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On her Monday news hour, CNN's Kyra Phillips welcomed a Christian pastor who accepts gays and lesbians in his congregation and disputes historic, biblical teaching on the immorality of homosexuality. Phillips praised the minister for his stance and actively promoted an event at his church dealing with Christianity and homosexuality. Phillips commended Highlands Church pastor Rev. Mark Tidd, for the work he has been doing “in a time where so many of our young kids are taking their own lives because no one's accepting them for being gay.” She noted twice that his Denver, Colorado church has been growing ever since his decision to embrace gays and lesbians. CNN also featured clips of congregants praising the church's affirming stance on gay and lesbian relationships. Phillips even went so far as to describe historic Christian teaching against homosexuality as “archaic thinking.” She asked Rev. Tidd if there was more to the debate than to “take things from the Bible from so many years past and apply it to a world right now that is so different and has changed, and is grown, and is progressive?”