Ok- so I've tried to write this a thousand ways, (ok, actually only about 5 but thats not nearly as dramatic) and I just can't seem to say what I want to say in my usual manner... so here goes.
I am a Christian.
I am super close friends with someone who is gay.
I love my friend so very much.
When my friend hurts, I hurt.
When my friend is happy, it makes me happy.
When my friend is afraid I am supportive.
When my friend is angry, I listen and sometimes am angry too.
My friend makes me laugh.
Sometimes my friend cries and I hug my friend.
Sometimes my friend makes me so mad I could spit.
Sometimes I make my friend pretty darned mad too.
My friend and I know things about each other that not many, if any, other people know.
My friend's life is not always easy because of my friend's sexual persuasion.
People are not always nice because of this persuasion.
I know that some other Christians do not approve of my friendship with this friend.
I know that I do not care.
I know that I do not judge them for that.
I do not agree with everything regarding my gay friend.
I do not agree with everything regarding my straight friends.
In neither case do I judge them for who they are.
The bottom line is this- my friend is my friend.
I love my friend.
God loves my friend.
Thats all.
