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Yea. I want to be clear, tho.
Jackie and I aren’t part of a “wide variety of perspectives”. I fully disagree with her and acknowledge “Christ over Queerness” to be dehumanizing and absent of God’s heart.
Our missions are different and don’t stand in community with each other. https://twitter.com/TyshanB/status/1277954807731552256
Jackie and I aren’t part of a “wide variety of perspectives”. I fully disagree with her and acknowledge “Christ over Queerness” to be dehumanizing and absent of God’s heart.
Our missions are different and don’t stand in community with each other. https://twitter.com/TyshanB/status/1277954807731552256
I got off social media pretty early so I woke up to a slew of texts and DMs about this and I was just confused. LOLOL
I am in community and share close, intimate space with some beautiful people who are also part of the LGBTQ+ community who hold me accountable and love me well.
I am in community and share close, intimate space with some beautiful people who are also part of the LGBTQ+ community who hold me accountable and love me well.
In addition to them, many folks who identify as queer has connected with me since I had the conversation with Kev last week.
Many of them also doubled back last night to express confusion over “what to believe” because they’ve been faced with these two opposing views.
Many of them also doubled back last night to express confusion over “what to believe” because they’ve been faced with these two opposing views.
As a cishet Black woman born and raised in the church, I own how I’ve been an active part of the legacies and actions that have harmed queer Black folk. Some of that has cost me relationships I’ll never get back. I grieve that truth.
While I don’t think you can claim yourself an ally (I believe the community names you that), I strive to be a better human being that includes elements aligned with allyship.
I want to be clear that I believe that any ideology other than one that affirms God loves the totality of who we are AS we are is violent and antithetical to God’s heart. Full stop.
As a progressive woman of faith, I’m not in conversation with folks who want to see both sides of folk’s personhood and humanity. There are people who do that. I’m not one of them. It’s futile and what I know about God will never trump what others think.
For those who are just following me, I welcome the ways we’ll grow together as many people are realizing that folks have been having these conversations for years and some denominations aren’t even hung up on sex and the body like others are.
But I just wanted to name this here because it always matters to make your stances clear—but especially during Pride Month when LGBTQ+ folk have a right to be cautious of and side eye what straights do.
And I wanted to be clear because I’m also being accused of being part of an attempt to “show both sides” and that’s just not true.
Our conversations with Kevin were independent of each other.
I hope this clears it up.
Our conversations with Kevin were independent of each other.
I hope this clears it up.
