March 22, 2017 – Pop singer Katy Perry, who is famous for the 2008 hit song “I Kissed a Girl,” said that she tried to “pray the gay away at Jesus camps” during her teenage years. During her speech at the Human Rights Campaign’s (HRC) Los Angeles gala dinner at JW Marriott L.A. Live in…
March 24, 2017 – In the year that led up to naming my queerness, I drifted away from church. It wasn’t deliberate, but after a lifetime of subtle messages about the church and homosexuality (and by proxy bisexuality), I needed to step back to figure out if I could be a bisexual Christian — if…
Why Churches Should Welcome and Fully Affirm Christian GLBTs “It terrified me to think that God made me just to hate me and send me to hell.” This was the response of a teenager to hearing his pastor tell the congregation that the Bible says God hates homosexuals and will send them to hell. He…
~ by Rev Bruce Lowe Note from Mary: Rev Bruce Lowe was the first person to “believe” in ChristianGays.com. In 2000, he sent me a cheque for $300, and encouraged me to put a Donations page on the website. I was reluctant, but he convinced me that others would want to help support a ministry…
~ by Rev Bruce Lowe The condemnation of gay men and lesbian women by the church, is destroying – literally – the worth of millions – again literally – of homosexuals by robbing them of all self-esteem, forcing them to live in closets in constant fear that will be found out, driving them out of…
March 27, 2017 – For gay men, life outside the closet can be brutal, and not only due to homophobia. A recent longform article by Michael Hobbes on the Huffington Post went into detail about “The epidemic of gay loneliness.” In it, Hobbes describes a toxic environment that leaves many gay men feeling isolated, even…
The rainbow flag has become the easily-recognized colors of pride for the gay community. The multicultural symbolism of the rainbow is nothing new. Jesse Jackson’s Rainbow Coalition also embraces the rainbow as a symbol of that political movement. The rainbow also plays a part in many myths and stories related to gender and sexuality issues…
March 29, 2017 – He would pray. Again. And again. And again. God heal me. Please heal me. Please heal me of these attractions to men and make me the man you want me to be. Jonathan Brower so desperately wanted to be healed. He so desperately wanted God to take away his homosexuality. To…
Last August, we had a special Sunday in church called “Burning Questions,” in which I responded, on an impromptu basis, to written questions from the congregation. At that time, I also promised to preach a series of sermons later in the year that would specifically address the top three, or most-asked questions submitted on that…
If you wish to read the longer, original version, please Click Here. Note from Mary: There are now over 400 English Versions of the Bible! “Proud as a peacock” – The phrase comes from the glorious fan-shaped, multi-coloured (not quite rainbow-coloured) plumage of the male peafowl when he is courting his mate. Thus, just as…
VATICAN CITY — It’s official: The Earth revolves around the sun, even for the Vatican. The Roman Catholic Church has admitted erring these past 359 years in formally condemning Galileo Galilei for entertaining scientific truths it long denounced as anti-scriptural heresy. Pope John Paul II himself turned up Saturday for a meeting of the Pontifical…
This is the original longer version. If you wish to read the shorter version, which is suitable for publication, and is actually quite different than this version, please Click Here. On May 5, 2001, when Pope John Paul II begged God’s forgiveness for sins committed by Roman Catholics against Jews, heretics and women, he acknowledged…
Gay by God PRIDE in being gay is not something that comes naturally when we live in a world that tells us we are “evil” and “immoral”. For most of us, it is first a road of self-awareness, and then of self-acceptance. We then need to take a further step to determine the consequences of…
We gays often hear that God created Adam and Eve, not Adam and Steve. Well if God didn’t create Steve, who did? Many gays believe that we were created by God, with the same love that God created Adam and Eve. It is my contention that it is very possible that God did indeed create…
“You shall not lie with a male as with a woman; it is an abomination.” ~ Leviticus 18:22 “If a man lies with a male as with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination; they shall be put to death, their blood is upon them.” ~ Leviticus 20:13 Within the very nature of…
On her radio show recently, Dr. Laura Schlesinger said that, as an observant Orthodox Jew, homosexuality is an abomination according to Leviticus 18:22, and cannot be condoned under any circumstance. The following response is an open letter to Dr. Laura, author unknown. It’s funny, as well as informative: Dear Dr. Laura: Thank you for doing…
The subject of astrology and spirituality based on input from “The Universe” has come up a few times in the Chat Rooms and within the List Serve so I have chosen to add this Article so that others will know how the Admin of Christian Gays feels about it. I believe that the Bible teaches…
As a born-again Christian, I listen to Christian radio and TV and I hear daily about “moral issues” and “family values”. They don’t mean “morality” or “family”. They mean gay marriage, so why not call it what it is – anti-gay prejudice! They’re talking about keeping their “club” reserved for only those who fit their…
This article is the result of a letter to a dear man who requested counseling about the fact that his father will not accept his homosexuality, even after 30 years. His father has told him that he can’t be Christian if he is gay. Since this is such a universal problem for us all, I…
aka “Pluckers and Planters”by Rev Deana DudleyNov 22, 2009 With appreciation to Rev Deana and MCC Toronto for their permission to use this presentation, and to Mark Warren for his wonderful job of editing. It was an absolute pleasure working with you!
Mom, For someone who has not lived this life, it is impossible for that person to fully understand. I am sitting here trying to think of some other current condition in life to which closeted homosexuality can be compared – I cannot think of one other condition that comes close. Nevertheless, I tried to put…
While sitting in Church this morning, I was subjected to a message of prejudice, hatred and bigotry from the pulpit, directed against homosexuals regarding the upcoming legislation which would allow marriage by people of the same sex. As an “OUT” lesbian Christian – YES! It IS Possible! – I feel an obligation to speak out…
Trey Pearson is literally taking the LGBT community to church. The Christian singer has released a new music video, “Silver Horizon”, which celebrates gay love in a religious setting. The video is the first released since Pearson came out in 2016, in an interview with 614 magazine. The news sparked international headlines for the former…
April 6, 2017 – The Rise and Fall of the Ex-Gay Movement A little over a century ago, the nascent science of psychology took an interest in the origin of same-sex desire. Up until that point homosexual sex was seen as a vice to which a person might be habituated for any number of reasons….
April 7, 2017 – For decades the evangelical church has struggled to deal with the reality of same-sex relationships, attraction and disagreement within their congregations. Along with women’s role in leadership, sexuality has become the issue in danger of defining the western Church’s identity. And it shows little sign of being conveniently swept under the…
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We all grow up being taught the conventional wisdom of our surroundings. I never knew anyone whom I could identify as being a homosexual until I was in college — nice people didn’t talk about that. On the other hand, early on I learned the language of ridicule. There was a boy in our neighborhood…
The Bible has long been used by society to discriminate against, and persecute gays and lesbians. Careful study, however, reveals that while the Bible does condemn homosexual and heterosexual cult prostitution, it says nothing about loving committed homosexual relationships. Jesus himself said nothing about homosexuality, which leads many to believe it was not one of…
I have written this for those whose guilt has been etched deeply by the official positions of various Christian denominations as well as for those whose pain has been exacerbated by the unkindnesses shown to them through the actions and reactions of church-goers. It is my hope and prayer that the seeming dilemma between homosexuality…
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