Justin Wise (I'm From St. Matthews, SC) - True Gay Stories

For being gay, Justin is excommunicated from the church he grew up in and estranged from his community.

(Gay | Coming Out | Religion | Homophobia) [TV-PG]

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[pansyboy88]

I think this is SOUTH Carolina...not North Carolina. Sad story but Justin is much better off without the church.

[ImFromDriftwood]

@pansyboy88 it's absolutely SC, thanks.

[Rumake]

Christian churches could not exist if they didn't have someone to persecute. Their message is not love, it is hate. Their message is rooted in their belief that they know better than you do what God wants. The fact is that the more religious a person or a congregation is, the less spiritual they are. Prejudice is a construct of the ego.

[Belkara]

Justin: If your church family has given you the boot, then that is their loss. Those years of being in that family and growing up in the church will always be a part of who you are. Build on that. Stay true to who you are and being that shining light of love to those who hate.

[tubeyoujj]

Jesus loves us. He's good when there's nothing good in us. He's homosexual, he loves Christ, the point is he LOVES CHRIST.

[trionboy]

And this from so called christians.

[purelove700]

Justin is a true man of god, and this is how i see him. i have been though this as well. i know god, and he loves me as a gay man. Because he lives with in me. and if anyone wants to know the real truth for them selfs,i will say Go with in your self, for the Kingdom of God, is with in all of us. And how we Feel & Think & See about our Selfs is very Inportent because if we Love our Selfs we Love God, and out of this Place the Iner Heart we can Stand in Gods Love, and this is truth for all of us.

[SuperContinuum]

Christian love gives full meaning to the words of hypocrisy, hate and bigotry.

[yescandles]

On my home page is the address of Dr Michael Piazza. He has videos and information about Homosexuality and Christianity. You might be surprised, I know I was. You know you never really had a "church family" if they could dump you so easily. Please listen to Michael's videos. If you have any challenges finding them, let me know. You are a child of God just the way you are.

[MzOpheliaCox]

It doesn't surprise me, I was brought into a room at my church and made to watch a video called "It's not gay" another brain washing video on top of the brain washing sermons. I felt more than relieved when I came out, and I left the church.

[Rumake]

@jhr459 You are right. My comment was a generalization. I know Christians who are good decent people. And I have been associated with gay accepting churches. In that sense my comment is not fair to them. But all "religions" are based on dogma whose basic premise is my dogma is better than your dogman. If a person does not commit the original sin, "I believe, therefore you must believe", then there could well be a spiritual presence separate from theie ego.

[jhr459]

@Rumake - This is the same bullshit they say about us - these sweeping generalizations - 'you queers always, you faggots never. I'm gay and I have been to a number of gay-welcoming churches - not the MCC either..

[jhr459]

Well of course he couldn't go to church anymore. Church isn't for sinners - it's for people as pure as the driven snow, right? heh. My mother told me a story about going to a church with one of her GF's and the pastor said essentially the same thing - sinners not allowed in his church - so she stood up and walked out. It didn't hurt that my grandfather was the richest man in our county; nobody would fuck with him or his.