Just putting this out there because it'll eat my soul if I don't.

[brak666]

I am a homosexual. I am a Christian.

I have been mocked, degraded, and dismissed far more often and with much greater vehemence and regularity for being the latter by atheists and Pagans, than I ever have for being the former by Christians, and homophobes. The Far Left really annoys me sometimes. All their talk about tolerance is just so much bullshit. They think they're so much better and more compassionate than the Far Right. They don't realize that they do the exact same thing all the time. It is possible to have a different opinion from someone and still show them respect.

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[molly-o.livejournal.com]

When I was in grad school, my best friend there was Mormon and gay (I think he actually identified as bi at the time). Our grad school circle was all progressive intellectual types who marveled that he still hung out with his Mormon friends.

And then I went to a potluck dinner at his house, and I was the only grad school friend there -- the others, who'd gone so far as to tell him what dish they planned to bring, just didn't show up. But all the Mormons showed up, and were very welcoming to me, and seemed more disturbed by his views on astrology than by any reference he made to his sexuality.

I stopped wondering why he hung out with the Mormons.