Evangelicals are being challenged to change their views of gays and lesbians, and the pressure isn\u2019t coming from the gay rights movement or watershed court rulings: Once silent for fear of being shunned, more gay and lesbian evangelicals are speaking out about how they\u2019ve struggled to reconcile their beliefs and sexual orientation.<\/span> Evangelicals are being challenged to change their views of gays and lesbians, and the pressure isn\u2019t coming from the gay rights movement or watershed court rulings: Once silent for fear of being shunned, more gay and lesbian evangelicals are speaking out about how they\u2019ve struggled to reconcile their beliefs and sexual orientation.Students and alumni from […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2251,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1344","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n
Students and alumni from Christian colleges have been forming gay and lesbian support groups \u2013 a development that even younger alumni say they couldn\u2019t have imagined in their own school years. Gay evangelicals have published memoirs that prod traditional Christians to re-examine how they think about gays and lesbians. Among the most recent is Jeff Chu\u2019s \u201cDoes Jesus Really Love Me? A Gay Christian\u2019s Pilgrimage in Search of God in America.\u201d Paul Southwick, a gay evangelical attorney in Oregon, has started an \u201cIt Gets Better\u201d style video project, \u201cOn God\u2019s Campus: Voices from the Queer Underground,\u201d with testimonials from gays and lesbians at the Christian schools.<\/span>
The goals of these activists and writers vary. Some argue monogamous same-sex marriages are consistent with traditional Bible views and hope to remain in conservative churches. Others agree with traditional teaching on marriage and have committed to staying celibate for life, but are speaking out because they feel demonized within their communities.<\/span>
Whatever their aims, they are already having an impact.<\/span><\/span>
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