WendyHe wore the blue shirt his mother ironed. The announcement came mid-service. The congregation's position on non-celibate homosexuality was formal now — on record, no longer something you could agree to not discuss. He counted hymnal numbers until his hands stopped shaking. Then he left.
Nearly two-thirds of LGBTQ+ people raised Christian have left their churches, per Williams Institute data. Of Americans under 30 who left any religion, 60% cited anti-LGBTQ teaching — up from 29% in 2016. The Baptists aren't softening. The Catholics aren't. The Mormon Church just elevated Dallin Oaks, 93, architect of the 2015 gay exclusion policy. Queer Christians are done doing that math.
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Nearly two-thirds of LGBTQ+ people raised Christian have left their churches, per Williams Institute data. Of Americans under 30 who left any religion, 60% cited anti-LGBTQ teaching — up from 29% in 2016. The Baptists aren't softening. The Catholics aren't. The Mormon Church just elevated Dallin Oaks, 93, architect of the 2015 gay exclusion policy. Queer Christians are done doing that math.
https://twp.ai/4hr6vx
#LGBTQ #Queer #ExChristian #ChurchHurt #Faith #QueerJoy #Community #Pride #News #Mormon #Baptist #Exile
