Kansas City Scribe Against Faith-Based Persecution Of LGBT Community

In this post, faith blogger Bill Tammeus explains recent American religious divisions, the crux of the argument and his beliefs.

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"Let's think about the stakes in the various splits that have been based on the misreading of scripture -- a misreading that supposes that the Bible condemns what we today are beginning to understand about sexual orientation and same-sex relations. If, at the end of the day, one group of Christians in a denomination or individual church insists that LGBTQ+ people should be treated as second-class citizens, the right thing to do is to stand against that."

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