“Encouraging” LGBTQ+ people by reminding them that Jesus hung out with sinners misses the point widely. Telling them that “we all have our sins but God loves us anyway” or that their “sin is no worse than ours” is the worst form of religious passive-aggressiveness. The fact is, their sexual orientation or gender identity does not need Jesus’ or, for that matter, anyone’s generosity. Like the rest of us, they no doubt have things in their lives that need grace and forgiveness – but being LGBTQ+ is not one of them.
See also the previous Wild Reed posts:
• Quote of the Day – March 7, 2018
• Trusting God’s Generous Invitation
• The Many Manifestations of God’s Loving Embrace
• Remembering and Reclaiming a Wise, Spacious, and Holy Understanding of Homosexuality
• Same-Sex Desires: “Immanent and Essential Traits Transcending Time and Culture”
• Getting It Right
• Gay People and the Spiritual Life
• Beyond Respectful Tolerance to Celebratory Acceptance
• Homosexuality Is Not Unnatural
• Catholic Theologian: “Heterosexism, Not Homosexuality, Is the Problem”
• Our Lives as LGBTQI People: “Garments Grown in Love”
• No Altar More Sacred
• The Longing for Love: God's Primal Beatitude
• Never Say It Is Not God
Image: Alex Burns and Anthony Mackie in Robert Evans' 2004 film, Brother to Brother.
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