“Everything is the same as (old church),” she said. “It’s just like it, only there are more families and people we know here.”

She proceeded to list off a number of folks from my childhood who apparently are members of this congregation, who I now have to believe would not welcome a gay or other non-conforming person among them.

No, Mom. It’s not the same. It never will be the same.

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