A Chicago-area pastor publicly rebuked a drag queen and told him he wasn’t welcome in his church.
I have to admit to deeply mixed feelings about this. It is his club, and the club can have any rules it likes about deportment. If drag queens aren’t welcome in his church, then that’s that.
BUT:
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There is w-a-a-a-y more to sexuality than plumbing, and only resolute ignorance makes it possible to choose to believe a Bronze Age anonymity over scientists who have spent years actually studying the issues.
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On standard Christian theology, the drag queen is troubled and confused. Surely he deserves sympathy and help, then, rather than public shaming?
So, I guess what I think is that the pastor had the right to act as he did, but he exhibited the character failure of resolute ignorance, and he didn’t honor the teachings he claims to believe.
I (not very bravely, really) predict that these sorts of confrontations will grow more common. Sexually non-conforming people are not going to stay in the closet any longer — nor should they. And they will find themselves in conflict with a church whose teachings have been overtaken by science.