SCOTTISH public discourse is increasingly black and white.
My faith brings me so much, and I’m tired of everyone telling me I shouldn’t have one.” – Jonah McArthur .We’re sold an image of two types of person; the person who attends pro-ceasefire demonstrations must inevitably also attend pride parades and Just Stop Oil protests, the one who holds signs outside abortion clinics must also stand with “all lives matter” signs and “marriage=man and woman” banners.
Luke, on the other hand, started to investigate Christianity as an adult, to justify his distaste for it. To his surprise, through his research he was convinced by the historical evidence for the Bible’s reliability, and therefore convinced by what it says about God. Josh grew up in a more casual, “semi-religious” household but became much more engaged in faith when he was diagnosed with MS in 2018.
He acknowledges that it could have been worse: “I was never told, fortunately, that gay people should either try and change their sexuality or just either way marry someone of the opposite gender … I know that certainly other people have experienced that but fortunately IWhile he had questions about these views, Jonah truly believed what he was taught as a teenager, even as he experienced gender dysphoria.
There were the rare people who were outright homophobic – one girl gave him a book that explained why being gay is a sin, “as a resource”. Jonah recycled the book without reading it. “Honestly, it’s just the admin – it’s just a bit … exhausting,” he goes on, describing the meetings he had with the leaders of the church, to work out whether he could continue to lead a Bible study group as an openly queer person.
In the end, due to a mix of work commitments, friends leaving town and frustration with never-ending discussions about his place in the community, Jonah drifted away from that church and has started attending an openly queer- affirming congregation. Most people felt more support from individuals than institutions. A few queer-affirming institutions exist: the group spoke of a university chaplaincy, queer-affirming churches in Edinburgh and Glasgow and even church ministers attending Pride parades.
“You can’t really get fully engaged with either community because of boundaries that are up, because you’ve got both identities."
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