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I\u2019m linking to Calah\u2019s post<\/a> because I need to hear it myself, not because I\u2019m good at it:<\/p>\n

Your love shouldn\u2019t come with a litmus test. If you can\u2019t imagine ever being friends with a gay person because you feel you would first have to explain in detail what you think about their lifestyle, you\u2019re doing love wrong. If you are friends with a married couple who only have one kid and you think it\u2019s your job to talk with them about contraception, you\u2019re doing love wrong. If you scream \u201cmurderer!\u201d at a lady going into an abortion clinic, you\u2019re doing love wrong. And if you kick a pregnant teenager out of your school, your church, or your life, you\u2019re doing love wrong.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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I\u2019m linking to Calah\u2019s post because I need to hear it myself, not because I\u2019m good at it: Your love shouldn\u2019t come with a litmus test. If you can\u2019t imagine ever being friends with a gay person because you feel you would first have to explain in detail what you think about their lifestyle, you\u2019re […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1131,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,18],"tags":[10,21],"class_list":["post-256","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-christian-living","category-links-to-this-and-that","tag-catholic","tag-christianity"],"yoast_head":"\nLove First<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"I'm linking to Calah's post because I need to hear it myself, not because I'm good at it: Your love shouldn\u2019t come with a litmus test. 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