What exactly is the issue? The LGBT issue, part 2 - David Gushee
http://www.abpnews.com/opinion/columns/item/28943-what-exactly-is-the-issue-the-lgbt-issue-part-2 Historic Christian understandings of sexuality are being reevaluated due to evidence offered in the lives of those who do not fit the norm, together with associated research and mental health efforts. By David Gushee Follow David: @dpgushee My topic in this new series for ABPnews/Herald is the fierce conflict in culture, religion and law related to what I have initially called “the LGBT issue.” My goal is to think through this issue from a Christian perspective and in public with the hope of increasing “convictional clarity,” especially for Christians and churches. As an opening effort at labeling two main “sides” in the argument, I followed evangelical biblical scholar James Brownson (among others) in using the terms “traditionalist” and “revisionist” to describe the more conservative and more progressive camps, respectively. I appreciated the robust reader-response l...