Yes, I used to see the world in rigid binary oppositions. But now that I am a man -- a gay, Christian man -- I've put behind me such a childish way of seeing.

God doesn't want us to know him better through our sinning. He wants us to know him best through our love. You don't get to be the exception to the rule of needing and deserving full love, Matt.

Challenge a Christian to make one single argument for homosexuality being wrong that doesn't quote or reference the Bible, and suddenly they're in a house of mirrors; suddenly the only thing they can only point to is themselves.

(RNS) When President Obama announced his support of same-sex marriage, I was thrilled. But I also was filled with a sense of dread about the maelstrom...

Christians today who take seriously the search for truth must admit that the old axiom that homosexuality is a sin has been forever reduced in status from objective truth to subjective opinion.

If there is no clearly stated directive in the Bible to marginalize and ostracize gay people, then Christians continuing to do so is morally indefensible, and must cease.

I stepped up into the pulpit, crossed it, and looked down upon the carefully printed words. There I read this:

There are always myriad causes behind suicide. But that that does not alter the fact that the root cause of these tragedies is a strain of Christianity that continues to insist that homosexuality is an evil affront to God.

Ever heard of a group called Christians for a Moral America? Neither had I. Neither had anyone else. Until George Michael was admitted to a hospital for severe pneumonia.

"I understand that this was a lot to take in. Likely you have some questions or concerns and may wish to talk to me about them or talk to someone else or just have some time to process."

To say that something like sexual orientation, race, economic status, gender are not issues to us is to speak from a position of privilege.

Just now practically everyone in the Christian blogosphere is writing and commenting about the recent Jamey Rodemeyer suicide.

We have the testimony of many lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Christians who tell us that God has bound them to a person of the same sex as their partner for life.

Jesus Christ died for your sins. That was unthinkably beautiful. Now Jamey Rodemeyer has died from your sins. That is not.

"To my family's belief structure, this just isn't possible. My parents and I have danced and boxed around this issue, and we've been stuck for quite some time at an impasse."

And it seems to me a safe bet that if she feels the way she does about homosexuality, so do others in her church. I think she might be surprised at how far she can push the gay envelope without tearing it.

A little while ago someone wrote to ask me why I'm so interested in the "gay issue." I replied that my primary interest isn't in "the gay issue." My primary interest is in the abuse of power.

Christians don't at all mind love between two men. Christians really mind sexual love between two men.