October 21, 2011
Ecumenical Bounty: A New Framework for the LGBTQ Conversation.
Fifty years ago, someone would have guessed it was just a fancy sandwich: LGBTQ. Now, it has become a global game of tug-of-war with communion bread, inevitably creating a “winner” and “loser” dichotomy. Churches around the world—and certainly across America—are spinning themselves nauseous over what to do with lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer/questioning (LGBTQ) people, and I think it is time we reevaluate things mid-spin.
The conversation about LGBTQ people and the church needs to happen in a graceful space that is outside of the loom of legislative consequence.