There's something in the cross that says this is not just about my "salvation" but about the "salvation" of all those who suffer injustice and inequality.

If there is any one message the Bible delivers, it is the message that God loves outcasts and that Jesus was born into the world an outcast to rescue and renew outcasts from religion gone bad. He was born poor and died poor, yet the legacy of love he left us, the legacy of inclusion and acceptance and understanding, will endure forever.

When you stand with the outcasts, you stand with Jesus, and when you despise the outcast, you despise Jesus, as well. Becoming an activist is simply a matter of putting love into action.

In my lowest moments, when I genuinely longed for death, I knew that Jesus would walk with me through that valley as well.

Creating fear and loathing of gay and lesbian Americans has proven, year after year, to be the most effective say for Dobson and the other fundamentalist Christian leaders to raise millions of dollars and recruit millions of volunteers to support their long-range campaign to take back America.

Real love cannot be silent in the face of injustice.

I am gay. I am proud. And God loves me without reservation.