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Martin Ward's avatar

"while the passages used against queer people at least leave some room for debate, there simply is no biblical basis for standing against transgender people." The problem that the whole house (anti-trans, anti-gay, anti-women's ministry, hierarchy in marriage and in the church) is built on sand. And the first course, the bottom level of bricks that is sitting directly on the sand, is transphobia. The waves of the stream of living water that flows from the throne of God (Rev 22:1) beat against that house, and beat most strongly against the transphobic foundation. But once that foundation is swept away, then everything else crumbles: If trans women are women, then when a trans lesbian marries a cis lesbian, is that a Biblical marriage or a gay marriage? On what grounds do you ban gay marriage? But if gay marriage is OK, then what happens to the hierarcy of marriage? Which of the lesbians takes the role of the "man" (the "head": the top of the hierarchy). But if hierarchy in marriage gets swept away and replaced by egalitarian marriage and decision making by consensus, then what happens to the hierarchy of leadership in the Church? Does that get replaced by consensus decision making as well? You see the problem? :-)

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💯👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

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