![]() ![]() But the collision between anti-gay Christianity and LGBT adolescents is a brutal one. Because in that very conservative Christian world one can’t be both gay and Christian, every pressure exists either to eliminate the “gayness” or, if that is not possible, then to exile the gay person. Strongly anti-gay Christians get the percentage of LGBT adolescents and church kids in their families and youth groups that their percentage of the population would lead one to expect - their theology does not exempt them from their share of gay kids. Scattered among the 70 percent of the American population that is self-identified Christian are the 5 percent of the population that is LGBT. ![]() Their stories obviously vary in detail, but a basic script has become visible. When I started my book, I knew a few dozen LGBT Christians. LGBT Christian exiles are everywhere, because that’s what the traditionalist position most naturally produces. In this column, I want to return to the subject for the first time in months to reflect on what I have learned.ġ. Since that time my world has been turned at least halfway upside down. In October 2014 a version of these essays plus further material was published as the book Changing Our Mind (Read the Spirit). Follow David: a year ago I began my 16-week series on LGBT issues in what was then ABPNews/Herald. ![]()
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