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Monday, July 28, 2003 - Page updated at 11:05 A.M.

Gays struggle in evangelical Christian world

By Janet I. Tu
Seattle Times staff reporter


JIM BATES / THE SEATTLE TIMES
Michael Perez, center, relates his experience of being both gay and Christian at a meeting of Evangelicals Concerned Western Region. Flanking him, from left, are Ron Poindexter, Tim Peter and Scotty Linscott.

They come to a Capitol Hill apartment each Thursday evening for fellowship and Bible study. They talk, as many in Christian fellowship meetings do, of the power of God in their lives: how the Lord has helped heal family relationships for one, given strength for a job search to another.
But just as frequently, they speak of their painful struggles to reconcile their faith and their sexuality, for this is a local meeting of Evangelicals Concerned Western Region — a group for gay and lesbian evangelical Christians.

In the publicity surrounding last month's Supreme Court decision to decriminalize gay sex and the legalization of gay marriage in British Columbia and Ontario, Canada, some of the most vocal opposition has come from conservative Christians. That has made some gay, lesbian and bisexual evangelical Christians feel invisible.

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[roguevalley]

1. I will never understand why people want to live in the crucible

of hatred like that. Go to your own corner or a corner
that will accept you as is and get your worship on for
godsake. Don't tell me you have a hard time in evangelical
circles. THEY HATE YOU! Find a corner of your own and by
your own goodness and righteous, others will come.