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I like the response to your last prompt. I agree that churches are progressing majorly and that is evident by the rise of homosexual individuals pursuing christianity. People are passing less judgement and gay […]

I like the detail you use when describing LGBT -friendly churches and how they show the Bible as reasoning for being accepting. It is easy for churches to be
“accepting” of various groups, but the real […]

The idea of the Bible as a tool of oppression has always astounded me. It’s almost as if people did not read the book. Also, the fact that it is used without regard to its history especially with the enslavement […]

All God’s Children also worked well for me. It really contextualized the gay experience in the church community. As someone who went to a Catholic high school, I thought that I was familiar with a vast majority of […]

I really enjoyed this post, especially your analyzation of Delly and Dr. Jaxon! I previously didn’t know about the LGBTQ+ perspective of the Ruth and Naomi story and really enjoyed looking at the link you posted. […]

I would actually argue that John was not “there to an extent” in regard to Delly’s supposed homosexuality. I’m not even sure if John did truly love his son because even Delly’s accomplishments were evidence of him […]

I also agree with your point that focuses on the lack productivity stemming from analyzing Delly. I agree that we should instead look at the father and focus on the homophobia and toxic masculinity that rules the […]

I totally agree with this viewpoint now that you pointed it out. I would be very interested in another short story from Delly’s point of view because I do think it would be more empowering and interesting to hear […]

I really liked how you laid out the argument and evidence that Kelly Brown Douglas uses in “Homophobia and Heterosexism in the Black Church and Community”. You did a really nice job choosing the most imp […]

Thank you for providing that link! I did not grow up going to church and was completely unaware that the story of Ruth and Naomi even existed before doing the reading on Delly. That article that you provided puts […]

“This leads adults to stay quiet about their sexuality, leaving gay and lesbian kids to have nobody to look up to and nobody to validate their feelings.”

This is so, so important. I was raised Christian, and […]

I definitely agree that this documentary highlighted intersectionality within the Black community. I think the broad group of people interviewed helped with this a lot, as it allowed us to see various perspectives […]

I think this is a great point, Cole. Delly doesn’t really get agency or character development and since we only learn about him through his father’s descriptions, what information we do have is colored by his […]

I like this because it also states the Delly enjoyed basketball, and a few other “masculine” things. But John focused on the things he found to be feminine.