Rev. Patrick S. Cheng, Ph.D.
Theologian, seminary professor, and ordained minister
Posted: December 28, 2010 02:42 PM
The Truth Will Make Us Free: A Queer Year in Review
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rev-patrick-s-cheng-phd/the-truth-will-make-us-fr_b_801258.htmlAnti-gay Christians love to quote John 8:32, which says that "the truth will make you free." According to them, if only lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people would simply accept the truths of the Christian faith, we would discover the error of our ways, repent of our sins and miraculously change our misdirected sexual orientations and/or gender identities.
As an openly-gay theologian, ordained Christian minister and seminary professor at the Episcopal Divinity School in Cambridge, Massachusetts, I agree that the truth will make us free. However, the anti-gay Christians have it backwards. As the groundbreaking events of 2010 have demonstrated, it is actually the truth of the fundamental goodness of LGBT people and our lives that will make us free. Ironically, this truth also will free anti-gay Christians of their own heterosexist prejudices and theological blind spots.
