{"id":9003,"date":"2014-11-03T17:56:50","date_gmt":"2014-11-03T21:56:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/evetushnet\/?p=9003"},"modified":"2014-11-03T17:56:50","modified_gmt":"2014-11-03T21:56:50","slug":"a-few-thoughts-on-celibacy-and-socioeconomic-status-a-queer-calling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/evetushnet\/2014\/11\/a-few-thoughts-on-celibacy-and-socioeconomic-status-a-queer-calling.html","title":{"rendered":"“A Few Thoughts on Celibacy and Socioeconomic Status”: A Queer Calling"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

opens up a really important area of the conversation:<\/p>\n

A few weeks ago, I mentioned<\/a> that I was planning to write a post on celibacy and socioeconomic status. I\u2019ve spent considerable time trying to pull my thoughts together on this topic and have decided that I\u2019d like to explore it in bits and pieces over time. Not much has been written on celibacy and class issues, especially from within the gay Christian blogosphere, so while I see this topic as very important I don\u2019t intend to tackle all of it immediately or even within the near future. Today, I begin by offering some brief, scattered thoughts.<\/p>\n

In some ways, I feel as though I may not be the right person to write on this topic. Though I grew up in one of the poorest regions of America and my upbringing did involve some socioeconomic challenges we were certainly not the poorest people in Appalachia. As I type this, I can hear my mom\u2019s voice ringing in my head: \u201cYou didn\u2019t have it bad. You had more than a lot of kids in this county.\u201d I wouldn\u2019t contest that. It\u2019s entirely true. I\u2019m not writing this to get sympathy or to suggest that I\u2019m an expert on class issues. That isn\u2019t my area of academic expertise. I\u2019m also not about to perpetuate the myth that poverty is\u00a0bad<\/em>. It isn\u2019t. Life below the poverty line can be just as fulfilling as life above it. In my adulthood thus far, I\u2019ve lived on both sides long enough to know. What compelled me to write this post is my observation that nearly all my friends who write on celibacy and LGBT Christian issues come from similar upper middle class or middle middle class backgrounds, and sometimes in our discussions I feel like the odd person out. The thoughts that follow come from that sense of difference.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

more<\/a>\u2013your must-read for the day imo<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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