The Gospel, LGBTQ, and the Problem of Performative Christianity 

A Christian Reflection on Christ's Treatment of Sinners, the Dignity of LGBTQ People, and the Meaning of Grace

"Destroying Which Family?"

Man 1:
"You extreme leftists are bent on destroying the family with your LGBTQ agenda and your anti-Christ ideology."

Man 2:
Destroying which family?

The people destroying families are not those who insist that every human being deserves dignity.

The people destroying families are those who strip healthcare from seniors, undermine the social safety nets that keep vulnerable people afloat, and pursue policies that make life increasingly difficult for ordinary families.

They keep giving themselves tax breaks while everyone else is expected to tighten their belts.

Parents are forced to work longer hours simply to keep food on the table, leaving them with less time to raise their children.

Seniors who lose access to affordable healthcare suffer unnecessary anxiety, declining health, and, in some cases, premature death.

Families lose not only loved ones but also the wisdom, stability, and affection of grandparents who should have been there longer.

Those are the things that destroy families.

Not treating people with dignity.

So stop deceiving yourselves.

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How Would Christ Respond?

If Christ were walking among us today, how do you think He would treat people who identify as LGBTQ?

He has already shown us.

Jesus never condoned sin.

But neither did He dehumanize sinners.

He defended the woman caught in adultery from those who wished to stone her.

He ate with tax collectors and sinners.

He touched lepers.

He spoke with the Samaritan woman.

He always spoke the truth—but He did so with compassion, dignity, and hope.

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Are We Focusing on the Wrong Sins?

Why, then, do some professing Christians speak as though sexual orientation were the only sin that matters?

What of greed?

Pride?

Corruption?

Cruelty?

Hatred?

Oppression?

Lying?

The love of money?

Scripture condemns all of these.

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Truth Without Dehumanization

Treating people with dignity is not an antichrist agenda.

It is profoundly Christlike.

The Christian calling has never been to shame people into the Kingdom of God.

It has always been to bear witness to the truth in love.

What is done is done.

The question is not where someone has been.

Taking a public stand against LGBTQ+ people does not make us holier.

Grace is not cheap.

The question is what they—and we—will do with the grace God now offers.

For that is the question Christ asks every one of us, not just "them."

I rest my case.

Don Kenobi

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