Many Branches of Christianity Shamefully Remain Anti Gay

There is currently a tweet going around the world by a young man who is filled with joy because his parents accepted fully his homosexual orientation. The parents followed the Jehovah Witness faith but eventually left it.

The story is not all that unusual. I heard countless versions in my decades of advocating for gay rights. Unfortunately the stories do not always end happily like this one did.

This is an important story because the young man reviews the psychological damage done by his parents and their church. A huge part of Christianity still preaches that homosexuality is a sin. There is bound to be a trail of psychological damage done by parents or preachers who tell gay young people this untruth.

While Jehovah Witness might be considered an outlier within the Christian faith, its approach to homosexuality is not that unusual. The young man in the story was advised by officials in the faith the depression he was experiencing from his parents' rejection could be lifted by prayer. When he told them he was praying they criticized him for not praying hard enough.

Not praying hard enough or trying hard enough is standard fare in the faith. I've heard gay people are told this all the time. Atheists are told the reason they don't believe in an invisible god is because they have not tried hard enough to believe. What nonsense.

And, in the case of homosexual young people, what cruelty.

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