Many of us are a quiet presence in our church. We are “out.” People know that we are lesbians or gay men. We pay our pledge… or try to. However, when it comes to engaging in the conversations with our straight fellow congregants, we don’t. It’s awkward. After all, they know what our opinions are.
Well research shows that often they don’t know what our opinions are unless we share them. The after Prop 8 polling showed a significant number of those voting in favor of Prop 8 knew gay and lesbian people. Further anecdotal responses indicated brought forth comments like, “I don’t think that LGBT people care about this. They never said anything.”
We can’t let that assumption take hold. We must pull together and realize that, beyond our own “buy-in” on any particular issue, such as marriage equality, we need to support it because there are people that want and deserve that right.
Integrity’s role is to help people move beyond just “being there.”
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