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LGBTQ Christians try to change hearts and minds from the pews
« on: January 28, 2018, 07:02:47 pm »
By Julie Compton January 27, 2018

Across the United States, lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender Christians are coming out of the closet. For many of them, finding acceptance within the church can be a test of faith.

"I think it's a decision I have to make every single day and every Sunday when I go to church," Austen Hartke, a transgender Christian who lives in St. Paul, Minnesota, told NBC News. "You're always trying to figure out if you should leave and go somewhere where it would be easier to make positive changes in the world rather than within a system that in some ways is trying to keep you down."

Studies show that LGBTQ people of faith are often conflicted. According to a report from the Pew Research Center, many feel unwelcome within most major religions and are much less likely to identify as Christian compared to the general public.

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Re: LGBTQ Christians try to change hearts and minds from the pews
« Reply #1 on: January 28, 2018, 07:04:20 pm »
I’m so glad they are going to church. May God speak to them and help them live as He commands.
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Re: LGBTQ Christians try to change hearts and minds from the pews
« Reply #2 on: January 28, 2018, 07:56:02 pm »
Quote from: goodwithagun on January 28, 2018, 07:04:20 pm
I’m so glad they are going to church. May God speak to them and help them live as He commands.

It does not appear culturally that the 'church' is helping homosexuals overcome the sin, but rather homosexuals helping the church to accept and condone the practice of the sin.
« Last Edit: January 28, 2018, 07:56:22 pm by INVAR »
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Re: LGBTQ Christians try to change hearts and minds from the pews
« Reply #3 on: January 28, 2018, 08:17:44 pm »
Pew polled the Pews?  Ewe.
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Re: LGBTQ Christians try to change hearts and minds from the pews
« Reply #4 on: January 28, 2018, 08:56:57 pm »
There’s definitely an effect where LGBTQs and religion are concerned.  Whenever they get into the news, have a protest, or put on a public display, I always hear people say, ‘Oh, Jesus...’
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