<\/a> for more about how to stand against bullying and show support for LGBTQ youth. Also follow @GLAAD on Twitter to keep up to date<\/a> with #spiritday news.<\/p>\n

Spirit Day is made possible by the generous support of its presenting partners Target and Wells Fargo, official partners, NBA and WNBA, NFL, Viacom, and WWE, and supporting partners, American Eagle Outfitters, Barilla, Comcast NBCUniversal, Kellogg’s, Kirkland & Ellis, Toyota Financial Services, and Zipcar. The translation of GLAAD’s Spirit Day Resource Kit into multiple languages is made possible by a generous grant from Google supporting GLAAD’s Global Voices Initiative. Global Spirit Day resource kits<\/a> are presented by Logo’s Global Ally campaign<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Past participants in Spirit Day include the White House, the Empire State Building, Oprah Winfrey, Ellen DeGeneres, Cher, Laverne Cox, Kim Kardashian, Demi Lovato, Ariana Grande, Shaquille O’Neal, Good Morning America, The Today Show, The View, The Talk, The Tonight Show, MTV, the NBA, the NFL, Major League Baseball, NASCAR, WWE, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Tumblr, the Las Vegas Strip, and more.  <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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