For the past many years, I have been maintaining an internet ministry that allows me, through comment boxes, to listen in on the questions, complaints and pontifications of thousands of people in regard to religion. I have noticed that these commentaries sort themselves out in fairly predictable ways, centering around issues of God’s existence, the problem of suffering, the uniqueness of Christianity among the religions of the world, and the whole range of the Church’s sexual teachings.
In our society the month of June is increasingly labeled “Pride Month.” This observance originated to commemorate the June 1969 Stonewall riots that launched the modern gay rights political movement. In recent years Pride Month has achieved a wider cultural significance focused on celebrating gay, lesbian, transgender, and related lifestyles and identities under the banner of the LGBT movement.