Eric M. Rodriguez, Suzanne C. Ouellette, Gay and Lbian Christians: Homosexual and Relig Inty Integratn the Members and Participants of a Gay-Posive Church, Journal for the Scientific Study of Relign, Vol. 39, No. 3 (Sep., 2000), pp. 333-347
Contents:
- CAN YOU BE GAY AND RELIG
- GAY RIGHTS, RELIGN AND WHAT’S WRONG WH PRCIPL
- LBIAN, GAY AND BISEXUAL AMERINS ARE LS RELIG THAN STRAIGHT ADULTS BY TRADNAL MEASUR
- SECTN 2: KNOWG GAYS AND LBIANS, RELIG CONFLICTS, BELIEFS ABOUT HOMOSEXUALY
CAN YOU BE GAY AND RELIG
Can you be gay and relig? This is not about theology this is about the feelgs all LGBT people mt al wh rencilg their beliefs. * gay and religious *
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GAY RIGHTS, RELIGN AND WHAT’S WRONG WH PRCIPL
* gay and religious *
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LBIAN, GAY AND BISEXUAL AMERINS ARE LS RELIG THAN STRAIGHT ADULTS BY TRADNAL MEASUR
God and the Gay Christian: The Biblil Case Support of Same-Sex Relatnships. But when he realized he was gay, those hop were lled to qutn.
The Bible, he’d been tght, nmned gay relatnships. Feelg the tensn between his unrstandg of the Bible and the realy of his same-sex orientatn, V voted years of tensive rearch to what the Bible says about homosexualy. • How should we apply the teachgs of J to the gay bate?
Unique s affirmatn of both an orthodox fah and sexual diversy, God and the Gay Christian has sparked heated bate, scere soul searchg, and wispread cultural change on the issue of what means to be a fahful gay Christian.
SECTN 2: KNOWG GAYS AND LBIANS, RELIG CONFLICTS, BELIEFS ABOUT HOMOSEXUALY
Torn: Rcug the Gospel om the Gays-vs. But Lee harbored a secret: He also knew that he was gay. In this groundbreakg book, Lee rells the events–his g out to his parents, his experienc wh the “ex-gay” movement, and his -pth study of the Bible–that led him, eventually, to self-acceptance.
But more than jt a memoir, TORN provis sightful, practil guidance for all mted Christians who wonr how to relate to gay iends or fay members–or who stggle wh their own sexualy. Convced that “ a culture that se gays and Christians as enemi, gay Christians are a unique posn to brg peace, ” Lee monstrat that people of fah on both sis of the bate n rpect, learn om, and love one another. He cid to e out as a gay man to everyone his life, and to see for himself how the label of gay would impact his life.
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