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Testimony

The day that I discovered Emergence International, was, as I announced at the conference, the very same day that I came out to another member of my family just a couple of months ago. That's why I thought it was so appropriate in my case that the sign directing us...

Letter to The Christian Science Board of Directors

December 9, 1997 Virginia S. Harris, Chairman The Christian Science Board of Directors 175 Huntington Avenue Boston, MA 02115-3187 Dear Mrs. Harris: With great care I shall explain why a life-long student of Christian Science felt compelled to withdraw from church...

Testimony

When I was in elementary school I noticed that there was something different about me but I did not know what is was. By the time I got into high school I was popular and was voted senior class vice president. My parents were divorced and my dad was not friendly to...

Response to the Testimony of M. Mohlenbrock

Thank you for sharing the article you wrote. I am not exactly sure what the road is like for a straight person to accept and understand GLBT issues, so I am touched to read your story. In some cases, acceptance of GLBT issues might be easier for a straight person as...

Testimony

I was raised in Texas as an Episcopalian. I do not recall any mention of homosexuality in that church nor indeed in any religious context. However, there was a great deal of negativity aimed at "queers" from the public in general. To avoid being ostracized,...

Testimony

In 1969 the man I was in love with was killed in an automobile accident. I was not a Christian Scientist at the time — actually was Assistant Organist at Grace Cathedral in San Francisco and was an Episcopalian (the church that ordained the gay Bishop —...

Neither Gay nor Straight

The revelation which came to Mary Baker Eddy included the vision that gender, or sexuality, is a human concept, a limited perception of individual identity. Gender... is a quality, not of God, but a characteristic of mortal mind (Science and Health 305). Masculine,...

So My Nature is Complete

Mary Baker Eddy, General Collectanea, pg. 73 This is my support, that the male and female natures are equally expressed, coexistent in me. This is the way that I exist and is the reason I never lack. It is because I am of the nature of infinite completeness; there is...

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