Who shows outrage should someone thank a gay spouse

Someone who is coming out feels close enough to you and trusts you sufficiently to be honest and risk losing you as a acquaintance. It can be complicated to know what to say and what to do to be a supportive friend to someone who has “come out” to you. Below are some suggestions you may wish to follow.

• Acknowledge your friend for having the courage to narrate you. Choosing to reveal you means that they have a great deal of respect and reliance for you.
• Don’t judge your friend. If you have strong religious or other beliefs about LGBTIQ communitites, keep them to yourself for now. There will be plenty of time in the future for you to think and talk about your beliefs in beam of your friend’s persona.
• Respect your friend’s confidentiality. Allow them the integrity to share what they want, when and how they want to.
• Tell your companion that you still look after about them, no matter what. Be the comrade you have always been. The main fear for people coming out is that their friends and family will reject them.
• Don’t be too serious. Sensitively worded humor may ease the tension you are both probably feeling.
• Ask questions you may have, but understand that your companion
  

  Fred Phelps: How Westboro pastor spread 'God hates fags'

  "Locally, the church is close a park in Topeka, Kansas, called Gage park," says Fred Mann, a reporter for the Wichita Eagle, who has written about Phelps in the past.

  "They believed there was homosexual activity in the park. They went with signs, anti-gay signs and then it spread from there."

  At first, the "God hates fags" slogan was nowhere to be found.

  "I remember them talking about the inception days of the picketing," says filmmaker K Ryan Jones.

  His film Fallen From Grace followed Phelps and the Westboro Baptist Church for a year.

  He recalls that they told him: "Originally our signs did just speak 'gay' or 'homosexual' or that kind of thing, and then we started using 'God Hates Fags'."

  They set out to shock - and they knew that those who weren't offended by the exploit of the word "fag" would bristle at the idea of God hating anyone, says Jones.

  Their tactics seemed to labor. Though "God hates fags" is not their only sign, it is one of the best-known and the one most connected with the church.

  The
  

  Reflections on Ire as a Political Tool: A Jewish Journey through the LGBTQ Struggle

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  Max Lucado apologizes for past comments on homosexuality after outrage at National Cathedral

  By David Paulsen

  Posted Feb 11, 2021

  The Rev. Max Lucado, an evangelical pastor and bestselling author, preaches a prerecorded sermon for Washington National Cathedral’s Feb. 7 livestreamed worship service.

  [Episcopal News Service] The Rev. Max Lucado has apologized in a letter to Washington National Cathedral after his invitation to preach in a cathedral worship service sparked outrage over his past statements about homosexuality and same-sex marriage.

  Lucado, a popular evangelical author and pastor, said in the letter dated Feb. 11 that he still believes in “the traditional biblical understanding of marriage” but now regrets the words he used in a 2004 sermon and article. Critics hold condemned his comparison of same-sex marriage to legalized polygamy, bestiality and incest and his idea that homosexuality is something that can be changed by pastoral care.

  “I now see that, in that sermon, I was disrespectful. I was hurtful. I wounded people in ways that were devastating,” Lucado said in his Feb. 11 letter, a copy of which was obtained by

  It would be easy to mistake Dido as existence as mellow as her music – but don't.
  In our chat, the British singer-songwriter – promoting her first album in five years, "Girl Who Got Away," out Protest 26 – didn't just chat about her lgbtq+ fans and the Eminem song that launched her career. We found out what turns the musically meek songstress into an angry beast. Let's just say this: Tequila makes Dido dangerous.

  Welcome back, Dido.
  Thank you very much. It's pleasant to be back.

  When did you recognize you had a gay following?
  Pretty instantly, I would say. I've always had a very loyal homosexual following, which I'm very thankful for.

  Do you have a lot of gay people in your own life?
  Oh yeah, tons. I mean, friends, work people … everybody.

  Everybody?
  (Laughs) No, not everybody, but a enormous amount. I'm surrounded by very good people.

  Two of your biggest singles, "Thank You" and "Don't Leave Home," are wedding favorites.
  It's funny: I think "Don't Leave Home" at a wedding is just completely weird. It surprises me that anybody has that at their wedding. It's a ballad about being incredibly claustrophobic. (Laughs) People are prefer, "I've played that at my wedding," and I'm lik