A positive religious look at homosexuality

yup, the Louise letter has been floating around for quite some time. it is a really great introduction to gay-affirming theology.

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I didn't want to start a new thread but I just wanted to put this in here: - you may have seen it before

Why is it that, as a culture, we are more comfortable seeing two men holding guns than holding hands?" - Ernest Gaines

"Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind." - Dr. Seuss

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I found this floating around myspace, its kinda sad but thought I should post it.



I am the girl kicked out of her home because I confided in my mother that I am a lesbian.

I am the prostitute working the streets because nobody will hire a transsexual woman.

I am the sister who holds her gay brother tight through the painful, tear- filled nights.

We are the parents who buried our daughter long before her time.

I am the man who died alone in the hospital because they would not let my partner of twenty-seven years into the room.

I am the foster child who wakes up with nightmares of being taken away from the two fathers who are the only loving family I have ever had. I
wish they could adopt me.

I am one of the lucky ones, I guess. I survived the attack that left me in a coma for three weeks, and in another year I will probably be able to walk again.

I am not one of the lucky ones. I killed myself just weeks before graduating high school. It was simply too much to bear.

We are the couple who had the realtor hang up on us when she found out we wanted to rent a one-bedroom for two men.

I am the person who never knows which bathroom I should use if I want to avoid getting the management called on me.

I am the mother who is not allowed to even visit the children I bore, nursed, and raised. The court says I am an unfit mother because I now live with another woman.

I am the domestic-violence survivor who found the support system grow suddenly cold and distant when they found out my abusive partner is also a woman.

I am the domestic-violence survivor who has no support system to turn to because I am male.

I know this is really long but please read all of it...



I am the father who has never hugged his son because I grew up afraid to show affection to other men.

I am the home-economics teacher who always wanted to teach gym until someone told me that only lesbians do that.

I am the man who died when the paramedics stopped treating me as soon as they realized I was transsexual.

I am the person who feels guilty because I think I could be a much better person if I didnt have to always deal with society hating me.

I am the man who stopped attending church, not because I don't believe, but because they closed their doors to my kind.

I am the person who has to hide what this world needs most, love.

Updated On: 1/28/06 at 07:38 PM

"So ....why is it no one ever posts something akin to 'A Positive Homosexual Look at Religion?' Just a thought -"

Probably because (at least in the Christian church, I can only speak for my own faith) the voices of the hateful bigots are the loudest ones. We who believe that a person doesn't have to choose between being a homosexual/bisexual/trans/etc. person and being a Christian are often afraid of speaking up, because we don't want to be looked down upon as morally inferior or because we're afraid of what will happen if we do makes some noise. There's so much hate between the church and the GLBT community, and because of what the church has started, there are incidents like the time when I had a lesbian over for coffee and girlchat and she saw the row of Bibles on my bookcase and declared that she wanted nothing to do with me.

The Jesus of doctrine like James Dobson's or other such "celebrities" is conditionally accepting and only willing to put up with so much from a person. However, the Jesus of the Bible spent his time with those who, in his day, were considered to be the ultimate scum of the earth - swindlers and whores and those with contagious, ugly diseases. Tragically, it's not this Jesus that most people think of when they think of Christianity - and in this, the church is failing miserably.

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Caitiesus1522, thank you for posting this. It is a thoughtful and scripturally sound piece of scholarship, as well as being life-affirming and encouraging to all people. Thank you also for the web-link.

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I know I almost cired when I first read it, I just hate people who can't accept people for who they are, and such. Thats why I'm glad to say I am in a group called AnyTown that helps get rid of people who are racist, sexist and all those other horrible things.

Please if you find anymore please either post them or PM me them, I'm trying to get my firend to understand.

Your welcome you guys I'll try and find more!!

This qoute that you posted...

"Labels are for filing. Labels are for clothing. Labels are not for people. ~Martina Navratilova".

...Reminded me of one by Anhtony Rapp, "Labels are for Cans, not people."

Thanks they are awesome!

"One should no more deplore homosexuality than left-handedness." ~Towards a Quaker View of Sex, 1964

Left-handedness was once seen as a sign of being somehow wrong. Quakers were often condemned themselves in early US days. I shouldn't be surprised they were showed (fairly) early religious acceptance of homosexuality.

Excellent example, Sing a Song! The Quakers have a lot to teach us all about tolerance and peace.

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I need to send this link to a friend of mine, He is currently in the closet and is suffering from depression because he is worried what his family and church will say. I am really worried about the guy, he has been dealing with it for a while and all that.

Does anyone have any ideas on talking to him about it? Everyone in our group (young Dems) wants to, but no one knows how to. We are really starting to get worried because he seems to be in the later stages of depression and we have already lost one person in our organization to depression in the past two years. Thanks in advance.

I HIGHLY HIGHLY HIGHLY recommend Mel White's Stranger At the Gate--either the book or his reading it on CD.

This was THE book that made me feel 100% certain that God loves me for who I am--that I won't be going to hell for being gay--that the anti-gay agenda in the church and politics is all about money and control of people, a fear tactic.

It's a very inspiring autobiography!

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