I have friends and family who are in relationship with someone of the same sex. This post is not to rehash what is right or wrong about the choices they have made. This post is to hopefully compel all of us to reexamine our own hearts and resulting actions.
Lately when Miracle and I have been in public together I have sensed judgement, seen glances, heard whispered words. Right now, with her hair dyed black, Miracle doesn't look much like me at first glance. She also looks to be in her mid twenties. I look younger than my 41 years, often mistaken to be in my mid thirties. No one assumes we are related. But the reality that we are together and love each other is undeniable. So people assume they know the nature of our relationship and we are judged.
My friends and family involved in same sex relationships have often said that they experience judgement when they are out with their significant other. I had thought that it was unlikely that they were being judged, rather that they were perceiving the reactions that they expected to receive. I now realize that isn't entirely true. I think sometimes the pain and rejection they have felt clouds their vision and they perceive pain and rejection when none is there. But I now know that sometimes that rejection and judgement is really there.
Jesus loves everyone. Why can't we?
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