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Mar 9, 2019

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Rough Ride to LGBTQ Pride

Christianity and Me

LGBTQ Anglicans and Allies at Toronto Pride 2014

I often tell people my relationship with Christianity is complicated. My relationship with religion is complicated. As a gay man, I instinctively recoil from organized faith. Christian symbols even frighten me if I see them without warning. Crosses and fish can send shivers up and down my spine.

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James Finn is a columnist for the LA Blade, a former Air Force intelligence analyst, an alumnus of Act Up NY, and an agented but unpublished novelist.

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