Here’s a letter I got in yesterday from a pastor whom I know to be a good and true LGBT ally: John, I’m having an issue coming to terms with something that’s happening in the life of a woman at my church (whom I’ll call Sue), and was hoping you could offer some insights or words of wisdom about how I might best counsel her. Sue has a married son. He and and his wife have two young children, and... Read more
I’ve been trying for hours to think of how to respond to the poor young person who wrote me the letter below. Usually I tell teens in this situation to simply lie to their parents: say you’re straight; smile a lot; get what love from them you can; get out. I advise this because I know often “Christian” parents throw their gay teens out of their house, and having to lie to your parents is a whole lot better than being... Read more
The pastor shifted positions in his chair, and said, "You're not going to like the direction this conversation is about to go." Read more
Today an unnamed 14-year-old kid from Everett, Pennsylvania is being tried in PA’s Bedford County Courthouse for (as we see him doing in the photo on the right above that he posted on Facebook, because isn’t half the fun of making Jesus fellate you posting a picture of it on Facebook?) breaking an obscure Pennsylvania state law outlawing the “Defacing, damaging, polluting or otherwise, physically mistreating in a way that the actor knows will outrage the sensibilities of persons likely to observe or discover the action.”... Read more
I wish this letter from the Christian mom of a gay teen could be read by everyone who thinks that being either gay or a gay ally is a sin. Read more
The gay-affirming Christian mother of a gay teen writes to ask how I would advise her relative to her husband, who believes that being gay is a sin. Read more
Her beloved son-in-law, the father of her granddaughter, has revealed that he is transgender and will soon begin the male-to-female process. Here's my advice to her. Read more
Time for a teaching moment, Pope Francis. Read more
If for some reason I find it incumbent upon me to boil down into one short statement everything I know about why it's no sin to be gay, I'm always pleased to say this: Read more
You can't please everyone—but you can please the right one. Read more
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