Byline: REV. JEFFREY MATTHEWS Community United Methodist Church in Slingerlands
When you think of religion and the lesbian and gay community, what comes to mind first? Nothing much? Discomfort with the question? A sense of love and inclusivity?
For many gay and straight alike, our first thoughts are of those who would deny lesbians and gay men their jobs, their families, and even their religion and do so in God's name. Radical right, religiously affiliated groups organize counterdemonstrations, economic boycotts or letter-writing campaigns at the first hint of progress for the lesbian and gay community.
But such groups do not accurately reflect the …
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