timothykurek

The stereotypes perpetuated in the church are huge. The worst one had to have been that I was automatically a sex-crazed maniac.

Absolutely and it makes me sick... I am shocked that after two years the CNN article was reposted and went somewhat viral online and here on reddit and I am doing an AMA. I desire nothing more than to be considered completely irrelevant.

I had a friend come out... She was kicked out of her "Christian" family and my response wasn't much more loving. It caused a Crisis of Conscious in me.

My motivation was feeling others judgment so, if nothing else, I'd understand how it felt (as much as I could as a straight man) to be marginalized.

Absolutely. And made me question if the voice I was listening to was God or just the dogma of my church upbringing.

Just live in the tension and be yourself. Let others see you aren't scary and tell your story to people. Stories change people, not arguments. :-)