Roy Moore Jerusalem & LGBT rights: Why is religion so divisive?
Raedorah Stewart
'Jesus talked about  Sodom'
The Rev. Raedorah Stewart  stood with the protesters backing the gay couple.  She  wore lavender glasses to match  her  purple vestments and described  herself  as a queer woman in  her  60s.  She 's also the faculty director of the Writing Center at Wesley Theological Seminary and a minister at Covenant Baptist United Church of Christ in Washington.
 Stewart  said  she  has experienced bigotry because of  her  race and sexuality.  She  was skeptical about finding middle ground with the conservative protesters.
"There is no compromise in determining who is human and deserves justice. I would not seek to persuade them other than to say  'You are made in the image of God  and I am made in the image of God  and we are both entitled to equal rights.' "
Stewart  said  she  also has encountered suspicion from LGBT people who are skeptical about religious believers  especially ministers. "Sometimes they don't see me as a queer person "  she  said  "even though am I no Bible-thumper."
What would  Stewart  do if  she  had a business and white supremacists wanted  her  to make a sign for their rally  an analogy some conservatives have made to Phillips' cake shop?
So maybe it's not the bedrock beliefs espoused by protesters like  Stewart  and Bayly that make the Masterpiece Cakeshop case so difficult to decide. Maybe it's the Solomonic  split-the-baby task of determining whose self-interests should win out. It seems like a zero-sum game  inflamed by the partisanship that makes small compromises seem like big defeats. You can see that in Roy Moore's candidacy  the battle over the Holy Land  and any number of religious hot spots around the world.
'Jesus talked about  Sodom'
 [TGT] stood with the protesters backing the gay couple.   [TGT]   wore lavender glasses to match   [TGT]   purple vestments and described   [TGT]   as a queer woman in   [TGT]   60s.   [TGT]  's also the faculty director of the Writing Center at Wesley Theological Seminary and a minister at Covenant Baptist United Church of Christ in Washington.
  [TGT] said   [TGT]   has experienced bigotry because of   [TGT]   race and sexuality.   [TGT]   was skeptical about finding middle ground with the conservative protesters.
"There is no compromise in determining who is human and deserves justice. I would not seek to persuade them other than to say  'You are made in the image of God  and I am made in the image of God  and we are both entitled to equal rights.' "
 [TGT] said  she  also has encountered suspicion from LGBT people who are skeptical about religious believers  especially ministers. "Sometimes they don't see me as a queer person "  she  said  "even though am I no Bible-thumper."
What would   [TGT]   do if   [TGT]   had a business and white supremacists wanted   [TGT]   to make a sign for their rally  an analogy some conservatives have made to Phillips' cake shop?
So maybe it's not the bedrock beliefs espoused by protesters like   [TGT] and Bayly that make the Masterpiece Cakeshop case so difficult to decide. Maybe it's the Solomonic  split-the-baby task of determining whose self-interests should win out. It seems like a zero-sum game  inflamed by the partisanship that makes small compromises seem like big defeats. You can see that in Roy Moore's candidacy  the battle over the Holy Land  and any number of religious hot spots around the world.