{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Love is an Orientation","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/loveisanorientation","author_name":"Andrew Marin","author_url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/loveisanorientation\/author\/loveisanorientation\/","title":"Being the Token Gay Christian","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"giOF4AvKC5\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/loveisanorientation\/2014\/08\/being-the-token-gay-christian\/\">Being the Token Gay Christian<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/loveisanorientation\/2014\/08\/being-the-token-gay-christian\/embed\/#?secret=giOF4AvKC5\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Being the Token Gay Christian&#8221; &#8212; Love is an Orientation\" data-secret=\"giOF4AvKC5\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","description":"I am glad my fianc\u00e9e and I represented ourselves and our love in a positive light.  BUT\u2026  What if I had been having a bad day? I can be quite shy and sometimes I just don\u2019t feel like explaining myself to new people \u2013 so what if I had ignored my friend\u2019s father? What if my fianc\u00e9e and I had been arguing or experiencing a tense moment in our relationship? Would my friend\u2019s father have walked away with the same positive changes in his viewpoint or would we have confirmed every negative opinion he believed about LGBTQ people?","thumbnail_url":"http:\/\/wp.production.patheos.com\/blogs\/loveisanorientation\/files\/2013\/12\/TMF_0276_laura_bw-300x200.jpg"}