Hm. I see he’s framing himself as a victim. What Merritt needs to understand is that LGBTQ activists decided decades ago that we will always out closeted gay people who work to hurt other queer people.
Closeted gay people who push anti-gay ideology have been on notice for a very long time that we are anxious to out them.
That’s the rule, not the exception.
I mean, I have some sympathy for Merritt for finding himself in a painful situation, but you know what? People all over the world everyday change religions and religious beliefs like they change suits of clothes.
Whatever pain Merritt in, he has chosen for himself. His beliefs are voluntary.
As for his family? Well, we LGBTQ people are rejected and thrown out of our families every day. I understand this guy doesn’t want that to happen to him, and of course I don’t wish it on him, but I look around at my circle of courageous, out queer friends who have lost their families and I have a lot of trouble feeling sorry for a guy who’s trying to straddle the fence.
Perhaps Merritt should look to the example of Mike Rosebush, PhD, a former prominent leader in the evangelical world who has written in Prism & Pen about coming out unapologetically.
