It's a very weird obsession; to centre your religious orthodoxy on sexuality. It feels very powerful, as a queer person, to see such power in your queerness that it can break or brain worm ancient religious institutions. But it's also very sad, particularly for those who just want to get on with their lives.
Thank you for expressing something I've often felt but haven't really been able to put into words. I've always felt this sense of dreadful 'awe' at the fact that homophobes and people/institutions who believe themselves to be in some cultural 'war' with homosexuality are willing to tear themselves apart over my existence. As a gay man who has known I'm not 'heteronormative' literally since I was a child it's an odd experience to grow up being at the center of a massive culture war and having people/groups have such strong opinions on your existence before you even learn of theirs.
