Rosaria Butterfield, author of the recommended Secret Thoughts of An Unlikely Convert writes:
In 1996, when Bill Clinton signed the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), I grieved with my people. I was an atheist then, and lived in a monogamous lesbian relationship, working as a tenure-track professor specializing in English literature and Queer Theory.
Now, some 17 years later, in the summer of 2013, the Supreme Court has delivered its historic DOMA decision. I am now a Christian, married to a man who serves God as a pastor, and I homeschool in the Classical Christian tradition the two youngest of my four children. And again, I grieve with my people.
Standing with the Disempowered
Perhaps you think that I have a knack — call it a spiritual “gift” if you like — of affiliating with the losing team?
One of my enduring life values, which carried me through the Feminist and Gay Rights movements of the 1990s, and continues to motivate me today as one of Christ’s own, is the desire to stand with the disempowered. So here I am. Standing in a familiar place . . .
Read the rest here.
Hi, Chris,
Thanks for sharing this.
Tim, thanks for the encouragement! It’s always great to know that people are out there. I pray you are well.
This is an encouraging read! Thank you for sharing this.
I have read her book as well. I commend it highly.