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To be clear, my view of marriage in a spiritual context has not changed. I believe the wedding union of husband and wife bears the image of God uniquely.....
What I am also trying to learn is how I can state my beliefs without being a jerk about it. ...
I have also come to believe that trying to make our secular government impose mySo, he's not a supporter per se, but he seems to get the separation of faith and civil law. I'm perfectly okay with that. It's progress. He goes on,
spiritual beliefs in this matter is not helpful or appropriate.
The night that Prop 8 in California and Amendment 2 in Florida (both banning gay marriage) passed I was jubilant. I truly believed what we had done was right and good. ....What I didn’t make widely known was how heart-broken I was when I saw the gay community in California take to the streets. Their protests that night and in the days afterwards tugged at me. When I saw their grief-stricken faces my heart twisted in my chest. It was the first time in a long time I remember thinking, “did we do something wrong?” ...Eventually the doubt over what we had done would get louder in my mind and change from a question to a conviction; a conviction that indeed we had done something terribly wrong.He concludes
Today, I can honestly say that I am glad that the courts are striking down all the marriage bans across the country. It is my hope that we (Christians) can learn from the past, make the appropriate amends, and rebuild dialog and relationships with the LGBT community.There are a number of prominent evangelicals who are coming around to being pro-marriage equality -- Brian McClaren, Steve Chalke, Rob Bell, Ken Wilson.... Most of them get rejected by their communities as apostates. But the tide is turning. And I would remind my fellow members of the rainbow tribe that forgiveness is a virtue. Life is too short to hold a grudge. Let's move ahead for justice, together.
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