Kenny, I’m sorry to say this… but that sounds crazy and like you’ve been brainwashed. It’s no surprise your gay friends reacted the way they did.

For myself…having been once a gay identified man, who now would identify himself as straight…my understanding of myself came with a revelation and an encounter with God, who called me out of a gay identity. It wasn’t Exodus, nor people, or organizations, or ministries…it was a personal encounter that I had with God that changed my life.
I will say that I was fortunate to have ministries and people who walked with me in this journey, who respected my experience, even though they may not understand fully or even accept my encounter with God.
What surprised me though was the lack of grace, the almost hatred that I received from those who I once called my friends, who turned their backs on me, because I now thought differently than before. Rather than a respecting of my decision as a human being, I was now faced with contempt and anger.
Maybe my hope would be that the “us” verses “them” mentality would eventually fade away…but my hunch is that it won’t. As I read this report, there was so much hate and anger expressed…that it is hard to even think that there could ever be an extension of grace or a love and respect for someone who thinks differently…the same love and respect that the writer is asking of those of faith.

Dan never said it was Jay’s opinion being different from his that made it stupid. Jay’s opinion was stupid because it was stupid, not because it was different.