Diva667
Jul 12, 2011, 7:13 PM
Article Here (http://glaadblog.org/2011/07/12/as-presbyterian-church-begins-ordaining-lgbt-clergy-longtime-advocate-rev-dr-janet-edwards-comes-out-as-bisexual/)
From her Op-Ed
The fear cut two ways. On the one hand, while there were some conservative church people who thought gay and lesbian Presbyterians might be acceptable — if they chose to be celibate — I found out right away they didn’t feel the same about bisexuals. When I shared this new understanding of myself as bi with colleagues in ministry, they immediately presumed me to be promiscuous…To them, bisexuals are sinners pure and simple, and if you are a married bisexual, you therefore must be violating the Seventh Commandment against adultery, making you unfit for ministry or even membership in the church. Though nothing had changed outwardly — I was the same person, still married and faithful to my husband — I became afraid of this judgment from my peers and of their condemnation
From her Op-Ed
The fear cut two ways. On the one hand, while there were some conservative church people who thought gay and lesbian Presbyterians might be acceptable — if they chose to be celibate — I found out right away they didn’t feel the same about bisexuals. When I shared this new understanding of myself as bi with colleagues in ministry, they immediately presumed me to be promiscuous…To them, bisexuals are sinners pure and simple, and if you are a married bisexual, you therefore must be violating the Seventh Commandment against adultery, making you unfit for ministry or even membership in the church. Though nothing had changed outwardly — I was the same person, still married and faithful to my husband — I became afraid of this judgment from my peers and of their condemnation