Whenever I am asked to write an article about when I “changed my mind about homosexual people,” I always have to say that I never had to change my mind about them. + When did the journey toward LGBT affirmation start for you? I’m honored to do so here, it’s a divine closing-the-loop of my own journey that started so many years ago. Shay and I were putting together the JOURNEY (EXILE) issue of Spit & Spirit, I knew I wanted to interview Peggy about her own journey of LGBT affirmation and advocacy. Our paths crossed again when we found ourselves sitting next to each other on a flight to the Room for All conference in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Years later, I found myself working for her husband as his organization, the Evangelical Association for the Promotion of Education, was one of my clients. Not only that, LGBT Christians were blessed, important, integral members of the Christian community. Peggy Campolo said clearly and without any conditions that being LGBT was perfectly normal, perfectly healthy, perfectly acceptable, and perfectly compatible with Christianity. I will never forget finding Peggy & Tony Campolo’s conversation about homosexuality. It was one of those defining moments in my own journey. Specifically, anything it had to say about being gay and Christian. When I was 15-years-old and figuring out that I was queer and still deeply closeted, I scoured the internet for anything and everything it had to say about homosexuality.
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