Kansas City Faith Blogger Considers LGBT+ Issues Confronting Organized Religion

A quick peek at the "biblical scholarship" amongst progressive theologians helps us ignore some of the more troubling passages in the Judaeo-Chrsitan Bible that don't seem very equitable, diverse or inclusive. 

Here's a compassionate word from a former local newsman . . .

"For a long time there have been faith leaders who have insisted that if your religion leads you to consider certain people as second-class or even sub-human, you're getting things wrong. Religion should be a liberating force in the world. That it hasn't always been is its shame."

Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com link . . .

Some scholarly help to unpack LGBTQ+ issues in religion

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