I don’t think God is mean. I think some people who call themselves Christian are mean. I don’t think God is hateful. I think many people who call themselves Christian are hateful. And it is interesting to note that many of Rick Warren’s moral “allies” would consider Rick Warren “immoral” and the God he worships anything but the God of the Bible. The great Christian unifier appears to be — sadly — anti-LGTB sentiment.
“The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.” – Lao Tzu
It’s been too long since I last posted. It is going on two years since I came out and so much has happened. There has been so much progress, and yet there is still a long way to go. I think I’ve realized that I’m not as “out” as I thought I was. Honestly, I’m not even sure I understand what that means.
I think what led me to come out is the thing that is going to take me to the next part of this journey. I guess this is the next “twist”. Coming out was an act of becoming whole for me. It was a necessary step of honesty with myself and those I love. While much of that has been done, I still live in the shadows with many of my family and friends. Not in the shadow of being closeted, but in the shadow of still worrying about what they think… how they will react.
I’m not sure how to put this in a concise post. It will probably come in several posts over the next week. It is time for the next steps in this thousand mile journey.
Exodus Spin-off Tries to Spin History
This is a great article from Wayne Beason at TruthWinsOut.org about the actual history of Exodus.
Another Great Post by John Shore
John posts a letter he received from a member of the “T” part of the LGTB acronym. Amazing post.
Amazing and insightful! Thanks for the post!!
I woke up on Wednesday to several of my Facebook friends vocally celebrating “Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day” and it made me furious. So, I decided I was going to be as vocal about my condemnation of the actions of these Christians as these Christians seemed to be about the actions (and beings) of LGBT people.
I don’t really want to spend any more time talking about why I don’t like Chick-fil-A Day. If you want to know my opinion, just check out my Twitter feed or Facebook page.
What I do want to talk about is one reaction I’ve gotten over and over and over again from Christians. Let me paraphrase:
“It’s a sin to act on homosexual desires, but just because I’m not afraid to admit that doesn’t mean I hate homosexuals. I sin too. I’m not perfect, so I have grace. However, it’s not loving to let people continue…
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Faith in America asks for apology from Southern Baptist head
Posted on May 3, 2012 by admin
SBC president compares gay affirming Americans to Nazis
Faith in America is calling upon Bryant Wright, president of the Southern Baptist Convention, to apologize for incendiary speech that compared affirmation of gay and lesbian people to Nazi propaganda during World War II.
“It is really inconceivable that a person of such prominence within one of America’s largest Christian denominations could utter such a comparison,” said Brent Childers, executive director of Faith in America. “It is beyond shameful and it makes a mockery of the faith he professes.”
In a Sunday, Feb. 5, 2012 sermon entitled “When Homosexual Behavior is a Big Issue”, Wright stated that anyone who believes same-sex sexual orientation is God-given or that sexual orientation can’t be changed is believing a “lie of the devil” that has been repeated so much that now a majority of the public believes it – saying that was a lesson learned from Nazi Germany.
In his sermon, Wright said it makes him “really shudder” at the thought of faith leaders who affirm the dignity of gay and lesbian people, saying they are teaching “what God says is evil is really good.” In addition, he makes the following statements:
“When man all of a sudden decides what God says is sin or evil is really good, that is blasphemous behavior. That is calling God a liar.”
via Faith in America asks for apology from Southern Baptist head | Faith in America.
Anti-Gay Worship, Pastor Worley and the Limits of Religious Free Speech
May 30, 2012 By Christian Piatt 5 Comments
Words have gravity, and in certain contexts, the words we choose and employ have more weight than in others. I’m definitely sensitive to that when I see the traffic numbers on my blog. It’s a public forum, and literally anyone can see what I’ve said.
The church pulpit is an equally heavy responsibility when it comes to the gravity of the words we choose. However, we sometimes become a little bit too comfortable in our familiar surroundings. Even if and when there is a camera present, it’s easy to lapse into the false sense that we’re speaking in confidence to close friends.
I saw such an example of this in a video from offered on the Huffington Post religion page, in which a small child offered a song in his church called “Ain’t No Homos Gonna Make it to Heaven,” which was met by a standing ovation by the adults in attendance.
via Anti-Gay Worship, Pastor Worley and the Limits of Religious Free Speech.
DR. ROBERT SPITZER SPEAKS AT LENGTH ABOUT THE HATRED OF GROUPS PUSHING EX-GAY MYTHS: VIDEO Dr. Robert Spitzer, a psychiatrist who published a controversial 2001 study suggesting that in rare instances gay people could change their sexual orientation, retracted those claims in an American Prospect article published in April and issued an apology to the gay community.”Ex-gay” watchdog group Truth Wins out followed up with Spitzer in an interview at his home in Princeton, New Jersey, in which he talks about the hatred of those pushing the “ex-gay” myth and apologizes again.Watch, AFTER THE JUMP… POSTED MAY. 30,2012 AT 1:56 PM EST BY ANDY TOWLE IN “EX-GAYS”, NEWS, ROBERT SPITZER | PERMALINK
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