There's a Web site. It's worth checking out.
It's true I've heard the same examples he talks about in this video over and over. This robtish guy is another bright star in my personal heaven. He tackles the lies and bigotry with a calm and clarity that I'm lack. I get the impression he's not at all anti-christian. In fact he may have some affiliation with the Hollywood United Methodist Church as some of his activism has taken place there.
It's a little difficult for me to imagine a church where all people are accepted and loved. I wish my experience with a certain United Methodist Church involved acceptance and love. Well, actually I felt a lot of love from people at the church in which I grew up. But I also saw a lot of hate. And I knew that if I had been out to those people, that love would have been withdrawn.
It was the kind of place where African Americans we're encouraged to visit (in fact I can remember one example of a minister being fired in part for inviting Black people). Another minister was run out of town on a proverbial rail for being accused of seeking sex with another man.
Yes, I knew to keep my mouth shut in that environment. And even that didn't stop all of the abuse. What can you do when suspicion equals sin? Is it any wonder that many gays reject religion?
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