When I started wrg my new book, God and the Gay Christian, I was well aware that Christians who oppose same-sex marriage the church have long ed the Bible to fend their pot of view. As a gay Christian om an evangelil church Kansas, that stat quo has had a damagg impact on my life, which is one reason I'm settg out to change the flty perspective. Here are 10 reasons why God accepts gay Christians.
Contents:
- HOW CELIBATE GAY CHRISTIANS DEAL WH DIRE
- THE EX-GAY CHRISTIANY MOVEMENT IS MAKG A QUIET EBACK. THE EFFECTS ON LGBTQ YOUTH ULD BE VASTATG.
- IS POSSIBLE TO BE A GAY CHRISTIAN?
- CAN SOMEONE BE GAY AND CHRISTIAN? IS POSSIBLE TO BE A GAY CHRISTIAN?
- 10 REASONS GOD LOV GAY CHRISTIANS
- DO “GAY CHRISTIANS” EXIST?
HOW CELIBATE GAY CHRISTIANS DEAL WH DIRE
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Th agreed and add that the motivatns behd Si B and the ex-gay movement are entirely different; one is tryg to make gay people straight, and the other is tryg to expand how the church views love and kship. Acrdg to a 2019 Pew Rearch Center analysis, 26 percent of Amerins intify as agnostic, atheist or “nothg particular, ” up om 17 percent jt a Sharon Klebm, of Congregatn Be Simchat Torah, New York’s LGBTQ synagogue, said the barriers gay people face when participatg their fah have only started to fall. “There’s been progrs, but I al wh people all the time om liberal relig fai who have faced horrible bigotry and rejectn, ” she, she add, the hunger for spirualy is ep among gay people — perhaps even eper than among the larger populatn.
THE EX-GAY CHRISTIANY MOVEMENT IS MAKG A QUIET EBACK. THE EFFECTS ON LGBTQ YOUTH ULD BE VASTATG.
Si B Christians, who are gay and celibate, often feel ught between ex-gays and ntent-to-be-gay Christians. * are there gay christians *
5 percent intify as Jewish and 2 percent as the percentage of gay Amerins who intify as part of any fah tradn is still nsirably lower than the general populatn, of which 67 percent is relig, acrdg to a 2017 Gallup LGBTQ Black Amerins, the most likely mographic to be relig (over 70 percent), still lag behd Black people the general populatn: More than 82 percent are relig. Although s unlikely that the biblil thors had any notn of sexual orientatn (for example, the term homosexual wasn't even ed until the late 19th century) for many people of fah, the Bible is looked to for timels guidance on what means to honor God wh our liv; and this most certaly clus our sexualy.
” In askg, “What do the Bible say about homosexualy” (or more appropriately stated, “what do the Bible say about attractn to someone of the same sex, ”) our task is to explore what the relevant biblil passag on the topic meant their origal ntext and what they mean for today.
Matthew V, an openly gay, evangelil Christian and the thor of “God and the Gay Christian: The Biblil Case Support of Same-Sex Relatnships, ” has been actively enuragg nservative Christians to re-evaluate their beliefs about homosexualy. Kaltenbach is the thor of the forthg book “Msy Grace, ” which is about how he rencil his nservative Christian nvictns wh his experience as the child of gay the ssn, they were each asked to terpret some of the most ced vers relatg to homosexualy the Bible. Do not be ceived: Neher the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor male prostut nor homosexual offenrs nor thiev nor the greedy nor dnkards nor slanrers nor swdlers will her the kgdom of God.
IS POSSIBLE TO BE A GAY CHRISTIAN?
Is possible to be a gay Christian? Can a te Christian to be a practicg and unrepentant homosexual? * are there gay christians *
”In addn to the trans actor playg a female role, “Barbie” is also guilty of “phg lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr character stori, ” acrdg to Moviegui, a Christian movie review se found by Ted and Lili Baehr. 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.
CAN SOMEONE BE GAY AND CHRISTIAN? IS POSSIBLE TO BE A GAY CHRISTIAN?
Can someone be gay and Christian? Is possible to be a gay Christian? Can you be a Christian and stggle wh homosexualy? * are there gay christians *
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.
10 REASONS GOD LOV GAY CHRISTIANS
* are there gay christians *
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.
DO “GAY CHRISTIANS” EXIST?
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. Views about homosexualyParentsNon-parentsSample sizeShould be accepted31%69%13, 274Should be disuraged29%71%9, 605Neher/both equally28%72%1, 125Don't know29%71%947Sample siz and margs of error vary om subgroup to subgroup, om year to year and om state to state. Views about homosexualyBelieve God; absolutely certaBelieve God; fairly certaBelieve God; not too/not at all certaBelieve God; don't knowDo not believe GodOther/don't know if they believe GodSample sizeShould be accepted68%25%4%1%1%1%13, 312Should be disuraged87%10%1%1%< 1%1%9, 649Neher/both equally81%14%2%2%< 1%1%1, 130Don't know80%13%2%3%1%1%957Sample siz and margs of error vary om subgroup to subgroup, om year to year and om state to state.