All this Ellen talk has got me thinking about the other day when I was being interviewed by someone who was coming from a more conservative theological viewpoint and they asked me what it would take for me to be in community with people I disagreed with theologically.
And I said to them listen, I am constantly in community with people I disagree with theologically. In both directions. I’m close friends with atheists and I’m close friends with people who take the whole fucking nicene creed extremely seriously.
Where I run into problems with people is when it gets to matters of human dignity and civil rights. My life is not a theological issue. My personhood is not a theological issue that exists to be agreed or disagreed with. I reject the premise of questions that start there.
If your “theology” says that I’m dirty and broken because of my sexuality and that my partner and I shouldn’t enjoy the same civil rights as you do and that ultimately who I am and love dooms to me burn alive forever in a literal fiery hell, well.
I guess y’all can call that theology if you want. But to me that’s just bigotry, oppression, hatred and sin, masquerading as theology to give it a veneer of legitimacy. And I don’t commune with that shit.
Anyway, me and every other queer Christian I know has gotten asked a million and one times why we can’t just get along with people that disagree with us by people who will never be affected by our disagreement and I’m uh *checks watch* tired
