Coming out may be a personal choice, but doing it with someone you love somehow feels so right. It is with this spirit of unity that we, Pastor Ken Hutcherson and ministerial partner James Hansen, would like to shout loud and proud, “We are gay!”
For full disclosure, most of the people who are close to us have known for years how gay we are. Both of our wives know we’re gay and are completely supportive of this lifestyle choice. Our coworkers know we’re gay and have often asked us how they, too, can live as a gay Christian.
Now, obviously, they don't mean this quite the way most people would. More specifically, they are trying to reclaim the word "gay" from the LGBT community, to restore it to its earlier meaning of being happy or joyful.
For some reason, Christians aren’t allowed to be gay. We’re seen as angry, oppressive malcontents who look like they’ve been baptized in vinegar. We’re often caricatured as plastic phonies who are willfully naïve, or miserable misfits who aren’t happy unless they’re unhappy. But from our perspective, certain individuals in another community seem like they’re the unhappy ones who are overtly hostile to anyone who disagrees with them.
It's then discussed how Dan Savage isn't gay, as he is "sour and unhappy." Now, I would argue that most antigay types are not gay in a happy sense either, as they often seem pretty angry about everything, from atheists to Zen Buddhists. In the end, I think whether these two are really being truthful here comes down to the source of their homophobia. If it really started from their religion, then perhaps they really are happy, caring individuals, at least to some extent.
But the nice Christians I know understand that some people are gay, and that there's nothing they can change there. And quite honestly, I can't see how someone could decide homosexuality is bad just by reading the Bible, without also deciding that long hair, shrimp, and clothing of multiple fabrics are just as bad. The Bible serves as a crutch for these two. Truth should stand on its own, rather than depending purely on "BUT GOD SAID IT!" The Bible's better moral guidelines can be argued without relying on the Bible.
We remember a time when love meant that we cared so deeply about another person that we would tell them the truth about their destructive lifestyle. After all, a mom didn’t warn her kids about the hot stove out of malice.
"The truth" being "Your feelings are bad and you should feel bad." Want to argue about homosexuality? Explain WHY you think it's destructive! The burden of proof's on homophobes, but they seem convinced that the opposite is true, just because Godsaidit.
So Christians, take it from two flamboyantly gay pastors. Come out of the closet. Leave the confining hovel you’ve built for yourself and let people know the true “you.” Let the world know you’re happy, not discouraged. Let them know you have joy, not apathy. Stop hiding in that suffocating closet and remember that the Christian message is one of authenticity, hope and love. And if that message doesn’t make you gay, nothing will.
If you really want to read the whole thing, it's here. Just so you know I didn't make it up.
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