Religion, Faith and the Glbt Community: A Ground Level View from a Faithful Exile

For too long, members of the GLBT community have been castigated and condemned by mainstream religions. The community's very existence is branded as being against the teachings of the Bible and the word of God. Furthermore, it is stated that community members deserve no rights equal to other, more "traditional" and "Christian" members of society at large. Community members have been targeted with violence by various hate groups in the U.S. and other countries, in point of fact, three to fou...