America Lost and Right Wing Christianity was exposed as the Temple of Hypocrisy that it is

Re: Nov 5 election results:

I am proud to have been on the side of goodness. I always am displeased when my team doesn't win, but the Hillary and Harris DEFEATS (Hillary didn't really LOSE) are unique in that they left me bitter, broken, and depressed. If they had lost to a real person rather than to a cartoon villain, I would simply be "damn, we lost." But when Simon Bar Sinister was given the keys to 1600 P (grab) Avenue, it wasn't that my "side" lost, it was that America and in some ways the world lost. Decency lost. Truth lost. Kindness lost. Compassion lost. The quest for equity and fairness and justice was certainly set back. This isn't one democratic ideology being more popular than another, this is autocracy, oligarchy, and Neo-facsism being given a green light to ruin lives. and that is heartbreaking. We still have the tools of democracy to retard and sometimes prevent the march toward dystopia, and in two years we will have the chance of congressional victories that will offer more protection, and if we take our local and state elections seriously, that can provide another level of protection. But all the Bible and prayer and morals and decency talk that we were raised with meant nothing to those who taught it (or at least nothing to the ones they tried to teach) which is why the judgements and condemnations of evangelicals and fundamentalists should from this moment on mean not one damn thing to anyone ever again.

Pro-Gay, Pro-Trans, & Pro-Choice, with Bible Verses

Pro-Gay, Pro-Trans, & Pro-Choice, with Bible Verses (by Rev. Dr. Durrell Watkins)

On the sub/Reddit thread “Gay Christians” a straight identified poster asked, “Is being gay ever approved or said as okay by God or Jesus in the bible? Is transitioning to a different gender a sin? And do you (a gay Christian) believe in abortions (why or why not)? It would be nice for scripture to be included [in your response]. Asking because I’m curious.”

A day later, the OP (original poster) had received 25 responses, including this one from me:

The very few verses used to condemn LGBTQ people are all in the context of violence or exploitation. Love is never condemned.

We now know that gender isn't binary so "transitioning" is just a matter of coming to terms with one's gender experience & identity & then living in one's truth. Eunuchs in the Bible were considered a sort of third gender and Isaiah says they have a special place in God's all-inclusive house of prayer.

I am pro-choice. I believe everyone should have bodily autonomy. In the creation myth Adam is just a body until the breath of life enters him. His life begins with the ability to breathe on his own, not with simply being formed.

Those biblical nods were because you asked for them. I actually do not limit my moral reasoning to ancient texts that have been interpreted in countless ways & used to justify such horrors as war & slavery. I study scripture but I don't use it in place of independent thinking.

That said, I will add a verse that I find to be true, not because it's in a sacred book but because it has proven to be healing in my own life: "God is Love & WHOEVER lives in love lives in God & God lives in them."