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God Loves Gays
Diana Montgomery
The saying we need less religious nuts and more spiritual fruits comes to mind while reading some Christian stories on Medium. Skewed viewpoints. Hateful rhetoric. Do they even know that they are hateful? Let me explain.
I began my walk with God in earnest long after I had been saved. I was going to church, praying, reading the Bible, all of the usual Christian things that I thought I was supposed to do. I did those things when I was a baby Christian, someone who did not yet have a full understanding of God. That was until I felt compelled to see why so many Christians hated gays, lesbians, and transgenders. This had fired up my soul. I knew that this was wrong. This was not the love of God that I had read about in the Bible. This was when I came to God wholeheartedly. Righteous indignation brought me close to God.
Before I proceed, I would like to state that I am a straight woman. I like men. I have no personal stake in this. This is purely to ensure that the truth about God is told and that people are not hated because of a false belief.
It all started when I saw that a pastor in Oklahoma had stirred up his parishioners having them make signs which read “God hates Fags” and having them protest anywhere they could find gay people to hate. They even interrupted the funeral of a deceased solder who had lost his life serving…
