Please note, before reading on, this post is in response to the Citipointe Enrolment Contract, and the college’s Media Statement about withdrawing the contract. It includes a threatening tone, and alludes to unsafe school and church settings.
MEDIA STATEMENT
I made my views loud and clear.
But I am withdrawing what I said.
My views have not changed, but I will not promote them loudly.
I will express them in the quietest, sneakiest ways. Sometimes in ways you won’t even notice. Sometimes in ways we’ll never speak of.
I am no longer asking anyone to agree with me. But I know many of you do. And while we may not be allowed to talk about it, trust that I still believe it. You can see it in my eyes.
I regret that I revealed my truth. It is a dark, dangerous truth, that should not be exposed. I will keep it hidden. Simmering away inside. Only when it boils over will you remember it’s there at all. And the wound will burn again.
It is central to my faith that being gay or transgender in no way diminishes a person’s humanity or dignity in God’s eyes. All I said was, it’s immoral and destructive to society. Don’t twist my words.
It is also deeply distressing that some of our students have been vilified in the community. I would never vilify or discriminate against our gay and transgender students, I simply describe their behaviour as sexually immoral, sinful, and offensive to God. No offense.
We have the freedom to form a community, and parents have the choice to join. Everyone has choices. The students, who often have no choice about what school they attend, and no choice about what their parents believe, can choose not to sin. To not be sexually immoral. I know firsthand how hard that choice is. But as we now know, avoiding criticism is less about the choices we make, and more about the choices we reveal. Secrecy and shame have their place.
I hope that by withdrawing what I said, I can get back to practicing what I once could preach.
I love and hate you so much.
ENDS