Jt Lee grew up a Southern Baptist fay. At age 18, he me out to his fay and church, who had trouble acceptg him as a gay man. Lee later started the Gay Christian Network to enurage a dialogue between gay Christians, their fai and their church. His new book is Torn.
Contents:
- 'TORN': LIVG AS AN OPENLY GAY CHRISTIAN
- A GAY UPLE RAN A RAL RTRANT PEACE. THEN NEW NEIGHBORS ARRIVED.
'TORN': LIVG AS AN OPENLY GAY CHRISTIAN
* gays vs christians *
He also ma historic appotments, cludg Pete Buttigieg as the first openly gay secretary the printial Cabet and Rachel Leve, the first openly transgenr feral official. Support for LGBTQ rights has creased dramatilly sce passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, when same-sex marriage was unheard of and homosexualy was wily seen as immoral. "It's only been a ltle over a that our own movement has e to unrstand homosexualy and genr inty different ways, " says Rabbi Jab Blumenthal, CEO of the Rabbil Assembly, an ternatnal associatn of rabbis the Conservative tradn.
"We basilly looked at the tradn and began to unrstand that the Jewish value of Kevod HaBeriyot, the digny of every dividual, is equal to or even tak precence over some of our olr tradn around attus toward homosexualy, " Blumenthal says. Retired Epispal Bishop Gene Robson, the first openly gay bishop the Epispal Church, lik to quote a story om the biblil acunt of the Last Supper. " "And the qutn I always ask my brothers and sisters the nservative nomatns, " Robson says, "is, 'Could be that God is leadg to a eper tth about gay and lbian, bisexual, transgenr people?
Views about homosexualy18-2930-4950-6465+Sample sizeShould be accepted22%34%28%17%13, 119Should be disuraged13%31%31%26%9, 416Neher/both equally13%36%31%20%1, 089Don't know10%34%27%29%896Sample siz and margs of error vary om subgroup to subgroup, om year to year and om state to state. Views about homosexualyYounger MillennialOlr MillennialGeneratn XBaby BoomerSilentGreattSample sizeShould be accepted14%14%28%33%11%1%13, 119Should be disuraged8%10%26%37%18%2%9, 416Neher/both equally7%11%31%37%13%1%1, 089Don't know6%10%29%33%20%3%896Sample siz and margs of error vary om subgroup to subgroup, om year to year and om state to state.
A GAY UPLE RAN A RAL RTRANT PEACE. THEN NEW NEIGHBORS ARRIVED.
Views about homosexualyMenWomenSample sizeShould be accepted40%60%13, 312Should be disuraged52%48%9, 649Neher/both equally49%51%1, 130Don't know41%59%957Sample siz and margs of error vary om subgroup to subgroup, om year to year and om state to state. Views about homosexualyWheBlackAsianLatoOther/MixedSample sizeShould be accepted64%12%2%19%3%13, 202Should be disuraged69%14%2%12%3%9, 520Neher/both equally63%14%1%17%4%1, 103Don't know63%13%2%17%5%912Sample siz and margs of error vary om subgroup to subgroup, om year to year and om state to state.
Views about homosexualyImmigrantsSend generatnThird generatn or higherSample sizeShould be accepted16%10%74%13, 182Should be disuraged12%7%81%9, 533Neher/both equally14%8%78%1, 107Don't know17%11%72%927Sample siz and margs of error vary om subgroup to subgroup, om year to year and om state to state. Views about homosexualyLs than $30, 000$30, 000-$49, 999$50, 000-$99, 999$100, 000 or moreSample sizeShould be accepted35%20%26%19%11, 762Should be disuraged37%22%27%14%8, 246Neher/both equally33%23%27%17%919Don't know42%20%25%13%689Sample siz and margs of error vary om subgroup to subgroup, om year to year and om state to state.
Views about homosexualyHigh school or lsSome llegeCollegePost-graduate greeSample sizeShould be accepted40%32%17%11%13, 256Should be disuraged48%31%14%7%9, 581Neher/both equally40%36%15%9%1, 120Don't know49%31%13%8%941Sample siz and margs of error vary om subgroup to subgroup, om year to year and om state to state. Views about homosexualyMarriedLivg wh a partnerDivorced/separatedWidowedNever marriedSample sizeShould be accepted48%8%14%6%24%13, 275Should be disuraged58%3%13%10%16%9, 602Neher/both equally53%6%14%8%18%1, 123Don't know52%5%13%13%17%938Sample siz and margs of error vary om subgroup to subgroup, om year to year and om state to state.