To: Organizers of Eureka Springs Easter parade

Tell Easter parade organizers: Apologize for excluding welcoming church

Excluding Eureka Springs First United Methodist Church and their "Jesus loves all" banner from the Easter parade is deeply offensive. Please apologize and invite them to participate in next year's parade.

Why is this important?

First United Methodist Church has been a part of the community of Eureka Springs, Arkansas for 136 years. But this year they were banned from the Easter parade because they wanted to carry a banner reading, "Jesus loves all."

Church members say that the conservative parade organizers rejected the church because it fully welcomes and includes lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people.