A Christian psychotherapist’s appeal to LGBT-affirming Christians
By Andrew Rodriguez, Christian Post.
I want to make an appeal to those Christians who are sympathetic to those who identify somewhere in the LGBT conglomeration, even those who adhere to the doctrine that marriage is only between a man and a woman, yet they view LGBT-identified individuals as some sort of marginalized group deserving compassion.
There are those who desire to remain doctrinally faithful while avoiding the animus that comes from a certain strain of fundamentalism. And, of course, there are those who have chosen progressive, revisionist theology that fully affirms the range of sexuality concepts within LGBT.
If I am giving the benefit of the doubt, I can see how Christians who are either fully or partially affirming of LGBT self-concepts may be doing so out of a sincere desire to demonstrate compassion. Tiffany Arbuckle Lee, better known as the Christian music artist Plumb (one of my personal longtime favorites), comes to mind as an example. When June 1 rolled around, she posted on her Facebook page a rainbow with the following caption: “Happy Pride month! To all my LGBT brothers and sisters … I see you and I love you!”
At this point, I’m confident she’s far from the minority among artists in the Christian music scene; I’m certain most others are testing the winds before they make such public declarations of LGBT-affirmation. I was not surprised by her position. Not only was she dropping hints over the past few years on her social media that she’s growing more critical of conservative theology and reevaluating norms of Evangelical Christianity, but I’m not surprised because of the very reason I have always liked her as an artist. Listen to her albums and you will hear carefully worded reflections on the pain and brokenness of the human experience. Her songs depict a heart for the hurting, and that has always resonated with me. Here’s why.
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