The Michael Knowles Show - March 16, 2025


Gay Church? HEATED Religion Debate With Michael Knowles


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1 hour and 1 minute

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166.72443

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10,264

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292

Misogynist Sentences

32

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55


Summary

There are gay, lesbian, and transgender children in Democratic, Republican, and independent families who fear for their lives in Democratic and Republican families. Some fear that our country will soon be woke no longer. They ve signed an order making it the official policy of the United States government that there are only two genders, male and female.


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00:00:30.760 My understanding of gender and sexuality
00:00:33.760 is a little more complex than I'm afraid you're coming from.
00:00:38.920 It is complex, I'll grant you that.
00:00:40.740 Jesus already taught us how to pray.
00:00:42.300 He taught us to pray our father.
00:00:43.820 If you're going to teach people to pray a different way
00:00:45.700 than Jesus taught his disciples to pray,
00:00:47.500 that would be the epitome of pride.
00:00:49.160 So I guess my question is, why would you not respect God's pronouns?
00:00:52.520 Well, because clearly there are other places in scripture
00:00:54.440 where God uses other pronouns.
00:00:56.040 I think your view of what the Bible is is inaccurate.
00:01:00.040 The Bible is not the inerrant word of God quite clearly.
00:01:05.840 The morning after President Trump's inauguration,
00:01:08.920 an Episcopalian bishopress lectured him
00:01:11.280 on the supposed Christian duty to embrace LGBT identity.
00:01:17.140 There are gay, lesbian, and transgender children
00:01:20.780 in Democratic, Republican, and independent families.
00:01:26.980 Some who fear for their lives.
00:01:29.120 Our country will be woke no longer.
00:01:35.460 They signed an order making it the official policy
00:01:39.620 of the United States government
00:01:41.160 that there are only two genders, male and female.
00:01:45.520 So, is LGBT part of Christianity?
00:01:51.000 Here to discuss is Reverend Brandon Robertson
00:01:54.020 of Sunnyside Reform Church in New York City,
00:01:56.620 Reverend Alexandra De Silva Soto,
00:01:58.760 who describes himself as an undomesticated queer reverend,
00:02:02.360 writer, liturgical artist, yogi, social justice advocate,
00:02:05.780 and Johnny Artevanis, pastor at Stonebridge Bible Church
00:02:10.440 in Franklin, Tennessee.
00:02:11.740 And I suppose I will be the lone layman
00:02:13.920 and the only Catholic gentleman.
00:02:16.540 Thank you for coming on the show.
00:02:19.780 Thanks for having us.
00:02:21.020 Thanks for having us.
00:02:22.260 Brandon, I'll start with you
00:02:23.500 because you're nearest to me on the screen right now.
00:02:26.300 What's your take?
00:02:27.160 I think I know the answer,
00:02:28.140 but maybe you can flesh out your position
00:02:29.500 of whether or not LGBT is a part of Christianity
00:02:33.200 and if that identity is condemned by Christianity
00:02:37.700 or if it is actually a constitutive part of it.
00:02:41.780 Totally, yeah.
00:02:42.480 I mean, I would take the stance
00:02:43.860 that the Bible does not condemn
00:02:45.440 loving, consensual, same-sex relationships
00:02:47.660 in any of the passages
00:02:48.860 that are traditionally used against LGBT people.
00:02:51.660 And LGBT people have always been a part
00:02:53.820 of the Christian church
00:02:54.680 and today are leading the Christian church.
00:02:57.640 I lead a church, others on this panel lead in churches.
00:03:00.740 So it's quite clear that LGBT people
00:03:02.380 are a part of the Christian church.
00:03:04.780 Okay, so there are plenty of verses
00:03:07.200 that one typically cites against homosexuality.
00:03:09.600 Probably the most obvious one
00:03:12.080 is Genesis chapter 19, Sodom and Gomorrah.
00:03:15.900 Your take that this does not, in fact,
00:03:18.300 condemn any LGBT behaviors?
00:03:21.760 Yeah, I mean, Ezekiel makes it pretty clear
00:03:23.360 that the sin of Sodom was that they were unhospitable
00:03:26.400 to foreigners and strangers,
00:03:28.140 not that it was engaging in same-sex sex.
00:03:31.080 And if you actually read the story literally,
00:03:32.880 what was happening is sex between men and angels,
00:03:35.400 which is not exactly homosexuality.
00:03:38.520 Male angels, though.
00:03:39.500 So the argument being that when Ezekiel
00:03:42.120 is describing these as abominable acts,
00:03:44.180 it's really talking about inhospitality.
00:03:47.000 What do you make then of the epistle of St. Jude?
00:03:49.640 You know, Jude 7 says that just as Sodom and Gomorrah
00:03:53.680 and the surrounding cities, which likewise acted immorally
00:03:56.360 and indulged in unnatural lust, so on and so forth.
00:04:01.540 Doesn't that inclusion of unnatural lust clarify
00:04:04.980 that the issue really is the fellas?
00:04:07.320 No, definitely.
00:04:09.600 Another translation of that is strange flesh.
00:04:12.800 And I think it's quite clear that what Jude is condemning
00:04:14.600 is sex between angels,
00:04:15.900 which is a surprising thing that you find in Genesis
00:04:19.300 a couple of times of the sons of God,
00:04:21.720 the angels, having sex with the daughters of men
00:04:23.940 and creating these unholy group of people.
00:04:28.500 And I think that's exactly what Jude is condemning.
00:04:30.740 I think that's what Sodom and Gomorrah is condemning as well.
00:04:33.180 Okay, Johnny, is that your take?
00:04:34.420 No, it's not my take.
00:04:38.240 I think probably one thing maybe preface, Michael, would be,
00:04:40.760 you know, the conversation would be framed a little bit different
00:04:42.540 if I was talking with someone that was struggling
00:04:44.020 with homosexual attraction
00:04:45.260 than maybe debating a pastor that's coming
00:04:47.900 or propagating a biblical conviction
00:04:50.520 that you don't see in the Scripture,
00:04:52.740 in my view, very clearly.
00:04:54.740 The Bible, without hesitation, equivocation,
00:04:57.300 or really any ambiguity,
00:05:00.020 forbids homosexuality,
00:05:01.100 but also promises forgiveness and cleansing
00:05:04.220 to those who repent and turn from their sin
00:05:06.300 like any other sexual sin.
00:05:08.540 And so you could use Genesis 19,
00:05:10.840 you know, even he mentioned Ezekiel 16, 46 through 50,
00:05:14.500 that it outlaws hospitality,
00:05:16.560 but then it also goes from there to say,
00:05:18.260 and what they were doing was committing an abomination,
00:05:20.200 which routinely in the Scripture,
00:05:21.960 when that word is yud toibah,
00:05:24.200 it refers to something that is egregious to God
00:05:26.800 and it's routinely linked to sexual sin.
00:05:29.720 So Genesis 19 is one passage.
00:05:31.780 There are other passages that I'm sure we'll explore,
00:05:35.220 but the Bible is very clear
00:05:37.160 because the meta-narrative of Scripture
00:05:38.740 begins with the marriage between a man and a woman.
00:05:41.720 It ends with a marriage.
00:05:42.760 So marriage is the central metaphor of Scripture,
00:05:45.300 which speaks to the unique fittedness
00:05:47.680 and complementary nature of a man and a woman
00:05:50.200 in the covenant of marriage.
00:05:51.500 So we could be talking about any sexual activity
00:05:53.600 outside of a man and a woman in marriage,
00:05:55.500 and it would be sin according to the Bible.
00:05:57.520 You know, I really like this point that you're making here,
00:05:59.780 which is that we should even frame it differently
00:06:02.780 than the modern discussion of homosexuality,
00:06:05.500 whatever that means, you know, that could be so broad,
00:06:07.760 but that someone might be either born
00:06:10.440 with a certain inclination,
00:06:11.740 or if, you know, if the genetic evidence
00:06:14.140 is a little scant on that,
00:06:15.400 might have developed early on some kind of inclination
00:06:17.840 toward acts that are traditionally considered immoral.
00:06:20.740 But having an inclination
00:06:22.460 doesn't necessarily constitute a sin.
00:06:24.640 It would be indulging the desire
00:06:27.040 or the behavior that would be different.
00:06:28.560 So just as one might be born
00:06:30.540 with a predisposition toward alcoholism,
00:06:32.980 you know, you're not actually committing
00:06:34.360 the sin of drunkenness until you actually do it.
00:06:36.900 So too, it's not like you're condemning
00:06:38.260 a whole group of people.
00:06:39.740 Reverend Alexander, I want to bring you back in.
00:06:41.180 Thank you for returning to the show.
00:06:43.120 On this point here,
00:06:45.700 I suspect I know which side you're going to come out on
00:06:48.340 over whether or not Christianity condemns
00:06:50.420 homosexual behavior.
00:06:51.820 So I'd love to hear your position, first of all.
00:06:54.880 But then second of all,
00:06:55.820 because people are coming from
00:06:56.800 such different traditions here,
00:06:58.380 I'd be curious as to on what authority
00:07:01.340 you ground the legitimacy of your position.
00:07:05.460 So I'm sorry, first point,
00:07:07.820 I'm not a gentleman.
00:07:10.080 I'm a non-binary person.
00:07:11.820 A gentleman.
00:07:13.100 Yeah, no, I'm a gentle person,
00:07:14.840 not a gentleman.
00:07:15.640 I'm not a male.
00:07:18.220 And my pronouns are they and theirs.
00:07:22.600 And I actually debated the questions
00:07:27.700 you have been posing for over a decade
00:07:31.360 and wrestle with those questions
00:07:34.280 for my entire childhood and adolescence
00:07:38.580 into my adulthood,
00:07:40.600 trying to reconcile that
00:07:42.520 with precisely the second part of the question,
00:07:45.260 my call into ordained ministry.
00:07:48.180 And I used to believe
00:07:52.400 in those handful of passages
00:07:55.740 that get twisted from the Bible
00:07:58.560 to convince that it is about homosexuality,
00:08:03.140 which is, by the way,
00:08:04.220 a terminology that did not exist
00:08:06.320 until King James Bible was translated,
00:08:09.800 because in the actual Greek,
00:08:11.960 the terminology there is really about abuse.
00:08:16.880 It's about sexual abuse.
00:08:18.580 It's about enslavement of males
00:08:21.200 for sexual pleasure.
00:08:23.260 So we're not talking about the same things.
00:08:27.020 And I'm actually not interested
00:08:30.240 in convincing anybody,
00:08:31.860 because if by now,
00:08:34.140 after most of the mainline denominations,
00:08:38.660 Christian denominations,
00:08:40.020 and our Jewish siblings as well,
00:08:42.520 and, you know, Buddhist communities,
00:08:45.000 after all these world religions
00:08:47.580 have come to their senses
00:08:50.140 that queer people are human
00:08:55.880 and sacred...
00:08:57.860 Did anyone ever dispute that?
00:08:59.360 And sacred, yeah.
00:09:01.440 And sacred.
00:09:02.320 If you're criminalizing the ability of a person
00:09:05.380 to love another person,
00:09:07.220 if you keep telling them
00:09:08.720 that they're going to end up in hell for eternity,
00:09:12.580 you're dehumanizing those individuals.
00:09:15.480 You're actually terrorizing individuals
00:09:17.380 because so many queer folk
00:09:20.060 end up in very self-destructive lives
00:09:24.740 and behaviors,
00:09:25.880 not because homosexuality pushes them
00:09:28.960 to be in that behavior,
00:09:30.120 because their loved ones
00:09:32.200 and their communities of faith
00:09:33.800 that's supposed to love them
00:09:35.060 and care for them
00:09:35.840 keeps pointing fingers
00:09:37.260 and telling them,
00:09:38.280 well, based on our understanding
00:09:40.240 of these six passages
00:09:41.500 in the Bible
00:09:42.760 that we are not properly translating,
00:09:45.260 you are evil.
00:09:46.720 And what you do is evil.
00:09:48.940 And I get to...
00:09:49.400 I don't say you are evil.
00:09:50.080 I'd say what you're doing is evil.
00:09:51.520 I'll wrap it up.
00:09:52.300 Well, there's the point
00:09:53.740 because I was baptized Catholic as a child.
00:09:56.840 My partner was Catholic as well.
00:10:00.600 So I'm very familiar with the idea of,
00:10:03.060 you know, love the sinner,
00:10:05.680 hate the sin,
00:10:06.860 which is an impossibility.
00:10:08.480 I'm not even going to get into it.
00:10:09.820 But I'm also very familiar with the idea of,
00:10:12.180 well, you can have those feelings,
00:10:13.800 but you cannot practice.
00:10:15.360 So let me turn the question back to you.
00:10:17.460 You love your wife.
00:10:18.900 I do.
00:10:19.440 You have me and your wife.
00:10:20.900 I have, you know,
00:10:21.980 learned how much you care for her.
00:10:24.040 Now imagine somebody from a pulpit
00:10:26.900 telling you,
00:10:28.100 you cannot express this love you have for her.
00:10:31.920 You can feel it,
00:10:33.440 but you cannot really act on it.
00:10:36.820 Because my interpretation is
00:10:39.140 that if you consummate
00:10:41.940 that love you have for her,
00:10:44.180 you're going to go to hell.
00:10:45.320 Imagine that.
00:10:46.580 Try to conceive that.
00:10:48.200 Yes.
00:10:50.520 It's certainly the case
00:10:51.800 that if a preacher got up
00:10:53.360 and attacked the ordinary
00:10:56.260 and natural relations
00:10:57.360 between a man and a woman,
00:10:58.500 that would be different
00:10:59.560 from a preacher condemning
00:11:01.100 some other action.
00:11:02.220 I suppose my question for you,
00:11:03.860 Reverend Alexander,
00:11:04.480 and I'm pleased to hear
00:11:05.360 that both you and your partner
00:11:06.900 were raised and baptized Catholic,
00:11:08.860 and hopefully we can pull you
00:11:09.740 across the Tiber again soon enough.
00:11:11.380 But when you say that,
00:11:13.460 you know,
00:11:14.100 to oppose LGBT identity
00:11:17.020 is to criminalize
00:11:18.040 certain types of love.
00:11:18.940 We do criminalize
00:11:19.680 certain types of love.
00:11:20.480 We have ages of consent.
00:11:21.900 We have laws,
00:11:22.460 obviously,
00:11:22.700 against rape.
00:11:23.780 So there are other aspects
00:11:24.980 to sexual relations
00:11:27.120 than just love,
00:11:28.500 you know,
00:11:28.920 contrary to popular slogans,
00:11:30.820 love is love.
00:11:31.920 But then furthermore,
00:11:34.080 when you're talking about,
00:11:36.000 well, okay,
00:11:36.540 before I go off on a diatribe,
00:11:38.540 let's bring in Johnny
00:11:39.240 because I saw you were
00:11:39.820 raising your hand before.
00:11:40.580 Johnny?
00:11:41.000 But if I may,
00:11:42.100 because this is a very
00:11:42.860 important question,
00:11:44.100 right?
00:11:44.380 Because in your statement,
00:11:46.580 you equated the love
00:11:49.100 of one person for another
00:11:50.560 that happened to be
00:11:51.740 of the same gender,
00:11:52.660 of a different gender.
00:11:54.140 You equated that to rape.
00:11:57.120 No, I didn't equate it to rape.
00:11:58.580 I just,
00:11:59.220 I...
00:11:59.700 You're putting it
00:11:59.980 at the same level.
00:12:00.980 No, I didn't do that,
00:12:02.220 though.
00:12:02.340 Perhaps you misheard me.
00:12:03.580 So you were
00:12:04.280 correcting that.
00:12:05.000 Okay, great.
00:12:05.300 I proved that your assertion
00:12:07.400 was wrong
00:12:08.500 that to criminalize
00:12:10.520 certain types of love
00:12:11.760 could never be
00:12:12.620 morally acceptable
00:12:13.380 because certain people
00:12:14.540 might have a love
00:12:15.160 for someone
00:12:15.580 who is under
00:12:15.960 the age of consent.
00:12:16.940 Certain people
00:12:17.360 might have a love
00:12:18.200 for someone
00:12:18.540 who does not consent
00:12:19.240 to be loved
00:12:19.780 by that person.
00:12:20.720 And we obviously
00:12:21.420 have laws against
00:12:21.980 those things,
00:12:22.440 and I don't think
00:12:22.840 anyone on this panel
00:12:23.640 would disagree with that.
00:12:25.480 So I take it
00:12:27.860 that you have laws
00:12:28.780 against same gender relations
00:12:31.500 or against other forms
00:12:33.980 of union
00:12:35.100 outside the male and female?
00:12:37.480 Do we have laws
00:12:39.280 against same gender relations?
00:12:41.500 We don't presently
00:12:42.340 because of the
00:12:43.600 Lawrence v. Texas decision.
00:12:45.660 And that's the point, right?
00:12:47.980 Are there protections
00:12:49.260 being taken back
00:12:50.660 after decades
00:12:52.200 of trans women,
00:12:53.960 of lesbians,
00:12:55.480 of queer people,
00:12:56.900 of all gender shapes
00:12:58.520 and forms
00:12:59.120 fought to get those rights
00:13:01.720 in place
00:13:02.160 so we could get married,
00:13:03.560 so we could have
00:13:04.520 our children,
00:13:05.220 so we could have
00:13:05.940 spousal's rights
00:13:07.300 that you do have
00:13:08.380 because if your wife
00:13:09.420 ends up...
00:13:10.300 How can two men
00:13:11.640 produce a child?
00:13:12.240 You can go visit her.
00:13:13.420 I'm sorry?
00:13:13.620 What do you mean
00:13:13.880 to have our children?
00:13:14.640 How can two men
00:13:15.180 produce a child?
00:13:16.720 Oh, oh,
00:13:17.600 there's incredible ways
00:13:20.260 for that to happen.
00:13:21.660 I bet they are incredible.
00:13:23.280 Oh, yeah, yeah.
00:13:24.120 They're, you know,
00:13:24.660 artificial insemination.
00:13:26.840 They're men.
00:13:29.360 There's...
00:13:29.840 Artificial...
00:13:30.760 Well, the man
00:13:31.780 doesn't need
00:13:32.220 the artificial...
00:13:32.820 Oh, you're saying
00:13:33.420 of a woman,
00:13:34.600 of another woman.
00:13:35.900 No, no, yeah.
00:13:37.280 My understanding
00:13:38.360 of gender
00:13:39.040 and sexuality
00:13:40.360 is a little more complex
00:13:43.280 than I'm afraid
00:13:44.500 you're coming from,
00:13:46.040 so...
00:13:46.540 It is complex,
00:13:47.500 I'll grant you that.
00:13:48.460 But what you're saying,
00:13:49.120 when you're saying
00:13:49.620 two men can produce a child,
00:13:51.480 what you've said
00:13:52.340 by bringing up
00:13:52.960 artificial insemination
00:13:53.740 is that the two men
00:13:54.680 can bring a woman
00:13:55.800 into the picture,
00:13:57.080 either to purchase her eggs
00:13:59.300 or to rent out her womb
00:14:00.400 or to...
00:14:01.140 And then to create a child
00:14:02.080 and deprive the child
00:14:02.740 of his natural mother.
00:14:03.880 But that isn't
00:14:04.740 between two men.
00:14:05.580 That's two men
00:14:06.160 and another woman,
00:14:07.080 or really,
00:14:07.600 a man and a woman
00:14:08.160 and then there's
00:14:08.520 another guy on the side.
00:14:09.900 No, no, no.
00:14:10.560 There can be two men,
00:14:12.380 two male,
00:14:13.120 like two people
00:14:13.880 that identify as males
00:14:15.340 and one of them
00:14:16.300 could have
00:14:16.700 reproductive organs.
00:14:18.220 They both have
00:14:18.960 reproductive organs,
00:14:19.840 presumably.
00:14:21.000 One of them could,
00:14:22.540 right?
00:14:22.800 They're male,
00:14:24.120 they're males,
00:14:25.300 they're men,
00:14:26.180 they're men out there
00:14:27.580 that have
00:14:28.120 reproductive organs.
00:14:29.460 We all have,
00:14:30.000 all men have
00:14:30.640 reproductive organs.
00:14:31.320 Well,
00:14:32.620 and apart from that,
00:14:34.220 right,
00:14:34.600 two people,
00:14:35.300 like,
00:14:35.560 let's say,
00:14:36.240 if you want to stick
00:14:36.900 to that configuration,
00:14:38.620 two males,
00:14:39.360 two men
00:14:39.840 can adopt a child.
00:14:41.660 But, you know,
00:14:42.220 we can say,
00:14:42.680 well,
00:14:42.760 they could try to do it.
00:14:44.100 But, you know,
00:14:44.900 if there are no
00:14:45.640 legal protections
00:14:48.520 for those two men
00:14:50.660 to adopt a child,
00:14:52.140 which, by the way...
00:14:53.240 Okay, so they could adopt
00:14:53.840 a child,
00:14:54.140 but they couldn't
00:14:54.480 produce a child
00:14:55.080 between themselves.
00:14:55.740 All right, Johnny,
00:14:57.500 what's your take?
00:14:59.700 You know,
00:15:00.040 I think probably
00:15:00.480 just going back
00:15:01.160 to a couple things
00:15:01.780 that he said
00:15:02.260 regarding the nature
00:15:03.100 of the translation
00:15:03.900 of the word
00:15:04.620 for homosexuality.
00:15:07.380 They said,
00:15:08.500 or, oh...
00:15:09.480 You're not multiple people,
00:15:10.660 Reverend Alexander.
00:15:11.660 Just as I respect
00:15:13.260 your right to self-identity,
00:15:14.720 you can't force me
00:15:15.720 to lie through my pronouns.
00:15:17.640 No, singular day.
00:15:18.880 If you look into
00:15:19.940 the roots
00:15:20.700 of the English language,
00:15:21.780 you would see that day
00:15:23.240 is used singularly as well.
00:15:25.620 Well, the singular day
00:15:26.420 is scriptural, too.
00:15:27.480 Like, my name is legion
00:15:28.900 for we are many.
00:15:29.860 Johnny, your point?
00:15:30.900 Oh, wow.
00:15:31.700 Yeah, just from the use
00:15:33.740 of the word
00:15:34.660 for homosexuality
00:15:35.700 that's often used
00:15:36.640 in the New Testament,
00:15:37.680 arsenokoitai,
00:15:38.980 it doesn't refer
00:15:39.660 to pederasty
00:15:40.620 or gang rape.
00:15:41.760 Sometimes the rebuttal
00:15:42.760 would be that Paul's
00:15:43.460 not referring to
00:15:44.080 monogamous, committed,
00:15:45.140 loving sexual union
00:15:46.540 between a man
00:15:47.220 that loves a man,
00:15:47.960 but a Roman centurion
00:15:49.420 that's raping a slave.
00:15:51.280 But the word just means
00:15:52.180 literally men who bed men.
00:15:54.280 And Paul did
00:15:54.980 come up with that term
00:15:56.500 through the Septuagint
00:15:57.740 translation of Leviticus,
00:15:59.120 which he is carrying on.
00:16:00.920 So even if you're going
00:16:01.500 to say, hey,
00:16:01.920 Leviticus is expired,
00:16:02.980 no, actually,
00:16:03.400 Jesus says that he came
00:16:04.560 to fulfill the law.
00:16:06.480 And when Paul is outlying
00:16:08.160 and when the Scripture
00:16:08.840 is outlying,
00:16:10.100 and I'm using,
00:16:10.900 even when we say,
00:16:11.460 and when the Scripture,
00:16:12.180 this is an argument
00:16:12.800 about what the Bible
00:16:13.640 says about homosexuality.
00:16:15.400 So whenever we're
00:16:16.100 using the Scripture,
00:16:17.500 you have to make sure
00:16:18.060 you're using it
00:16:18.640 with a level of clarity.
00:16:20.260 When in Romans 1,
00:16:21.340 probably the other
00:16:21.900 popular passage
00:16:22.680 that they both be familiar
00:16:23.840 with about homosexuality,
00:16:25.760 it doesn't outlaw pederasty,
00:16:27.960 which there was
00:16:28.540 a perfectly good word
00:16:29.840 to use.
00:16:30.660 It says men and women
00:16:31.780 who burn with passion
00:16:33.220 for one another.
00:16:34.400 That's not a young boy
00:16:36.860 or a centurion.
00:16:38.700 Furthermore,
00:16:39.400 I would just say
00:16:40.320 from when you have Jesus
00:16:42.340 who solidifies
00:16:44.140 and cements
00:16:45.060 the biblical narrative,
00:16:46.520 he created the male
00:16:47.320 and female
00:16:47.880 for this reason,
00:16:48.900 a man.
00:16:49.180 And so it really comes down
00:16:50.580 to what did Jesus believe?
00:16:52.100 If you believe
00:16:52.580 in the resurrection,
00:16:53.320 you believe that Jesus Christ
00:16:54.260 is God.
00:16:55.180 You would have to make
00:16:56.260 an argument from silence
00:16:57.660 to be able to say
00:16:58.920 that Jesus approves
00:16:59.740 of homosexual behavior.
00:17:01.840 Furthermore,
00:17:02.500 when Paul says
00:17:03.140 in 1 Corinthians 6,
00:17:04.260 the homosexual,
00:17:05.140 the adulterer,
00:17:06.200 the effeminate
00:17:06.880 does not inherit
00:17:08.320 the kingdom of God,
00:17:09.720 I always want to close here
00:17:11.020 with if someone is listening,
00:17:12.700 the call in the Scripture
00:17:13.760 for someone who is engaging
00:17:15.360 in homosexual behavior
00:17:16.400 is to confess,
00:17:17.860 repent,
00:17:18.300 and turn to Jesus Christ.
00:17:19.480 Paul says,
00:17:19.880 such were some of you,
00:17:20.740 but you were washed.
00:17:22.400 And so that's,
00:17:23.100 I always want to end there
00:17:24.040 because this is a sin
00:17:25.120 that God forgives of.
00:17:26.340 Right,
00:17:26.680 as with all the sins,
00:17:27.860 you know,
00:17:28.100 and it's such an important point
00:17:29.560 because it's lost
00:17:30.200 both in on the right
00:17:32.020 and on the left
00:17:32.800 and in tradition
00:17:33.860 and modernity.
00:17:34.620 And that's why
00:17:35.100 I wanted to frame it by,
00:17:37.080 hey,
00:17:37.160 if I'm having a conversation
00:17:38.240 with someone at a coffee shop
00:17:39.300 regarding the subject,
00:17:40.540 it would be with a level
00:17:41.640 of conviction
00:17:42.400 and compassion.
00:17:44.080 It's a little bit different
00:17:44.760 when we're lobbying
00:17:45.580 one text of Scripture
00:17:46.580 against each other.
00:17:47.600 So I want to necessarily
00:17:49.380 include some compassion
00:17:50.580 and go,
00:17:51.080 okay,
00:17:51.240 this is a sin
00:17:52.300 that needs to be repented of,
00:17:53.420 but it's also not like
00:17:54.520 just any other sin.
00:17:55.740 Like,
00:17:56.240 if the common argument was,
00:17:57.500 well,
00:17:57.600 the Bible also outlaws gluttony,
00:18:00.340 you would be able to say,
00:18:02.220 well,
00:18:02.360 1 Corinthians 6 says,
00:18:03.960 every other sin
00:18:04.720 is committed outside the body,
00:18:05.820 but the immoral man
00:18:06.500 sins against himself.
00:18:07.960 And this is also becoming
00:18:09.020 a part of the modern identity.
00:18:10.620 So this isn't just
00:18:11.900 like all other sin.
00:18:13.120 All sin separates us from God,
00:18:14.360 but not all sin is the same.
00:18:15.920 That's why,
00:18:16.580 even if you trace
00:18:17.360 first century Rome,
00:18:19.180 the argument too
00:18:19.980 that what they were engaging
00:18:21.240 in there is not true,
00:18:23.380 even from many gay scholars.
00:18:26.700 Pim Prong would be able to say,
00:18:28.280 you would never be able
00:18:28.880 to arrive at this position
00:18:29.940 from the Bible.
00:18:30.800 If you want to say
00:18:31.600 homosexuality is not wrong,
00:18:33.200 you may get there,
00:18:33.980 but you can't use the Scripture.
00:18:35.780 And a number,
00:18:36.460 like Lewis Crompton,
00:18:37.180 would also say the same thing.
00:18:38.600 You can't arrive at that position
00:18:40.100 by using the Scripture
00:18:41.400 unless you're banking
00:18:42.900 your entire life
00:18:44.040 off of an argument
00:18:45.120 from silence,
00:18:45.780 which is really dangerous,
00:18:46.940 especially when there are
00:18:47.760 so many passages
00:18:48.540 in the Scripture
00:18:49.120 which make this very clear.
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00:20:04.280 Well, to your point
00:20:05.100 on gluttony,
00:20:06.180 you know,
00:20:06.460 being of Italian extraction,
00:20:07.880 that's a great example
00:20:08.940 of a sin,
00:20:10.060 an inclination
00:20:11.100 that is naturally
00:20:12.040 in our DNA,
00:20:13.460 but we try to resist.
00:20:15.480 Brandon, you've been
00:20:16.120 waiting patiently,
00:20:17.260 shaking your head
00:20:17.920 now and again.
00:20:19.220 So, to bring it back
00:20:22.200 to the question
00:20:23.440 that I first asked
00:20:24.160 Reverend Alexander,
00:20:25.080 I said, you know,
00:20:25.440 on what authority
00:20:26.280 do you get this?
00:20:27.480 And based on what
00:20:28.560 Johnny said, you know,
00:20:29.540 I think we've gone
00:20:30.200 through most of the verses
00:20:31.200 that appear to condemn
00:20:32.580 homosexual behavior,
00:20:33.320 though we've actually
00:20:34.240 danced around
00:20:34.920 the most obvious ones,
00:20:36.040 which come from
00:20:36.640 the book of Leviticus 18
00:20:38.020 and chapter 20.
00:20:40.020 For those who are
00:20:40.940 unfamiliar,
00:20:41.900 you shall not lie
00:20:42.500 with a man as with a woman,
00:20:43.540 it is an abomination.
00:20:44.700 And then in Leviticus
00:20:45.320 chapter 20, verse 13,
00:20:46.800 if a man lies
00:20:47.580 with a male as with a woman,
00:20:48.960 both of them have
00:20:49.720 committed an abomination.
00:20:51.420 So, traditionally speaking,
00:20:53.280 also to Reverend
00:20:54.180 Alexander's point,
00:20:55.460 the mainline Protestants
00:20:56.660 have largely accepted LGBT.
00:20:59.320 The evangelical Christians
00:21:00.320 are kind of split on it.
00:21:01.680 The Catholic Church
00:21:02.360 has remained pretty firm
00:21:03.980 in its view of sexual morality.
00:21:06.520 Eastern Orthodoxy
00:21:07.420 has remained pretty firm.
00:21:09.140 So, I guess, one,
00:21:11.620 how do you get around
00:21:13.000 Leviticus 18 and Leviticus 20?
00:21:15.300 And then two,
00:21:16.540 maybe even more interesting to me,
00:21:20.260 on what grounds do you depart
00:21:23.440 in your interpretation
00:21:24.800 from what has,
00:21:26.140 at the very least,
00:21:26.900 been the traditional understanding
00:21:28.620 of these and other verses?
00:21:30.980 Totally.
00:21:32.040 I mean, I agree
00:21:33.060 that Paul creates
00:21:34.060 this word arsenokoitai
00:21:35.160 and that Paul is thinking
00:21:35.940 of the Levitical passages
00:21:37.160 when he creates it,
00:21:38.220 but the context
00:21:39.200 of Leviticus 18,
00:21:40.200 for instance,
00:21:40.680 is quite clear.
00:21:42.100 Leviticus 18,
00:21:42.840 verses 1 through 3,
00:21:43.820 it says,
00:21:44.180 do not do as they do
00:21:45.160 in the land of Egypt
00:21:45.940 where I am bringing you from
00:21:47.100 and do not do
00:21:47.740 in the land of Canaan
00:21:48.820 as they do in the land of Canaan
00:21:50.640 where I am bringing you to.
00:21:51.700 So the question you have to ask
00:21:53.040 is where in Egypt or Canaan
00:21:54.800 was same-sex sex a common practice?
00:21:58.180 And the answer pretty universally
00:21:59.820 is it wasn't.
00:22:01.360 What was common in ancient Canaan
00:22:03.220 and ancient Egypt
00:22:04.020 was exploitative
00:22:05.840 and abusive sexual relationships.
00:22:08.480 And that is precisely what-
00:22:09.600 On what grounds, Brandon,
00:22:10.600 on what grounds do you say
00:22:11.600 that it was not a common practice?
00:22:14.860 Egyptologists.
00:22:16.220 Carol Graves, I believe is her name,
00:22:18.100 has a beautiful book
00:22:19.340 about sexuality in ancient Egypt,
00:22:21.300 for instance.
00:22:21.980 And there are a few examples
00:22:23.380 of like a sarcophagus
00:22:25.540 that was found
00:22:26.060 that appears to have
00:22:26.700 two men facing each other
00:22:27.780 that people have speculated.
00:22:29.500 Actually, LGBT people have speculated
00:22:31.180 that this is a same-sex relationship.
00:22:34.040 But I think-
00:22:34.480 So you're saying
00:22:34.800 it was commonly practiced?
00:22:36.500 No, it wasn't.
00:22:37.380 I think the historical evidence
00:22:38.900 is pretty universally clear.
00:22:39.840 But the sarcophagus you just cited
00:22:41.500 would suggest a same-sex relationship
00:22:43.660 open and sanctioned.
00:22:45.000 So doesn't that undercut
00:22:45.900 the point you were just making?
00:22:47.500 No, the point is
00:22:48.340 we don't understand
00:22:49.140 what exactly is happening
00:22:50.040 in the sarcophagus.
00:22:51.460 And some people have posited
00:22:52.640 that this means
00:22:53.640 it was a same-sex relationship.
00:22:55.140 But the overwhelming evidence
00:22:57.220 is that Egypt was not a place
00:22:59.620 where gay couples
00:23:00.740 were running around
00:23:01.420 left and right
00:23:01.980 in the ancient world.
00:23:03.180 What was happening
00:23:04.180 in the ancient construction
00:23:05.560 of sexuality
00:23:06.200 in the ancient Near East
00:23:07.320 was that men
00:23:08.480 who were citizens of a nation
00:23:09.820 were permitted to have sex
00:23:10.840 with anyone they wanted
00:23:12.020 to have sex with,
00:23:13.120 which often included male slaves.
00:23:15.220 It often included
00:23:15.920 any women they wanted.
00:23:17.500 This is certainly
00:23:18.040 what was happening in Rome.
00:23:19.140 And this is certainly
00:23:20.100 what Paul was condemning.
00:23:21.420 And I condemn it too.
00:23:23.140 Excessive lust
00:23:23.900 and exploitation,
00:23:25.180 I think that's a sin
00:23:25.900 according to the Bible.
00:23:27.100 But to make it about
00:23:27.920 loving consensual
00:23:28.640 same-sex relationships
00:23:29.720 misses the point.
00:23:31.040 And there is an overwhelming
00:23:32.080 body of biblical scholarship
00:23:33.400 that supports this perspective.
00:23:34.980 So when you say
00:23:36.420 this is certainly
00:23:37.600 what St. Paul meant
00:23:38.900 and this is certainly
00:23:40.100 what Leviticus means
00:23:40.880 and this is certainly
00:23:41.380 what Ezekiel means
00:23:42.100 and this is certainly
00:23:42.460 what Genesis means
00:23:43.160 and it's so certain
00:23:44.340 that it has nothing to do
00:23:45.420 with any modern notion
00:23:46.780 of LGBT behavior.
00:23:48.320 I guess I just have to ask
00:23:49.740 how are you so certain?
00:23:52.380 Because the church
00:23:53.920 for at the very least
00:23:55.000 we would all agree
00:23:55.620 many, many centuries
00:23:56.620 was quite certain
00:23:57.960 in the opposite direction.
00:23:59.780 And we have many,
00:24:01.120 well, the writings
00:24:02.320 of many popes
00:24:04.320 and theologians,
00:24:05.540 doctors of the church,
00:24:06.600 ecumenical councils.
00:24:09.320 How come your certainty
00:24:11.260 is so much more correct
00:24:12.260 than all of those certainties?
00:24:14.080 Yeah, I believe
00:24:14.900 in progressive revelation.
00:24:16.260 Jesus said
00:24:16.700 before he ascended into heaven,
00:24:18.100 I'm sending you the spirit
00:24:19.100 who will continue
00:24:19.740 to lead you
00:24:20.420 into all the truth.
00:24:21.580 But the Catholic church
00:24:22.380 believes that too.
00:24:23.360 The Catholic church
00:24:23.860 believes that the Holy Ghost
00:24:25.320 is with the church
00:24:26.720 and expresses herself
00:24:28.240 through infallible statements,
00:24:30.760 through the magisterium,
00:24:32.080 through the ecumenical councils.
00:24:33.280 But what I'm saying
00:24:33.800 is all of those statements
00:24:34.960 and councils
00:24:36.040 and doctors of the church
00:24:37.480 contradicted your view of things.
00:24:39.960 So is it the Holy Spirit
00:24:41.780 only speaks to Pastor Brandon?
00:24:44.060 No, two things I'll say here.
00:24:45.540 One, I don't think
00:24:46.220 your understanding
00:24:46.980 of the Catholic church
00:24:47.680 is actually as black and white
00:24:50.020 as you're making it seem.
00:24:51.000 Here in New York City,
00:24:51.820 there are a number
00:24:52.980 of large Roman Catholic parishes
00:24:55.240 that have vibrant LGBT ministries
00:24:57.100 and outreaches.
00:24:58.240 And fully affirm
00:24:59.540 and accept those LGBT members
00:25:01.520 of their parishes.
00:25:02.460 It's got to be the Jesuits,
00:25:03.600 I bet.
00:25:04.000 To your point,
00:25:04.640 I know there are great ministries
00:25:06.780 from the Catholic church,
00:25:07.620 notably Courage,
00:25:08.760 to reach out,
00:25:09.440 though not to affirm LGBT identity,
00:25:12.320 though some wayward priests
00:25:14.000 sometimes get a little wild.
00:25:15.680 But you've got to remember
00:25:16.460 in the Catholic church,
00:25:17.800 we don't just kind of go individually.
00:25:19.920 We do have magisterial teachings
00:25:21.640 which have remained consistent
00:25:23.020 on LGBT identity,
00:25:24.840 such as it was
00:25:25.380 in antiquity to the present,
00:25:26.380 through things even recently
00:25:28.240 like Humanae Vitae,
00:25:29.740 the teaching of Pope Paul VI,
00:25:31.220 the theology of the body.
00:25:33.300 And really,
00:25:34.380 there hasn't been a lot
00:25:35.480 of ambiguity on it,
00:25:36.460 at least in our...
00:25:37.840 Well, the current Pope
00:25:41.060 has been a bit ambiguous,
00:25:44.960 or actually not ambiguous.
00:25:46.240 He has been quite Christian
00:25:48.000 and faithful
00:25:49.600 in his understanding
00:25:51.200 of the practice of love.
00:25:54.180 Well, you know,
00:25:54.840 Reverend Alexander,
00:25:55.420 just before you make your point,
00:25:57.260 the Holy Father,
00:25:58.560 Pope Francis,
00:25:59.520 has said that
00:26:00.360 same-sex marriage,
00:26:02.000 such as it is,
00:26:02.680 is no mere political movement,
00:26:06.540 but a machination
00:26:07.200 of the father of lies
00:26:08.060 that seeks to deceive
00:26:08.820 and confuse the children of God.
00:26:10.080 And asked about same-sex unions
00:26:11.640 and same-sex marriage,
00:26:12.860 he said that God cannot bless sin.
00:26:14.480 So I agree Pope Francis
00:26:15.800 is sometimes ambiguous,
00:26:17.580 but he's been pretty traditional
00:26:19.640 on that point,
00:26:20.620 wouldn't you say?
00:26:22.260 Yeah, in terms of marriage,
00:26:24.000 right,
00:26:24.220 the institution of marriage,
00:26:25.700 marriage as a sacrament,
00:26:27.020 which is within
00:26:28.520 the Catholic tradition.
00:26:30.180 Now, the point that I really
00:26:32.680 want to make
00:26:33.560 is because Leviticus
00:26:35.040 was lift up
00:26:35.820 and Sodoma was lift up
00:26:37.380 and there was the point
00:26:38.260 of angels being male.
00:26:40.500 As far as we can tell,
00:26:41.640 angels have no gender.
00:26:43.420 They, I think,
00:26:44.500 may be non-binary.
00:26:47.080 Who knows?
00:26:48.040 Suogenaries, right?
00:26:48.900 Individual species.
00:26:50.100 I don't know.
00:26:51.300 Anyhow,
00:26:52.220 and thank you,
00:26:53.840 Pastor Brennan,
00:26:54.620 for the point about Sodoma.
00:26:57.200 It gets lift up so often.
00:26:59.120 It's about rape.
00:27:01.100 It's about being inhospitable,
00:27:03.560 right?
00:27:04.080 Now,
00:27:04.900 the biggest,
00:27:06.000 the most important point
00:27:07.080 I would say
00:27:07.820 in conversation
00:27:09.200 about theology
00:27:10.960 with Christian siblings
00:27:12.860 is
00:27:13.440 Jesus
00:27:14.840 never said
00:27:16.420 a word
00:27:17.480 about
00:27:18.720 what is being
00:27:20.120 framed
00:27:20.860 as homosexuality.
00:27:22.260 Not a single word
00:27:23.680 about it.
00:27:24.600 And
00:27:24.880 there
00:27:25.440 are
00:27:26.000 quite a few
00:27:27.120 theories
00:27:27.800 or interpretations
00:27:28.780 about the compassion
00:27:30.280 Jesus
00:27:30.740 had
00:27:31.820 towards those
00:27:32.820 that
00:27:33.100 in our lenses
00:27:34.320 of today
00:27:35.080 perceived as
00:27:36.640 of the same gender.
00:27:38.240 The centurion,
00:27:39.300 for instance,
00:27:39.980 right?
00:27:40.520 Brief reference there.
00:27:41.960 But the most,
00:27:42.520 you know,
00:27:42.920 the most important thing
00:27:44.380 is that
00:27:44.580 Jesus spoke
00:27:45.480 36 times,
00:27:48.060 36 times
00:27:49.440 against
00:27:51.080 divorce.
00:27:51.940 and I don't
00:27:53.080 understand
00:27:53.900 why
00:27:55.160 the boogeyman
00:27:58.360 of homosexuality
00:28:00.360 is
00:28:01.260 taking up
00:28:02.560 so much
00:28:03.740 airspace
00:28:04.840 and so much
00:28:05.940 preoccupation
00:28:06.980 of Christians
00:28:07.860 of going after,
00:28:09.880 right,
00:28:10.460 queer community
00:28:11.600 when Jesus
00:28:13.140 said nothing
00:28:14.240 about it,
00:28:15.460 when two people
00:28:17.060 of the same gender
00:28:17.980 or different genders
00:28:18.840 being together
00:28:19.580 does nothing
00:28:20.660 to harm
00:28:21.680 anybody else
00:28:22.660 or the community.
00:28:24.020 So if there's
00:28:24.500 any problem there,
00:28:25.860 it's between them
00:28:26.760 and God.
00:28:27.720 So let God
00:28:28.420 do whatever
00:28:29.560 God may do
00:28:31.040 or do not
00:28:31.980 because
00:28:32.720 we also
00:28:33.880 being called
00:28:34.860 in Jesus
00:28:35.720 specifically
00:28:36.740 over and over
00:28:38.040 again
00:28:38.460 said,
00:28:39.240 do not pick up
00:28:39.780 a stone
00:28:40.460 unless
00:28:41.480 so,
00:28:42.800 so much
00:28:43.980 scapegoating
00:28:45.460 happens.
00:28:46.740 Can I maybe
00:28:47.200 jump in there?
00:28:47.860 Let me just
00:28:50.420 close my point.
00:28:51.260 So much
00:28:51.760 scapegoating
00:28:52.880 about maybe
00:28:54.080 six verses
00:28:55.160 of the Bible
00:28:56.020 and an entire
00:28:57.400 group of people
00:28:58.260 being,
00:28:58.840 you know,
00:28:59.380 being
00:28:59.720 You know,
00:29:00.520 the Bible
00:29:00.760 doesn't say
00:29:01.220 a lot about
00:29:01.700 bestiality either.
00:29:03.340 So you can't
00:29:03.940 build your entire
00:29:05.020 theology
00:29:05.640 based off of
00:29:06.560 maybe the rarity
00:29:07.460 of the occurrences.
00:29:09.020 Johnny,
00:29:09.720 you're equating
00:29:10.940 two people
00:29:11.960 being in love
00:29:12.840 with each other
00:29:13.720 and caring
00:29:14.420 for each other
00:29:15.200 with a human
00:29:16.600 No,
00:29:17.380 he's just
00:29:17.700 pointing out
00:29:18.180 that scarcity
00:29:18.860 or paucity
00:29:19.460 versus
00:29:19.880 You're building
00:29:20.100 an argument
00:29:20.600 based off of
00:29:21.620 not that much
00:29:22.480 according to
00:29:23.000 Kevin DeYoung.
00:29:23.940 He would say
00:29:24.260 if you use
00:29:24.840 that not too
00:29:25.680 much argument
00:29:26.320 basically you're
00:29:27.440 just building
00:29:27.920 you know
00:29:28.640 and I'm even
00:29:29.000 going to go
00:29:29.260 back to Sodom
00:29:29.780 when you say
00:29:30.140 it was
00:29:30.560 gang rape
00:29:31.760 or
00:29:32.660 a lack
00:29:34.060 of hospitality
00:29:34.560 if you just
00:29:35.440 read the Bible
00:29:36.160 you know
00:29:36.680 and I'm saying
00:29:37.080 this is pretty
00:29:37.600 it says
00:29:38.440 bring out
00:29:39.060 those men
00:29:39.780 they don't even
00:29:40.400 know that they're
00:29:41.000 angels
00:29:41.380 it says
00:29:42.200 bring out
00:29:42.620 those men
00:29:43.200 and Lot responds
00:29:44.600 please my brothers
00:29:45.760 do not act
00:29:46.760 wickedly
00:29:47.360 they don't know
00:29:48.380 it's angels
00:29:48.780 so even that
00:29:49.360 argument is refuted
00:29:50.380 one other thing
00:29:51.620 regarding Jesus
00:29:52.380 Jesus affirms
00:29:53.880 the biblical
00:29:54.340 sexual ethic
00:29:55.160 very clearly
00:29:55.980 in Matthew 19
00:29:57.060 one man
00:29:58.060 one woman
00:29:58.620 in the covenant
00:29:59.220 of marriage
00:29:59.780 if you want
00:30:00.480 to rewrite that
00:30:01.520 you would have
00:30:02.160 to have a different
00:30:02.800 creation narrative
00:30:03.800 because the Bible
00:30:04.860 starts off
00:30:05.420 with the story
00:30:06.180 of Adam and Eve
00:30:07.280 the Isha
00:30:08.720 from the Isha
00:30:10.140 complimented
00:30:10.900 made for each other
00:30:12.000 and then the Bible
00:30:12.740 concludes
00:30:13.340 with the marriage
00:30:13.840 supper of the Lamb
00:30:14.580 so you have to
00:30:15.520 rewrite the entirety
00:30:16.620 of the scripture
00:30:17.300 Pastor Johnny
00:30:18.400 if anybody is
00:30:19.100 rewriting it
00:30:20.100 are folks
00:30:20.860 who want to
00:30:21.420 criminalize
00:30:22.140 an entire group
00:30:22.880 of people
00:30:23.340 and this is
00:30:24.180 scapegoating
00:30:24.860 it is to
00:30:25.660 target
00:30:26.320 a group
00:30:27.180 that is
00:30:27.620 maybe 10%
00:30:28.720 of the human
00:30:29.640 population
00:30:30.280 identifies
00:30:31.320 or understands
00:30:33.060 themselves
00:30:33.640 30% of Gen Z
00:30:34.800 though
00:30:35.060 apparently something's
00:30:35.900 in the water
00:30:36.360 those are two
00:30:37.040 recent reports
00:30:37.960 you know why
00:30:38.760 it's not a
00:30:40.060 fad
00:30:41.120 it's not a fad
00:30:42.520 it's because
00:30:44.220 finally
00:30:45.340 it's existed
00:30:46.100 for a long time
00:30:47.040 even according
00:30:48.440 to Thomas Hubbard
00:30:49.120 going back to
00:30:49.660 your argument
00:30:50.260 Thomas Hubbard
00:30:51.780 said that
00:30:52.280 every form
00:30:53.080 of homosexuality
00:30:54.100 hold on
00:30:54.460 let's get a little
00:30:55.740 hold of the panel
00:30:56.360 here
00:30:56.520 I've noticed
00:30:56.960 Johnny's sat
00:30:57.820 very patiently
00:30:59.580 and he hasn't
00:31:00.700 interrupted anybody
00:31:01.540 so Johnny
00:31:02.240 if you want to
00:31:02.900 finish your point
00:31:03.400 and I don't like
00:31:05.020 interrupting
00:31:05.440 I think
00:31:05.940 the producer told me
00:31:07.280 I might have to
00:31:07.780 jump in
00:31:08.140 so I feel like
00:31:08.760 I'm looking at my
00:31:09.340 watch going
00:31:09.780 I might have to
00:31:10.320 jump in
00:31:10.780 so in that
00:31:12.100 regard
00:31:12.480 and again
00:31:13.240 if this is at a
00:31:13.920 coffee shop
00:31:14.600 the flavor of the
00:31:16.220 conversation would
00:31:16.940 look different
00:31:17.500 right
00:31:17.800 and so I'd want
00:31:18.780 to do that
00:31:19.180 with love
00:31:19.560 and conviction
00:31:20.200 the Bible
00:31:21.960 is very clear
00:31:23.160 that marriage
00:31:23.840 is for a man
00:31:24.340 and a woman
00:31:24.700 in marriage
00:31:25.180 you would have
00:31:25.840 to rewrite
00:31:26.300 the story
00:31:26.760 of a real
00:31:27.220 historical account
00:31:28.200 right
00:31:28.580 so if you
00:31:29.340 make it
00:31:29.800 let's just say
00:31:30.420 you take
00:31:30.820 the creation
00:31:31.420 narrative
00:31:31.780 as an
00:31:32.860 allegory
00:31:33.400 well then
00:31:33.740 you'd have
00:31:34.000 to explain
00:31:34.440 why in
00:31:34.780 Genesis 5
00:31:35.460 Genesis 10
00:31:36.260 Matthew 1
00:31:37.040 it uses
00:31:37.620 Adam and Eve
00:31:38.240 as our earliest
00:31:39.280 ancestors
00:31:39.940 so you have
00:31:40.840 that reality
00:31:41.540 let's just even
00:31:43.080 go back
00:31:43.480 to what you said
00:31:46.700 regarding the
00:31:47.340 love of Jesus
00:31:48.000 because praise
00:31:48.840 the Lord
00:31:49.300 our God
00:31:50.040 is a God
00:31:50.440 of love
00:31:50.860 but love
00:31:52.180 is never
00:31:52.540 licensed for
00:31:53.380 sin
00:31:53.780 or to
00:31:54.960 refute
00:31:55.700 what the
00:31:56.020 scripture
00:31:56.240 teaches
00:31:56.680 even when
00:31:57.320 you're saying
00:31:57.700 you know
00:31:58.060 I looked at
00:31:59.060 just the
00:31:59.540 bio of your
00:32:00.360 book
00:32:00.680 that's coming
00:32:01.880 out I think
00:32:02.360 in May
00:32:02.800 Brandon
00:32:03.440 and it
00:32:04.080 talks
00:32:04.280 I think
00:32:04.620 you speak
00:32:05.120 of the term
00:32:05.740 radical inclusion
00:32:06.840 and I would
00:32:07.460 say that
00:32:07.740 Jesus
00:32:08.000 did
00:32:08.440 Luke 15
00:32:09.300 dying
00:32:09.560 with
00:32:09.760 sinners
00:32:10.160 prostitutes
00:32:11.480 tax collectors
00:32:12.420 but in
00:32:13.560 the end
00:32:13.960 no one
00:32:14.500 called
00:32:14.780 Jesus
00:32:15.200 friend
00:32:16.580 that didn't
00:32:16.980 call him
00:32:17.400 master
00:32:17.840 and so
00:32:18.540 when Jesus
00:32:18.960 even when
00:32:19.400 confronted
00:32:19.740 in John 8
00:32:20.300 with a woman
00:32:20.660 caught in
00:32:20.960 adultery
00:32:21.340 he says
00:32:21.720 go and
00:32:22.100 sin no
00:32:22.400 more
00:32:22.700 yes
00:32:23.620 Jesus
00:32:23.980 is love
00:32:24.620 but he's
00:32:24.980 also
00:32:25.240 holy
00:32:25.660 you cannot
00:32:26.120 separate
00:32:26.520 one attribute
00:32:27.060 of God
00:32:27.400 from the
00:32:27.700 other
00:32:27.840 he's not
00:32:28.180 pieces
00:32:28.480 of a pie
00:32:28.960 we call
00:32:29.260 that
00:32:29.460 divine
00:32:30.080 simplicity
00:32:30.680 God
00:32:31.440 does not
00:32:31.940 possess
00:32:32.260 attributes
00:32:32.800 he's
00:32:33.040 all of
00:32:33.260 his
00:32:33.380 attributes
00:32:33.700 all of
00:32:34.060 the
00:32:34.180 time
00:32:34.400 in full
00:32:34.720 measure
00:32:35.080 and so
00:32:35.700 you can
00:32:35.920 never
00:32:36.160 separate
00:32:36.740 the love
00:32:37.820 of God
00:32:38.100 from the
00:32:38.400 holiness
00:32:38.680 of God
00:32:39.240 and so
00:32:39.660 you would
00:32:40.040 be building
00:32:40.480 an argument
00:32:41.480 on silence
00:32:43.060 especially when
00:32:43.900 Jesus affirms
00:32:45.040 what's taught
00:32:45.860 in Leviticus
00:32:46.960 when he says
00:32:47.500 I've come to
00:32:47.960 fulfill the
00:32:48.580 law
00:32:48.800 let's just
00:32:49.640 take
00:32:49.800 and then
00:32:50.180 just final
00:32:50.920 thought
00:32:51.160 here
00:32:51.380 if you're
00:32:51.980 going to
00:32:52.140 make the
00:32:52.380 argument
00:32:52.640 well
00:32:53.000 what about
00:32:55.060 the feast
00:32:55.540 and the
00:32:56.040 festivals
00:32:56.440 well
00:32:56.860 Colossians
00:32:57.480 says
00:32:57.720 those
00:32:57.900 are
00:32:58.020 no
00:32:58.160 more
00:32:58.420 what
00:32:58.700 about
00:32:58.960 the
00:32:59.300 holidays
00:32:59.840 that
00:33:00.180 they
00:33:00.320 celebrated
00:33:00.760 the
00:33:01.460 New
00:33:01.600 Testament
00:33:01.840 says
00:33:02.100 those
00:33:02.300 are
00:33:02.420 no
00:33:02.600 more
00:33:02.940 you know
00:33:04.040 you could
00:33:04.300 do
00:33:04.420 different
00:33:04.680 things
00:33:04.940 to say
00:33:05.160 well
00:33:05.320 hey
00:33:05.500 we
00:33:05.660 don't
00:33:05.860 we
00:33:06.140 no
00:33:06.280 longer
00:33:06.500 practice
00:33:06.860 this
00:33:07.060 in
00:33:07.160 the
00:33:07.280 Old
00:33:07.420 Testament
00:33:07.740 so
00:33:07.980 it's
00:33:08.840 homosexuality
00:33:09.840 in
00:33:09.960 that
00:33:10.100 same
00:33:10.320 camp
00:33:10.660 but
00:33:11.160 Jesus
00:33:11.560 arrives
00:33:12.160 and he
00:33:12.540 affirms
00:33:13.100 the sexual
00:33:13.620 ethic
00:33:13.920 of
00:33:14.100 Leviticus
00:33:14.580 so
00:33:15.160 does
00:33:15.360 Paul
00:33:15.680 so
00:33:16.320 does
00:33:16.600 Peter
00:33:17.020 and
00:33:17.640 so
00:33:17.860 do
00:33:18.040 many
00:33:18.560 LGBTQ
00:33:19.800 plus
00:33:20.580 scholars
00:33:21.220 about
00:33:21.920 the
00:33:22.180 scripture
00:33:22.500 so
00:33:23.000 even
00:33:23.260 I
00:33:23.800 mentioned
00:33:24.060 those
00:33:24.300 names
00:33:24.560 and I'm
00:33:24.940 going to
00:33:25.100 repeat
00:33:25.640 those
00:33:25.980 names
00:33:26.200 because
00:33:26.500 those
00:33:26.720 are
00:33:26.820 some
00:33:26.940 of
00:33:27.020 the
00:33:27.100 most
00:33:27.280 respected
00:33:28.160 gay
00:33:28.800 scholars
00:33:29.440 that
00:33:29.740 exist
00:33:30.100 today
00:33:30.440 who
00:33:30.840 say
00:33:31.000 you
00:33:31.140 cannot
00:33:31.540 arrive
00:33:31.900 at
00:33:32.000 this
00:33:32.160 position
00:33:32.520 from
00:33:32.760 a
00:33:32.900 scriptural
00:33:33.200 perspective
00:33:33.520 this
00:33:33.680 is
00:33:33.760 an
00:33:33.860 important
00:33:34.180 point
00:33:34.500 too
00:33:34.700 Johnny
00:33:35.040 that
00:33:35.340 sometimes
00:33:35.700 people
00:33:36.080 say
00:33:36.380 well
00:33:36.960 you
00:33:37.220 know
00:33:37.380 if
00:33:37.580 the
00:33:37.720 old
00:33:43.620 distinction
00:33:43.980 that
00:33:44.140 Brandon
00:33:44.340 talked
00:33:44.620 about
00:33:44.840 which
00:33:45.320 is
00:33:45.480 between
00:33:45.860 ceremonial
00:33:46.800 law
00:33:47.160 and
00:33:47.900 juridical
00:33:48.460 law
00:33:48.880 and
00:33:49.440 moral
00:33:49.740 law
00:33:50.060 and
00:33:50.400 the
00:33:50.540 ceremonial
00:33:51.040 law
00:33:51.280 can
00:33:51.460 be
00:33:51.640 fulfilled
00:33:52.120 and
00:33:52.820 transformed
00:33:53.340 in
00:33:53.660 the
00:33:53.760 new
00:33:53.880 covenant
00:33:54.180 the
00:33:54.740 juridical
00:33:55.180 law
00:33:55.380 will
00:33:55.560 obviously
00:33:55.880 be
00:33:56.080 changed
00:33:56.380 with
00:33:57.020 the
00:33:57.140 changing
00:33:57.360 of
00:33:57.500 the
00:33:57.600 polity
00:33:57.960 or
00:33:58.480 it
00:33:58.600 will
00:33:58.700 be
00:33:59.020 fulfilled
00:33:59.840 in
00:34:00.120 the
00:34:00.340 spiritual
00:34:00.800 Israel
00:34:01.180 but
00:34:01.700 the
00:34:01.920 moral
00:34:02.180 law
00:34:02.460 is
00:34:02.700 eternal
00:34:03.100 and
00:34:03.560 it's
00:34:04.000 also
00:34:04.180 inscribed
00:34:04.560 in
00:34:04.820 every
00:34:05.020 human
00:34:05.260 heart
00:34:05.520 so
00:34:05.800 if
00:34:06.400 an
00:34:06.920 aspect
00:34:07.180 of
00:34:07.340 the
00:34:07.440 law
00:34:07.580 pertains
00:34:08.060 to
00:34:08.220 the
00:34:08.340 moral
00:34:08.520 law
00:34:08.820 then
00:34:09.360 nothing
00:34:10.320 about
00:34:10.740 it
00:34:10.880 would
00:34:11.080 transform
00:34:11.860 really
00:34:12.200 at
00:34:12.620 all
00:34:12.940 now
00:34:13.660 I
00:34:14.020 want
00:34:14.740 to
00:34:14.920 move
00:34:15.140 even
00:34:15.440 a little
00:34:15.680 further
00:34:16.120 than
00:34:16.400 just
00:34:16.660 the
00:34:16.820 L
00:34:17.040 and
00:34:17.160 the
00:34:17.280 G
00:34:17.440 and
00:34:17.580 the
00:34:17.680 B
00:34:17.880 into
00:34:18.500 the
00:34:18.760 T
00:34:19.040 because
00:34:19.720 Brandon
00:34:20.060 I
00:34:20.240 know
00:34:20.380 you've
00:34:20.800 you posted
00:34:21.620 something
00:34:22.440 to social
00:34:22.960 media
00:34:23.280 on
00:34:24.260 trans
00:34:24.660 day
00:34:24.860 of
00:34:25.020 visibility
00:34:25.560 that
00:34:26.040 got a
00:34:26.280 lot
00:34:26.380 of
00:34:26.500 traction
00:34:26.940 you said
00:34:27.760 on
00:34:27.880 this
00:34:28.040 trans
00:34:28.440 day
00:34:28.640 of
00:34:28.780 visibility
00:34:29.320 important
00:34:29.920 reminder
00:34:30.340 God
00:34:30.920 is
00:34:31.100 transgender
00:34:31.740 this
00:34:32.440 is
00:34:32.580 not
00:34:32.760 meant
00:34:32.940 to
00:34:33.060 be
00:34:33.180 a
00:34:33.280 provocative
00:34:33.660 statement
00:34:34.180 I
00:34:34.520 wanted
00:34:34.700 just
00:34:34.880 a
00:34:35.000 fact
00:34:35.200 check
00:34:35.380 there
00:34:35.560 it
00:34:35.720 obviously
00:34:36.240 was
00:34:36.660 it's
00:34:36.880 social
00:34:37.140 media
00:34:37.480 and
00:34:37.880 you
00:34:37.980 called
00:34:38.180 God
00:34:38.400 transgender
00:34:38.920 I'm
00:34:39.280 not
00:34:39.420 buying
00:34:39.620 that
00:34:39.740 for
00:34:39.840 a
00:34:39.960 second
00:34:40.160 and
00:34:40.600 he
00:34:40.760 said
00:34:40.960 rather
00:34:41.480 it's
00:34:41.660 a
00:34:41.780 statement
00:34:41.940 of
00:34:42.080 obvious
00:34:42.360 fact
00:34:42.720 Christians
00:34:43.320 believe
00:34:43.860 that
00:34:44.040 everyone
00:34:44.300 that
00:34:44.480 exists
00:34:44.780 bears
00:34:45.020 the
00:34:45.140 image
00:34:45.260 and
00:34:45.360 likeness
00:34:45.600 of
00:34:45.760 God
00:34:46.080 that
00:34:46.920 means
00:34:47.180 all
00:34:47.520 human
00:34:47.800 diversity
00:34:48.240 including
00:34:48.580 gender
00:34:48.920 diversity
00:34:49.400 is a
00:34:49.660 reflection
00:34:49.900 of God's
00:34:50.340 expansive
00:34:50.720 creativity
00:34:51.140 it
00:34:51.640 goes
00:34:51.800 on
00:34:51.940 for a
00:34:52.120 while
00:34:52.220 but
00:34:52.340 just
00:34:52.460 one
00:34:52.720 key
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00:34:57.420 God
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00:35:16.180 Son
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00:35:17.340 Holy
00:35:17.540 Ghost
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00:36:30.800 God
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00:36:49.920 God
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00:36:50.340 mother
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00:36:54.660 history
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00:36:58.960 because
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00:37:25.280 a
00:37:25.440 minister
00:37:25.740 in
00:37:25.940 a
00:37:26.060 Unitarian
00:37:26.440 Rercalist
00:37:26.920 congregation
00:37:27.400 we're
00:37:28.080 not
00:37:28.220 going
00:37:28.340 to
00:37:28.400 get
00:37:28.520 into
00:37:28.700 the
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00:37:29.120 of
00:37:29.320 that
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00:37:30.380 still
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00:37:37.620 many
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00:37:40.560 that you
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00:37:41.480 make
00:37:41.780 that you
00:37:42.300 would
00:37:42.460 be
00:37:42.660 a
00:37:42.880 Trinitarian
00:37:43.440 Unitarian
00:37:44.160 as well
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00:37:45.560 absolutely
00:37:46.480 convictedly
00:37:47.640 and
00:37:48.220 there's
00:37:49.240 the
00:37:49.480 third
00:37:50.600 person
00:37:51.140 who's
00:37:51.980 the
00:37:52.100 third
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00:37:55.160 bond
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00:37:55.780 the
00:37:55.940 Son
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00:37:57.600 Holy
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00:37:58.020 been
00:37:58.220 understood
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00:38:04.580 the
00:38:04.680 Father
00:38:04.820 and
00:38:04.960 Son
00:38:05.140 Sophia
00:38:06.600 Lady
00:38:07.180 Wisdom
00:38:07.920 right
00:38:08.420 so
00:38:08.700 there's
00:38:08.960 an
00:38:09.160 element
00:38:09.560 of
00:38:09.800 femininity
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00:38:16.040 it's
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00:38:22.020 this
00:38:22.340 guy
00:38:22.800 up
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00:38:32.680 let's
00:38:33.380 be
00:38:33.580 frank
00:38:33.980 there
00:38:34.300 was
00:38:34.480 no
00:38:34.760 not
00:38:35.000 even
00:38:35.200 female
00:38:35.840 I
00:38:36.320 think
00:38:36.500 there
00:38:36.600 was
00:38:36.760 female
00:38:37.100 like
00:38:37.540 before
00:38:37.900 our
00:38:38.660 Lord
00:38:39.060 tells us
00:38:40.620 to pray
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00:38:41.500 father
00:38:42.000 he
00:38:42.580 is
00:38:42.780 born
00:38:43.200 of
00:38:43.640 a
00:38:43.820 woman
00:38:44.120 named
00:38:44.600 Mary
00:38:45.020 his
00:38:45.420 holy
00:38:45.620 mother
00:38:45.880 so I
00:38:46.380 think
00:38:46.520 people
00:38:46.740 knew
00:38:46.920 what
00:38:47.120 women
00:38:47.460 were
00:38:47.740 okay
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00:38:48.400 you
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00:38:52.280 largest
00:38:52.760 print
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00:38:54.240 dean
00:38:54.760 altridge
00:38:55.400 and
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00:38:57.580 professor
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00:38:58.880 in
00:38:59.280 you
00:38:59.620 know
00:38:59.760 in
00:39:01.800 my
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00:39:02.520 studies
00:39:03.080 right
00:39:03.480 so
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00:39:05.380 not
00:39:05.540 my
00:39:05.740 point
00:39:06.020 I'm
00:39:06.260 just
00:39:06.460 advancing
00:39:07.060 it
00:39:07.220 you
00:39:07.400 don't
00:39:07.560 have
00:39:07.720 to
00:39:07.880 buy
00:39:08.180 it
00:39:08.520 right
00:39:08.860 you
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00:39:09.280 to
00:39:09.440 buy
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00:39:11.600 point
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00:39:13.900 antiquity
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00:39:15.780 and
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00:39:24.400 for
00:39:25.300 penetration
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00:39:26.960 children
00:39:27.560 weren't
00:39:29.520 even
00:39:29.960 male
00:39:30.620 or
00:39:30.780 female
00:39:31.160 so
00:39:31.680 our
00:39:32.520 understanding
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00:39:34.140 gender
00:39:34.640 is
00:39:35.600 still
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00:39:38.760 that
00:39:40.080 it's
00:39:41.340 becoming
00:39:41.640 more
00:39:41.940 rudimentary
00:39:42.560 I think
00:39:43.020 no
00:39:43.260 no
00:39:43.640 we're
00:39:44.680 finally
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00:39:46.240 that
00:39:46.880 there
00:39:47.160 there's
00:39:47.600 more
00:39:47.960 than
00:39:48.460 one
00:39:48.720 gender
00:39:49.040 male
00:39:49.480 that
00:39:50.340 there's
00:39:50.780 female
00:39:51.520 because
00:39:51.920 women
00:39:52.680 are
00:39:53.000 finally
00:39:53.420 getting
00:39:53.800 a little
00:39:54.260 bit
00:39:54.520 of
00:39:54.740 space
00:39:55.720 in
00:39:56.580 in
00:39:57.060 this
00:39:57.340 world
00:39:57.860 right
00:39:58.540 and
00:39:58.920 we're
00:39:59.280 understanding
00:40:00.160 that
00:40:00.500 even
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00:40:01.180 male
00:40:01.480 and
00:40:01.600 female
00:40:01.820 there
00:40:02.040 are
00:40:02.260 other
00:40:02.620 expressions
00:40:03.100 biologically
00:40:04.120 science
00:40:04.720 is helping
00:40:05.540 us
00:40:05.760 understand
00:40:06.220 that
00:40:06.580 and
00:40:07.120 you know
00:40:07.760 academicians
00:40:08.480 professors
00:40:08.980 scholars
00:40:09.800 religious
00:40:10.420 leaders
00:40:10.900 and the
00:40:11.420 community
00:40:11.860 is helping
00:40:12.740 us
00:40:12.940 understand
00:40:13.300 it
00:40:13.780 was
00:40:14.260 mentioned
00:40:14.700 earlier
00:40:15.200 about
00:40:15.880 Gen Z's
00:40:16.860 the number
00:40:17.540 of non-binary
00:40:18.260 and queer
00:40:18.800 Gen Z's
00:40:19.460 and trans
00:40:19.900 Gen Z's
00:40:20.300 it's not
00:40:20.780 because it's
00:40:21.280 a fashionable
00:40:22.000 thing
00:40:22.620 because these
00:40:23.420 children
00:40:24.080 are still
00:40:25.460 being
00:40:25.860 terrorized
00:40:27.060 it's because
00:40:27.680 they're seeing
00:40:28.580 elders
00:40:29.360 they're finally
00:40:30.640 having the
00:40:31.840 language
00:40:32.440 it took me
00:40:33.120 47 years
00:40:34.440 to understand
00:40:35.680 that I was
00:40:36.800 not that
00:40:37.620 which I was
00:40:38.860 terrorized
00:40:39.640 for not being
00:40:40.660 so when
00:40:41.100 so when
00:40:41.120 they see
00:40:41.540 teachers
00:40:42.040 and people
00:40:42.800 in their
00:40:43.060 community
00:40:43.320 older
00:40:43.680 people
00:40:44.180 who are
00:40:44.860 expressing
00:40:45.460 LGBT
00:40:46.040 identities
00:40:46.660 that
00:40:47.320 persuades
00:40:48.060 them
00:40:48.480 to be
00:40:49.040 more likely
00:40:49.640 to identify
00:40:50.380 that way
00:40:50.740 you sound
00:40:51.860 like a
00:40:52.080 right-wing
00:40:52.400 conservative
00:40:52.920 Reverend
00:40:53.340 Alexander
00:40:53.760 that's
00:40:54.040 exactly
00:40:54.320 what we've
00:40:54.760 been saying
00:40:54.980 that's the twist
00:40:56.920 of the argument
00:40:57.500 it doesn't
00:40:58.240 persuade them
00:40:59.060 it helps
00:40:59.860 them to
00:41:00.360 see
00:41:00.900 what they
00:41:01.580 are
00:41:02.640 because
00:41:03.480 there's
00:41:03.820 language
00:41:04.280 for it
00:41:04.820 and there's
00:41:05.460 representation
00:41:06.040 for it
00:41:06.680 it's like
00:41:07.140 seeing a
00:41:07.660 woman
00:41:07.940 in a place
00:41:08.740 of power
00:41:09.500 helps
00:41:10.160 young girls
00:41:11.260 think
00:41:11.920 oh
00:41:12.300 I could
00:41:13.160 be a
00:41:13.500 president
00:41:13.960 I could
00:41:14.840 be a
00:41:15.200 CEO
00:41:15.540 I could
00:41:16.340 be a
00:41:16.660 teacher
00:41:16.940 because
00:41:17.300 we have
00:41:17.900 teachers
00:41:18.380 that are
00:41:19.340 women
00:41:20.500 like me
00:41:21.680 so it's
00:41:22.180 not because
00:41:23.240 they're
00:41:24.320 following a
00:41:25.000 trend
00:41:25.500 or they're
00:41:26.280 being groomed
00:41:27.400 which is
00:41:27.780 a terrible
00:41:28.660 argument
00:41:29.240 because if
00:41:29.740 we're really
00:41:30.240 concerned
00:41:30.680 about grooming
00:41:31.960 we would
00:41:34.720 address
00:41:35.440 the
00:41:36.060 you know
00:41:36.520 in 2006
00:41:38.720 there was
00:41:39.180 a study
00:41:39.620 that
00:41:40.260 450,000
00:41:45.060 children
00:41:46.340 would be
00:41:46.980 molested
00:41:47.520 before they
00:41:48.100 were graduated
00:41:49.000 and this
00:41:50.360 is not by
00:41:51.000 trans people
00:41:52.060 or queer
00:41:53.140 people
00:41:53.580 it's because
00:41:54.300 you know
00:41:54.680 it's staff
00:41:55.460 within those
00:41:56.380 schools
00:41:56.800 but we're
00:41:57.420 not paying
00:41:57.960 attention
00:41:58.220 public schools
00:41:58.700 so they're
00:41:59.440 disproportionately
00:41:59.980 liberal
00:42:00.400 I want to
00:42:01.040 bring in
00:42:01.340 Johnny here
00:42:01.860 on this
00:42:02.300 because
00:42:02.780 Johnny
00:42:03.540 I'll let
00:42:04.200 you weigh
00:42:04.780 in on
00:42:05.440 Reverend
00:42:05.760 Alexander's
00:42:06.520 claim
00:42:06.880 that
00:42:07.540 the
00:42:08.040 Holy
00:42:08.240 Spirit
00:42:08.660 is
00:42:09.000 queer
00:42:09.340 and
00:42:10.240 that
00:42:11.120 you know
00:42:12.100 children
00:42:12.480 are
00:42:13.160 now
00:42:14.160 identifying
00:42:14.700 30%
00:42:15.260 as
00:42:15.440 LGBT
00:42:15.820 because
00:42:16.660 of
00:42:16.980 who
00:42:17.100 they
00:42:17.220 really
00:42:17.500 are
00:42:18.000 and
00:42:18.300 even
00:42:18.820 I'd like
00:42:20.120 you to
00:42:20.380 get to
00:42:21.000 what
00:42:21.620 the
00:42:21.960 bishop
00:42:22.320 from
00:42:22.880 the
00:42:23.020 National
00:42:23.220 Cathedral
00:42:23.540 mentioned
00:42:23.960 about
00:42:24.180 trans
00:42:25.000 kids
00:42:25.400 and how
00:42:25.620 to love
00:42:25.860 trans
00:42:26.160 kids
00:42:26.320 the one
00:42:26.960 correction
00:42:27.640 I want
00:42:27.940 to make
00:42:28.240 because I'm
00:42:28.640 the only
00:42:28.880 Catholic
00:42:29.220 on the
00:42:29.540 panel
00:42:29.760 Reverend
00:42:30.100 is you
00:42:30.620 said
00:42:30.780 women
00:42:31.160 now
00:42:31.380 finally
00:42:31.660 have a
00:42:31.900 place
00:42:32.320 and they're
00:42:32.560 being
00:42:32.760 recognized
00:42:33.380 and kind
00:42:33.720 of honored
00:42:34.100 but as
00:42:34.640 a
00:42:34.780 Catholic
00:42:35.100 you know
00:42:35.540 we
00:42:36.060 really
00:42:36.640 like
00:42:37.160 the
00:42:37.340 Holy
00:42:37.520 Mother
00:42:37.780 a lot
00:42:38.380 and we
00:42:38.700 recognize
00:42:39.100 her
00:42:39.500 as
00:42:39.800 the
00:42:39.960 Queen
00:42:40.120 of
00:42:40.260 Heaven
00:42:40.580 you know
00:42:40.920 we say
00:42:41.200 hail
00:42:41.780 full of
00:42:42.200 grace
00:42:42.580 Lord
00:42:42.820 is
00:42:42.940 with
00:42:43.140 thee
00:42:43.340 so
00:42:43.560 listen
00:42:44.260 I
00:42:44.460 would
00:42:44.600 not
00:42:44.780 I
00:42:45.000 don't
00:42:45.120 know
00:42:45.260 how
00:42:45.400 the
00:42:45.560 Trinitarian
00:42:46.040 Unitarians
00:42:46.760 deal
00:42:46.960 with
00:42:47.120 women
00:42:47.380 but
00:42:47.820 we
00:42:48.020 Catholics
00:42:48.380 are
00:42:48.820 we're
00:42:49.060 very
00:42:49.360 pro
00:42:49.720 women
00:42:50.240 and
00:42:50.440 one
00:42:50.600 woman
00:42:50.840 in
00:42:50.980 particular
00:42:51.380 Johnny
00:42:52.060 your
00:42:52.500 take
00:42:52.800 yeah
00:42:54.540 I
00:42:54.680 think
00:42:54.840 probably
00:42:55.200 just
00:42:55.560 to
00:42:56.000 wed
00:42:56.240 together
00:42:56.620 what's
00:42:56.980 been
00:42:57.140 said
00:42:57.340 so far
00:42:57.780 regarding
00:42:58.200 the
00:42:58.400 nature
00:42:58.780 and
00:42:59.960 identity
00:43:00.380 of
00:43:00.660 God
00:43:01.020 it
00:43:01.680 really
00:43:01.900 just
00:43:02.100 has
00:43:02.240 to
00:43:02.340 be
00:43:02.460 answered
00:43:02.800 very
00:43:03.060 simply
00:43:03.500 when
00:43:03.900 God
00:43:04.180 chose
00:43:04.480 to
00:43:04.680 reveal
00:43:05.020 himself
00:43:05.480 he
00:43:06.180 did
00:43:06.400 so
00:43:06.600 in
00:43:06.720 the
00:43:06.840 person
00:43:07.160 and
00:43:07.320 work
00:43:07.540 of
00:43:07.700 Jesus
00:43:08.000 Christ
00:43:08.520 a
00:43:08.940 man
00:43:09.300 and
00:43:09.580 the
00:43:09.700 word
00:43:09.880 became
00:43:10.220 flesh
00:43:10.560 John
00:43:10.780 114
00:43:11.300 and
00:43:11.980 dwelt
00:43:12.260 amongst
00:43:12.620 us
00:43:13.020 multiple
00:43:13.640 times
00:43:14.060 throughout
00:43:14.260 the
00:43:14.420 gospel
00:43:14.780 then
00:43:15.220 Jesus
00:43:15.540 is
00:43:15.760 going
00:43:15.900 to
00:43:16.060 say
00:43:16.260 I
00:43:16.580 and
00:43:16.700 the
00:43:16.860 father
00:43:17.180 are
00:43:17.580 one
00:43:17.920 if
00:43:18.400 you've
00:43:18.640 seen
00:43:18.920 me
00:43:19.280 you've
00:43:19.860 seen
00:43:20.140 the
00:43:20.360 father
00:43:20.720 Thomas
00:43:21.540 have
00:43:21.740 I
00:43:21.840 been
00:43:22.000 with
00:43:22.160 you
00:43:22.260 so
00:43:22.480 long
00:43:22.760 don't
00:43:23.000 you
00:43:23.120 understand
00:43:23.540 this
00:43:23.960 John
00:43:24.560 17
00:43:25.020 Jesus
00:43:25.480 high
00:43:25.760 priestly
00:43:26.040 prayer
00:43:26.440 he
00:43:27.100 says
00:43:27.480 father
00:43:28.040 return
00:43:28.440 to
00:43:28.540 me
00:43:28.600 the
00:43:28.720 glory
00:43:28.880 that
00:43:29.040 I
00:43:29.140 had
00:43:29.280 when
00:43:29.400 I
00:43:29.500 was
00:43:29.620 with
00:43:29.860 you
00:43:30.000 before
00:43:30.220 the
00:43:30.360 foundation
00:43:30.740 of
00:43:30.980 the
00:43:31.100 world
00:43:31.380 and
00:43:32.100 when
00:43:33.020 Jesus
00:43:33.360 comes
00:43:33.760 back
00:43:34.220 he's
00:43:34.880 coming
00:43:35.120 back
00:43:35.400 as
00:43:36.400 Jesus
00:43:36.820 as
00:43:37.400 a
00:43:37.560 real
00:43:37.900 man
00:43:38.300 with
00:43:38.500 king
00:43:38.740 of
00:43:38.920 kings
00:43:39.160 and
00:43:39.340 lord
00:43:39.520 of
00:43:39.660 lords
00:43:39.940 tattooed
00:43:40.680 on
00:43:40.840 his
00:43:41.000 thigh
00:43:41.360 and
00:43:42.040 so
00:43:42.200 I
00:43:42.360 think
00:43:42.580 in
00:43:42.740 regards
00:43:43.040 to
00:43:43.240 the
00:43:43.360 gender
00:43:43.620 you
00:43:43.820 have
00:43:43.980 to
00:43:44.100 understand
00:43:44.520 that
00:43:44.720 right
00:43:44.940 now
00:43:45.240 in
00:43:45.860 glory
00:43:46.300 Jesus
00:43:47.540 is
00:43:48.040 a
00:43:48.400 man
00:43:48.700 we're
00:43:49.320 going
00:43:49.420 to
00:43:49.540 worship
00:43:49.820 Jesus
00:43:50.180 Christ
00:43:50.520 Christians
00:43:50.900 are
00:43:51.180 for
00:43:51.780 all
00:43:51.920 of
00:43:52.020 eternity
00:43:52.380 as
00:43:53.220 the
00:43:53.540 crucified
00:43:53.940 king
00:43:54.460 of
00:43:54.820 the
00:43:54.980 universe
00:43:55.280 so
00:43:55.540 I
00:43:55.680 think
00:43:55.820 just
00:43:56.000 in
00:43:56.120 that
00:43:56.280 regard
00:43:56.600 Jesus
00:43:57.180 already
00:43:57.460 taught
00:43:57.700 us
00:43:57.840 how
00:43:57.940 to
00:43:58.060 pray
00:43:58.260 he
00:43:58.700 taught
00:43:58.880 us
00:43:59.000 to
00:43:59.120 pray
00:43:59.260 our
00:43:59.420 father
00:43:59.760 if
00:44:00.220 you're
00:44:00.340 going
00:44:00.440 to
00:44:00.520 teach
00:44:00.680 people
00:44:00.960 to
00:44:01.120 pray
00:44:01.300 a
00:44:01.460 different
00:44:01.720 way
00:44:01.900 than
00:44:02.060 Jesus
00:44:02.360 taught
00:44:02.620 his
00:44:02.760 disciples
00:44:03.140 to
00:44:03.360 pray
00:44:03.540 that
00:44:04.120 would
00:44:04.280 be
00:44:04.420 the
00:44:04.620 epitome
00:44:04.960 of
00:44:05.160 pride
00:44:05.480 regarding
00:44:06.980 the
00:44:07.860 transgender
00:44:08.500 maybe
00:44:09.120 you know
00:44:10.660 the
00:44:10.900 students
00:44:11.480 that are
00:44:11.820 struggling
00:44:12.100 with
00:44:12.280 their
00:44:12.400 identity
00:44:12.700 and
00:44:13.040 you
00:44:13.400 can
00:44:13.500 look
00:44:13.600 at
00:44:13.680 the
00:44:13.780 American
00:44:14.140 Psychiatric
00:44:14.780 Association
00:44:15.300 stats
00:44:16.380 on
00:44:16.700 that
00:44:16.920 but
00:44:17.100 90%
00:44:17.960 or
00:44:18.600 98%
00:44:19.420 of
00:44:19.820 people
00:44:20.040 that
00:44:20.240 identify
00:44:20.660 as
00:44:20.880 another
00:44:21.120 gender
00:44:21.400 before
00:44:21.700 I
00:44:21.860 think
00:44:22.040 it's
00:44:22.320 age
00:44:22.480 12
00:44:22.740 you'd
00:44:22.920 have
00:44:23.000 to
00:44:23.100 check
00:44:23.280 me
00:44:23.400 on
00:44:23.500 this
00:44:23.660 Nancy
00:44:23.900 Piercy
00:44:24.220 writes
00:44:24.460 about
00:44:24.680 it
00:44:24.840 at
00:44:25.320 great
00:44:25.600 length
00:44:25.960 and
00:44:26.160 with
00:44:26.320 great
00:44:26.560 clarity
00:44:27.000 in
00:44:27.180 her
00:44:33.360 and
00:44:33.800 so
00:44:34.100 first
00:44:34.620 of
00:44:34.720 all
00:44:34.780 they
00:44:34.920 should
00:44:35.080 be
00:44:35.380 talked
00:44:35.940 to
00:44:36.320 from
00:44:36.620 a
00:44:36.760 biblical
00:44:36.980 perspective
00:44:37.500 they
00:44:37.740 should
00:44:37.880 be
00:44:38.040 loved
00:44:38.400 as
00:44:38.940 a
00:44:39.120 pastor
00:44:39.540 as
00:44:39.820 a
00:44:39.980 Christian
00:44:40.380 I
00:44:40.900 want
00:44:41.020 to
00:44:41.140 love
00:44:41.380 people
00:44:41.820 and
00:44:42.280 again
00:44:42.640 when
00:44:42.960 I
00:44:43.100 say
00:44:43.260 I
00:44:43.360 want
00:44:43.460 to
00:44:43.560 love
00:44:43.720 people
00:44:43.980 the
00:44:44.140 most
00:44:44.300 loving
00:44:44.560 thing
00:44:44.860 that
00:44:45.300 I
00:44:45.440 could
00:44:45.580 do
00:44:45.720 as
00:44:45.840 a
00:44:45.960 pastor
00:44:46.300 is
00:44:46.680 teach
00:44:46.940 them
00:44:47.100 the
00:44:47.260 truth
00:44:47.540 that's
00:44:47.800 so
00:44:47.940 clear
00:44:48.220 within
00:44:48.480 God's
00:44:48.860 word
00:44:49.100 it
00:44:49.540 doesn't
00:44:49.820 mean
00:44:50.060 hammer
00:44:50.820 smash
00:44:51.280 that's
00:44:51.560 why
00:44:51.660 even
00:44:51.880 on my
00:44:52.220 tone
00:44:52.520 as
00:44:52.880 communicate
00:44:53.380 the
00:44:53.600 truth
00:44:53.800 I
00:44:53.940 don't
00:44:56.520 want
00:44:56.680 to
00:44:56.740 be
00:44:56.840 argumentative
00:44:57.600 I
00:44:58.180 do
00:44:58.400 want
00:44:58.620 to
00:44:58.720 love
00:44:58.900 people
00:44:59.180 enough
00:44:59.440 to
00:44:59.580 tell
00:44:59.760 them
00:44:59.880 the
00:45:00.080 truth
00:45:00.420 and
00:45:00.780 even
00:45:01.420 if
00:45:01.860 I
00:45:01.960 could
00:45:02.080 go
00:45:02.200 back
00:45:02.400 to
00:45:02.520 one
00:45:02.700 thing
00:45:02.880 Brandon
00:45:03.160 said
00:45:03.400 as
00:45:03.540 a
00:45:03.660 progressive
00:45:04.060 revelationist
00:45:05.140 that
00:45:06.780 is
00:45:07.120 you're
00:45:07.600 basically
00:45:08.020 making
00:45:08.420 the
00:45:08.640 assumption
00:45:09.040 that
00:45:09.500 however
00:45:10.300 God
00:45:10.640 is
00:45:10.800 guiding
00:45:11.120 you
00:45:11.360 today
00:45:11.740 so
00:45:12.300 called
00:45:12.820 it's
00:45:13.900 doing
00:45:14.420 it
00:45:14.640 in a
00:45:14.920 contradictory
00:45:15.400 way
00:45:15.800 to
00:45:16.060 thousands
00:45:16.440 of
00:45:16.640 years
00:45:16.780 of
00:45:16.920 revelation
00:45:17.240 and
00:45:17.460 thousands
00:45:17.700 of
00:45:17.940 years
00:45:18.120 of
00:45:18.280 church
00:45:18.480 history
00:45:22.880 that
00:45:23.100 you're
00:45:23.240 making
00:45:23.560 is
00:45:23.780 that
00:45:23.960 now
00:45:24.540 what
00:45:25.680 he's
00:45:26.080 revealing
00:45:26.760 is
00:45:27.740 contradicting
00:45:28.720 what
00:45:28.940 he's
00:45:29.180 already
00:45:29.580 revealed
00:45:30.040 and
00:45:30.420 he
00:45:30.640 says
00:45:30.960 in
00:45:31.080 revelation
00:45:31.460 whoever
00:45:31.760 adds
00:45:32.100 to
00:45:32.220 these
00:45:32.400 words
00:45:32.680 let
00:45:32.900 him
00:45:32.980 be
00:45:33.100 accursed
00:45:33.620 and
00:45:34.200 so
00:45:34.340 when
00:45:34.500 God
00:45:34.720 does
00:45:34.980 reveal
00:45:35.240 himself
00:45:35.540 through
00:45:35.700 the
00:45:35.840 person
00:45:36.100 and
00:45:36.220 work
00:45:36.360 of
00:45:36.460 the
00:45:36.580 Holy
00:45:36.760 Spirit
00:45:37.100 it
00:45:37.720 never
00:45:38.280 ever
00:45:38.920 contradicts
00:45:40.000 his
00:45:40.220 signature
00:45:40.700 as
00:45:41.180 he
00:45:41.340 has
00:45:41.520 written
00:45:41.860 in
00:45:42.160 his
00:45:42.380 word
00:45:42.640 once
00:45:42.920 and
00:45:43.020 for
00:45:43.140 all
00:45:43.280 time
00:45:43.620 Brandon
00:45:44.200 that's
00:45:45.800 just
00:45:45.920 simply
00:45:46.180 not
00:45:46.380 true
00:45:46.620 I
00:45:46.800 think
00:45:47.020 your
00:45:47.260 view
00:45:47.940 of
00:45:48.200 what
00:45:48.400 the
00:45:48.660 Bible
00:45:48.880 is
00:45:49.280 is
00:45:49.720 inaccurate
00:45:50.340 the
00:45:50.620 Bible
00:45:50.800 is
00:45:51.000 not
00:45:51.220 the
00:45:51.500 inerrant
00:45:51.900 word
00:45:52.080 of
00:45:52.200 God
00:45:52.380 quite
00:45:52.620 clearly
00:45:52.980 and
00:45:53.480 the
00:45:53.560 way
00:45:53.680 Jesus
00:45:54.000 interprets
00:45:54.760 the
00:45:54.960 Bible
00:45:55.260 is
00:45:55.800 by
00:45:56.320 revising
00:45:57.560 commandments
00:45:58.020 from
00:45:58.340 the
00:45:58.500 Hebrew
00:45:58.700 Bible
00:45:59.000 and
00:45:59.160 offering
00:45:59.480 new
00:45:59.740 more
00:46:00.000 ethical
00:46:00.280 commandments
00:46:00.800 hold on
00:46:01.220 Brandon
00:46:01.560 just
00:46:01.760 before
00:46:02.060 before
00:46:02.360 you
00:46:02.520 move
00:46:02.740 on
00:46:02.880 with
00:46:03.000 your
00:46:03.120 point
00:46:03.400 should
00:46:04.680 be
00:46:04.840 clear
00:46:05.080 to
00:46:05.240 viewers
00:46:05.560 that's
00:46:06.080 a
00:46:06.200 rather
00:46:06.600 radical
00:46:07.080 departure
00:46:07.560 from
00:46:07.920 the
00:46:08.160 traditional
00:46:08.600 understanding
00:46:09.060 of
00:46:09.200 the
00:46:09.320 church
00:46:09.500 that
00:46:09.700 scripture
00:46:09.940 is
00:46:17.020 the
00:46:17.460 modern
00:46:17.740 evangelical
00:46:18.100 understanding
00:46:18.680 of
00:46:18.840 what
00:46:18.980 inerrancy
00:46:19.400 is
00:46:19.680 meaning
00:46:19.900 that
00:46:20.100 every
00:46:20.340 single
00:46:20.620 word
00:46:21.000 is
00:46:21.320 directly
00:46:21.660 from
00:46:21.860 God
00:46:22.120 and
00:46:22.320 true
00:46:22.520 in
00:46:22.660 every
00:46:22.920 way
00:46:23.280 for
00:46:23.540 all
00:46:23.780 time
00:46:24.180 is
00:46:24.560 just
00:46:24.840 not
00:46:25.140 how
00:46:25.360 the
00:46:25.540 church
00:46:25.740 throughout
00:46:26.000 history
00:46:26.320 has
00:46:26.460 What about
00:46:26.720 the
00:46:26.860 old
00:46:27.040 Catholic
00:46:27.340 view
00:46:27.580 of
00:46:27.920 inerrancy?
00:46:29.640 I think
00:46:29.940 I mean
00:46:30.240 honestly
00:46:30.620 the Catholic
00:46:31.020 view
00:46:31.240 on most
00:46:31.660 things
00:46:32.020 is
00:46:32.340 more
00:46:32.560 nuanced
00:46:32.960 and
00:46:33.380 I'm
00:46:34.020 more
00:46:34.180 conversant
00:46:34.640 with
00:46:34.800 that
00:46:34.980 view
00:46:35.140 I'm
00:46:35.820 getting
00:46:36.340 you
00:46:36.600 and
00:46:36.860 Alexander
00:46:37.320 to
00:46:37.500 come
00:46:37.640 over
00:46:37.840 Johnny
00:46:38.900 maybe
00:46:39.280 we'll
00:46:39.540 bring
00:46:39.780 you
00:46:39.900 over
00:46:40.020 across
00:46:40.260 the
00:46:40.380 time
00:46:40.540 or
00:46:40.640 two
00:46:40.760 sorry
00:46:41.120 to
00:46:41.220 interrupt
00:46:41.440 keep
00:46:41.620 going
00:46:41.860 yeah
00:46:42.820 but
00:46:43.020 the point
00:46:43.700 is
00:46:43.980 Jesus
00:46:44.380 often
00:46:44.940 would
00:46:45.220 go
00:46:45.400 to
00:46:45.540 the
00:46:45.660 Hebrew
00:46:45.880 Bible
00:46:46.220 he
00:46:46.500 would
00:46:46.640 take
00:46:46.800 a
00:46:46.920 command
00:46:47.120 from
00:46:47.280 the
00:46:47.380 Hebrew
00:46:47.580 Bible
00:46:47.820 you
00:46:47.980 have
00:46:48.120 heard
00:46:48.240 it
00:46:48.380 said
00:46:48.600 an
00:46:48.760 eye
00:46:48.900 for
00:46:49.040 an
00:46:49.120 eye
00:46:49.220 and a
00:46:49.380 tooth
00:46:49.540 for
00:46:49.680 a
00:46:49.780 tooth
00:46:49.960 but
00:46:50.560 I
00:46:50.760 say
00:46:51.020 unto
00:46:51.200 you
00:46:51.440 turn
00:46:52.200 the
00:46:52.340 other
00:46:52.520 cheek
00:46:52.780 love
00:46:53.060 your
00:46:53.220 neighbor
00:46:53.480 bless
00:46:53.840 those
00:46:54.060 who
00:46:54.220 persecute
00:46:54.640 you
00:46:54.840 that's
00:46:55.500 not
00:46:55.800 a
00:46:56.520 reinterpretation
00:46:57.660 of
00:46:57.800 a
00:46:57.900 command
00:46:58.120 Jesus
00:46:58.480 is
00:46:58.680 giving
00:46:58.860 a
00:46:59.060 new
00:46:59.320 significantly
00:46:59.860 better
00:47:00.360 command
00:47:00.760 Jesus
00:47:01.520 did
00:47:01.760 not
00:47:01.920 view
00:47:02.060 the
00:47:02.220 Bible
00:47:02.440 as
00:47:02.700 this
00:47:02.860 inerrant
00:47:03.180 static
00:47:03.500 book
00:47:03.820 that
00:47:04.140 all
00:47:04.680 of
00:47:04.820 it
00:47:04.980 is
00:47:05.380 binding
00:47:06.280 for
00:47:06.600 all
00:47:06.660 time
00:47:06.900 then what about
00:47:07.000 when
00:47:07.200 St. Paul
00:47:07.720 in the letter
00:47:08.100 to the
00:47:08.400 Romans
00:47:08.640 says
00:47:08.940 the civil
00:47:09.300 authority
00:47:09.640 does not
00:47:10.040 carry
00:47:10.280 the sword
00:47:10.660 in vain
00:47:11.100 is it
00:47:11.480 the case
00:47:12.600 as you
00:47:12.880 seem
00:47:13.060 to be
00:47:13.300 suggesting
00:47:13.680 that
00:47:13.960 our
00:47:14.420 Lord
00:47:14.760 rather
00:47:15.160 than
00:47:15.440 fulfilling
00:47:15.880 scripture
00:47:16.960 is
00:47:17.680 contradicting
00:47:18.540 the Old
00:47:18.980 Testament
00:47:19.300 and then
00:47:19.720 St. Paul
00:47:20.100 is
00:47:20.280 contradicting
00:47:20.800 our
00:47:21.060 Lord
00:47:21.300 when
00:47:21.480 he
00:47:21.580 said
00:47:21.780 that
00:47:21.900 the
00:47:22.040 civil
00:47:22.200 authority
00:47:22.620 can
00:47:23.060 execute
00:47:23.560 judgments
00:47:24.020 according
00:47:24.300 to
00:47:24.480 justice
00:47:24.860 or
00:47:25.460 no
00:47:25.800 is
00:47:25.940 something
00:47:26.080 else
00:47:26.240 going
00:47:26.440 on
00:47:26.600 well
00:47:27.400 when
00:47:27.600 Jesus
00:47:27.840 says
00:47:28.140 I've
00:47:28.320 not
00:47:28.460 come
00:47:28.680 to
00:47:29.040 abolish
00:47:29.580 the law
00:47:29.800 but
00:47:29.980 fulfill
00:47:30.320 it
00:47:30.460 another way
00:47:31.020 to
00:47:31.920 translate
00:47:32.280 the Greek
00:47:32.600 word
00:47:32.760 that's
00:47:33.000 translated
00:47:33.280 fulfillment
00:47:33.660 is
00:47:33.980 complete
00:47:34.440 so I
00:47:35.040 would
00:47:35.160 say
00:47:35.340 some
00:47:35.540 of
00:47:35.660 the
00:47:35.780 revelation
00:47:36.280 throughout
00:47:36.720 scripture
00:47:37.040 is
00:47:37.340 incomplete
00:47:38.020 and
00:47:38.400 Jesus
00:47:38.700 in many
00:47:39.240 instances
00:47:39.780 completed
00:47:40.400 the
00:47:40.620 revelation
00:47:41.000 but I
00:47:41.760 don't
00:47:41.920 think
00:47:42.200 that
00:47:42.480 God
00:47:42.760 stopped
00:47:43.040 speaking
00:47:43.340 when
00:47:43.560 the
00:47:43.700 canon
00:47:43.880 was
00:47:44.080 closed
00:47:44.500 and
00:47:44.900 I
00:47:45.040 think
00:47:45.180 the
00:47:45.340 church
00:47:45.560 has
00:47:45.800 evolved
00:47:46.240 on
00:47:46.500 many
00:47:46.780 different
00:47:47.160 perspectives
00:47:47.580 you
00:47:47.800 can
00:47:47.940 read
00:47:48.160 evangelical
00:47:48.820 William
00:47:49.200 Webb's
00:47:49.520 books
00:47:49.780 slaves
00:47:50.440 women
00:47:50.740 and
00:47:50.940 homosexual
00:47:51.380 where
00:47:51.700 he
00:47:51.900 charts
00:47:52.280 a
00:47:52.480 redemptive
00:47:52.900 trajectory
00:47:53.380 in the
00:47:54.140 scripture
00:47:54.420 beyond
00:47:55.140 the
00:47:55.380 scripture
00:47:55.660 that
00:47:56.040 caused
00:47:56.320 the
00:47:56.480 church
00:47:56.660 to
00:47:56.860 change
00:47:57.180 its
00:47:57.340 perspective
00:47:57.780 after
00:47:58.120 thousands
00:47:58.520 of
00:47:58.720 years
00:47:58.880 of
00:47:59.040 teaching
00:47:59.300 to
00:47:59.860 adopt
00:48:00.240 a
00:48:00.480 more
00:48:00.780 Christ
00:48:01.400 like
00:48:01.700 ethic
00:48:02.160 so
00:48:02.780 no
00:48:03.640 ethics
00:48:04.140 don't
00:48:04.360 rise
00:48:04.600 and fall
00:48:04.980 on
00:48:05.360 the
00:48:05.660 Bible
00:48:06.320 the
00:48:06.520 Bible
00:48:06.700 points
00:48:07.160 us
00:48:07.320 in
00:48:13.560 welcome
00:48:13.860 and
00:48:14.000 include
00:48:14.240 LGBT
00:48:14.560 people
00:48:14.960 in
00:48:15.140 this
00:48:15.280 day
00:48:15.460 okay
00:48:15.760 well
00:48:15.920 I'm
00:48:16.040 glad
00:48:16.200 you
00:48:16.360 brought
00:48:16.560 up
00:48:16.700 ethics
00:48:17.000 in
00:48:17.140 this
00:48:17.280 regard
00:48:17.520 because
00:48:17.920 before
00:48:18.500 I
00:48:18.680 let
00:48:18.820 you
00:48:18.940 all
00:48:19.080 go
00:48:19.200 there
00:48:19.380 is
00:48:19.540 one
00:48:20.260 point
00:48:20.560 that
00:48:20.680 we
00:48:20.800 haven't
00:48:21.080 touched
00:48:21.320 on
00:48:21.520 that
00:48:21.620 I
00:48:21.700 think
00:48:21.840 is
00:48:21.940 important
00:48:22.340 and
00:48:22.800 kind
00:48:23.020 of
00:48:23.160 the
00:48:23.360 background
00:48:24.260 of
00:48:24.920 what
00:48:25.080 we're
00:48:25.260 discussing
00:48:25.680 here
00:48:25.980 which
00:48:26.460 is
00:48:26.800 the
00:48:27.380 natural
00:48:27.720 law
00:48:28.160 it
00:48:28.660 was
00:48:28.820 brought
00:48:29.060 up
00:48:29.240 earlier
00:48:29.680 that
00:48:30.180 today
00:48:31.100 the
00:48:31.540 reason
00:48:31.860 that
00:48:32.080 LGBT
00:48:32.580 identifying
00:48:33.280 people
00:48:33.820 and
00:48:34.180 especially
00:48:34.600 the
00:48:35.080 T
00:48:35.280 identifying
00:48:43.560 or
00:48:43.920 in
00:48:44.020 the
00:48:44.120 identity
00:48:44.520 but
00:48:45.000 rather
00:48:45.320 because
00:48:45.840 of
00:48:46.060 social
00:48:46.700 stigmas
00:48:47.280 I'm
00:48:47.940 a little
00:48:48.220 skeptical
00:48:48.580 of
00:48:48.800 that
00:48:48.960 because
00:48:49.280 we're
00:48:49.580 as
00:48:49.800 pro
00:48:50.100 LGBT
00:48:50.560 now
00:48:51.160 as
00:48:51.480 any
00:48:51.740 society
00:48:52.260 has
00:48:52.620 ever
00:48:52.860 been
00:48:53.140 and
00:48:53.500 we've
00:48:53.660 redefined
00:48:54.080 marriage
00:48:54.440 and
00:48:54.900 even
00:48:55.360 redefined
00:48:56.180 gender
00:48:56.960 in the
00:48:57.320 civil
00:48:57.480 rights
00:48:57.740 law
00:48:57.920 and
00:48:57.980 the
00:48:58.060 Bostock
00:48:58.400 decision
00:48:58.760 it
00:48:59.100 was
00:48:59.180 a
00:48:59.280 conservative
00:48:59.640 judge
00:48:59.960 who
00:49:00.100 did
00:49:00.260 it
00:49:00.380 judge
00:49:00.620 Neil
00:49:00.800 Gorsuch
00:49:01.240 so
00:49:01.740 it
00:49:02.280 would
00:49:02.620 seem
00:49:02.880 to
00:49:03.060 me
00:49:03.240 that
00:49:03.460 as
00:49:03.940 LGBT
00:49:04.860 has
00:49:05.880 made
00:49:06.120 such
00:49:06.420 advancements
00:49:07.300 in
00:49:07.500 recent
00:49:07.800 decades
00:49:08.220 that
00:49:08.640 the
00:49:08.800 rates
00:49:09.000 of
00:49:09.120 anxiety
00:49:09.540 and
00:49:09.740 depression
00:49:10.100 and
00:49:10.460 suicidality
00:49:11.200 for
00:49:11.780 the
00:49:12.020 whole
00:49:12.200 spectrum
00:49:12.620 of
00:49:12.800 the
00:49:12.920 alphabet
00:49:13.200 but
00:49:13.500 certainly
00:49:14.560 for
00:49:14.740 the
00:49:14.880 T
00:49:15.080 which
00:49:15.340 has
00:49:15.480 a lot
00:49:15.660 of
00:49:15.760 focus
00:49:16.000 on
00:49:16.160 it
00:49:16.240 now
00:49:16.420 would
00:49:16.940 decrease
00:49:17.540 and
00:49:17.820 yet
00:49:17.980 what
00:49:18.160 we've
00:49:18.460 found
00:49:18.780 repeatedly
00:49:19.500 and
00:49:20.160 consistently
00:49:20.700 is
00:49:21.380 that
00:49:21.520 those
00:49:21.740 rates
00:49:22.060 of
00:49:22.200 anxiety
00:49:22.520 depression
00:49:22.860 suicidality
00:49:23.480 don't
00:49:24.000 even
00:49:24.460 for
00:49:24.740 guys
00:49:25.120 who
00:49:25.240 identify
00:49:25.560 as
00:49:25.760 gay
00:49:25.940 women
00:49:26.220 who
00:49:26.380 identify
00:49:26.760 as
00:49:27.060 lesbians
00:49:27.460 they
00:49:27.820 have
00:49:27.940 significantly
00:49:28.500 increased
00:49:28.980 rates
00:49:29.320 of
00:49:29.820 depression
00:49:30.260 and
00:49:30.640 anxiety
00:49:31.080 and
00:49:37.800 recently
00:49:38.040 one
00:49:38.600 from
00:49:38.760 the
00:49:38.880 American
00:49:39.120 Journal
00:49:39.480 of
00:49:39.640 Psychiatry
00:49:40.300 largest
00:49:40.960 data set
00:49:41.440 ever
00:49:41.700 on
00:49:41.900 trans
00:49:42.300 procedures
00:49:42.820 and
00:49:43.420 then
00:49:43.660 just
00:49:44.340 within
00:49:45.080 a week
00:49:45.340 or two
00:49:45.740 out
00:49:46.720 of
00:49:46.840 Oxford
00:49:47.140 University
00:49:47.700 showing
00:49:48.360 that
00:49:48.760 the
00:49:48.900 suicide
00:49:49.140 rates
00:49:49.500 remain
00:49:49.820 very
00:49:50.440 very
00:49:50.700 high
00:49:51.100 and
00:49:51.420 in
00:49:51.620 fact
00:49:51.820 rates
00:49:52.320 of
00:49:52.440 anxiety
00:49:52.860 and
00:49:53.240 even
00:49:53.480 suicide
00:49:53.840 can
00:49:54.100 increase
00:49:54.740 after
00:49:55.620 affirming
00:49:56.320 the
00:49:56.460 transgender
00:49:56.820 identity
00:49:57.260 so
00:49:57.520 the
00:49:59.120 pro
00:50:00.000 LGBT
00:50:00.440 argument
00:50:01.180 seems
00:50:01.460 to be
00:50:01.720 that
00:50:01.860 this
00:50:02.000 is
00:50:02.120 all
00:50:02.280 because
00:50:02.540 of
00:50:02.700 social
00:50:02.980 stigma
00:50:03.400 and
00:50:03.680 ostracism
00:50:04.320 my
00:50:05.400 argument
00:50:05.840 would
00:50:06.080 be
00:50:06.340 that
00:50:07.800 these
00:50:08.540 behaviors
00:50:08.920 have
00:50:09.120 high
00:50:09.340 rates
00:50:09.580 of
00:50:09.680 anxiety
00:50:10.060 and
00:50:10.220 depression
00:50:10.520 and
00:50:10.700 all
00:50:10.800 the
00:50:10.920 rest
00:50:11.180 because
00:50:11.840 they
00:50:12.480 understand
00:50:12.960 that
00:50:13.400 it
00:50:13.500 is
00:50:13.660 contrary
00:50:14.120 to
00:50:14.860 nature
00:50:15.200 and
00:50:15.400 it's
00:50:15.540 not
00:50:15.720 conducive
00:50:16.180 with
00:50:16.340 happiness
00:50:16.820 which
00:50:17.380 Aristotle
00:50:17.860 defines
00:50:18.380 as
00:50:18.580 a
00:50:18.920 rational
00:50:19.280 activity
00:50:19.780 done
00:50:19.980 with
00:50:20.160 excellence
00:50:20.640 in
00:50:20.780 accord
00:50:21.000 with
00:50:21.180 virtue
00:50:21.580 and
00:50:22.060 that
00:50:22.180 maybe
00:50:22.400 as
00:50:22.540 St.
00:50:22.740 Paul
00:50:22.840 tells
00:50:23.140 us
00:50:23.300 the
00:50:23.600 natural
00:50:23.920 law
00:50:24.200 is
00:50:24.300 inscribed
00:50:24.640 on
00:50:24.800 every
00:50:25.080 human
00:50:25.420 heart
00:50:25.740 isn't
00:50:26.340 that
00:50:26.760 the
00:50:27.280 traditional
00:50:27.840 Christian
00:50:28.700 view
00:50:29.040 Reverend
00:50:29.360 Alexander
00:50:29.840 trans
00:50:36.260 people
00:50:36.680 non-binary
00:50:37.300 people
00:50:37.740 queer
00:50:38.680 people
00:50:39.160 are
00:50:39.640 still
00:50:40.740 experiencing
00:50:42.640 the
00:50:43.480 community
00:50:43.960 still
00:50:44.620 plagued
00:50:46.180 with
00:50:47.520 suicidal
00:50:50.820 ideation
00:50:51.620 with
00:50:51.920 depression
00:50:52.560 with
00:50:53.440 self
00:50:54.280 destructive
00:50:56.000 behaviors
00:50:56.540 because
00:50:57.180 even
00:50:57.760 though
00:50:58.240 there's
00:50:58.880 some
00:50:59.080 laws
00:50:59.540 that
00:50:59.740 were
00:50:59.880 passed
00:51:00.320 and
00:51:00.500 some
00:51:00.680 protections
00:51:01.120 that
00:51:01.420 were
00:51:01.560 promised
00:51:02.080 they
00:51:02.600 have
00:51:02.860 not
00:51:03.140 been
00:51:03.340 fulfilled
00:51:03.920 men
00:51:05.720 play
00:51:06.120 in
00:51:06.240 women's
00:51:06.500 sports
00:51:06.800 they
00:51:07.000 use
00:51:07.260 women's
00:51:07.700 bathrooms
00:51:08.300 civil
00:51:08.780 rights
00:51:09.040 law
00:51:09.200 was
00:51:09.380 changed
00:51:09.860 employment
00:51:10.400 law
00:51:10.680 was
00:51:10.820 changed
00:51:11.080 that
00:51:11.680 is
00:51:12.200 not
00:51:12.440 true
00:51:12.760 there's
00:51:13.480 10
00:51:14.540 athletes
00:51:15.620 in the
00:51:16.240 whole
00:51:16.420 country
00:51:16.880 competing
00:51:17.720 in
00:51:18.420 sports
00:51:19.000 10
00:51:19.800 in
00:51:20.580 the
00:51:20.660 whole
00:51:20.800 country
00:51:21.160 there
00:51:21.780 was
00:51:21.980 one
00:51:22.520 trans
00:51:23.520 athlete
00:51:24.140 out
00:51:25.060 of
00:51:25.360 was it
00:51:25.920 five
00:51:26.480 540
00:51:28.200 something
00:51:28.720 592
00:51:30.140 athletes
00:51:30.860 took to
00:51:32.200 the
00:51:32.400 olympics
00:51:33.100 well
00:51:33.580 according
00:51:33.940 to the
00:51:34.260 according
00:51:34.540 to the
00:51:34.800 united
00:51:35.080 nations
00:51:35.420 890
00:51:36.540 medals
00:51:36.900 and trophies
00:51:37.380 have been
00:51:37.620 taken away
00:51:38.060 from girls
00:51:38.540 because
00:51:38.860 and women
00:51:39.340 because
00:51:39.720 that's
00:51:42.360 not true
00:51:43.000 it's
00:51:43.240 0.004
00:51:45.580 one
00:51:46.340 four
00:51:47.100 percent
00:51:47.920 the
00:51:48.160 un
00:51:48.320 says
00:51:48.680 it was
00:51:48.980 it was
00:51:49.260 some
00:51:49.540 600
00:51:50.340 29
00:51:51.160 different
00:51:51.580 sports
00:51:51.960 some
00:51:52.180 600
00:51:52.600 athletes
00:51:53.440 across
00:51:53.680 400
00:51:54.000 competitions
00:51:54.500 i don't
00:51:54.800 know
00:51:54.920 it's
00:51:55.260 either
00:51:55.440 reverend
00:51:55.720 alexander
00:51:56.120 the
00:51:56.280 un
00:51:56.440 report
00:51:56.760 but
00:51:57.020 i
00:51:57.260 digress
00:51:57.620 keep
00:51:58.080 going
00:51:58.300 no
00:51:59.080 i
00:51:59.300 love
00:51:59.920 the
00:52:00.100 un
00:52:00.300 actually
00:52:00.640 we
00:52:00.860 need
00:52:01.040 to
00:52:01.180 protect
00:52:01.880 the
00:52:02.100 un
00:52:02.360 and
00:52:02.720 shore
00:52:03.820 it
00:52:04.020 up
00:52:04.260 not
00:52:04.540 not to
00:52:04.960 dismantle
00:52:05.520 it
00:52:05.740 my
00:52:06.680 point
00:52:07.040 being
00:52:07.400 trans
00:52:08.640 people
00:52:09.200 are a
00:52:10.160 minority
00:52:10.720 of a
00:52:11.060 minority
00:52:11.520 of a
00:52:12.020 minority
00:52:12.600 and the
00:52:13.440 focus
00:52:14.020 that has
00:52:14.580 been
00:52:14.900 that has
00:52:15.640 been
00:52:16.060 sure
00:52:17.540 i
00:52:17.820 understand
00:52:18.400 your
00:52:18.620 point
00:52:18.800 we're
00:52:18.980 talking
00:52:19.160 about
00:52:19.620 the
00:52:19.740 lgbt
00:52:20.240 too
00:52:20.500 much
00:52:20.680 we
00:52:20.820 shouldn't
00:52:21.020 talk
00:52:21.180 about
00:52:21.300 them
00:52:21.380 but
00:52:21.520 what
00:52:21.700 do
00:52:21.940 you
00:52:22.000 make
00:52:22.160 of
00:52:25.720 free
00:52:25.840 to
00:52:26.000 nature
00:52:26.180 and
00:52:26.320 that's
00:52:26.500 what's
00:52:26.660 making
00:52:26.900 them
00:52:27.080 sad
00:52:27.360 not
00:52:27.800 just
00:52:27.980 mean
00:52:28.200 old
00:52:28.380 guys
00:52:28.640 like
00:52:28.840 johnny
00:52:29.100 and
00:52:29.200 michael
00:52:29.400 knowles
00:52:30.140 my
00:52:30.500 point
00:52:30.900 is that
00:52:31.360 trans
00:52:31.840 people
00:52:32.140 are still
00:52:33.380 unable
00:52:34.180 to find
00:52:34.600 jobs
00:52:35.020 still
00:52:35.780 unable
00:52:36.300 to
00:52:36.540 find
00:52:36.780 housing
00:52:37.180 still
00:52:37.780 unable
00:52:38.280 to
00:52:38.860 be
00:52:39.180 fully
00:52:40.080 welcomed
00:52:41.780 let alone
00:52:42.480 celebrated
00:52:43.400 in
00:52:44.540 society
00:52:45.180 but
00:52:45.440 as
00:52:46.160 they're
00:52:46.380 being
00:52:46.660 more
00:52:47.180 clearly
00:52:48.340 embraced
00:52:48.820 by our
00:52:49.200 law
00:52:49.400 and our
00:52:49.680 culture
00:52:49.960 wouldn't
00:52:50.280 you
00:52:50.400 expect
00:52:50.720 the rates
00:52:51.020 of
00:52:51.100 anxiety
00:52:51.420 depression
00:52:51.780 and
00:52:51.920 suicide
00:52:52.120 to go
00:52:52.440 down
00:52:52.920 not
00:52:53.400 to
00:52:53.560 remain
00:52:53.760 the
00:52:53.940 same
00:52:54.120 or
00:52:54.240 even
00:52:54.420 increase
00:52:54.880 but
00:52:55.740 that's
00:52:55.980 not
00:52:56.200 true
00:52:56.500 because
00:52:56.780 for
00:52:57.040 trans
00:52:57.360 people
00:52:57.600 in
00:52:57.820 particular
00:52:58.300 some
00:52:58.860 laws
00:52:59.160 have
00:52:59.380 been
00:52:59.580 passed
00:53:00.060 but
00:53:00.580 immediately
00:53:01.240 after
00:53:01.740 they
00:53:02.340 have
00:53:02.620 been
00:53:02.860 targeted
00:53:03.280 we
00:53:03.640 have
00:53:04.020 been
00:53:04.240 because
00:53:04.520 I'm
00:53:04.780 within
00:53:05.040 the
00:53:05.240 trans
00:53:05.540 community
00:53:05.900 as a
00:53:06.260 non-binary
00:53:06.580 person
00:53:07.040 we
00:53:07.560 have
00:53:07.880 been
00:53:08.160 systematically
00:53:08.920 targeted
00:53:10.400 it's
00:53:10.720 kind of like
00:53:11.060 cheating
00:53:11.340 a little
00:53:11.560 well
00:53:13.220 you know
00:53:13.840 I know
00:53:14.640 myself
00:53:15.200 and I
00:53:15.520 try to
00:53:15.880 know
00:53:16.140 myself
00:53:16.640 know
00:53:17.120 thyself
00:53:17.740 and I
00:53:18.300 won't
00:53:18.480 make
00:53:18.700 any
00:53:18.880 judgment
00:53:19.180 about
00:53:19.500 your
00:53:19.780 gender
00:53:20.140 or
00:53:20.400 your
00:53:20.660 life
00:53:21.560 you can
00:53:22.200 please
00:53:22.540 judge
00:53:22.860 my
00:53:23.060 gender
00:53:23.380 I'm
00:53:23.740 a big
00:53:24.020 strong
00:53:24.420 tough
00:53:24.660 guy
00:53:24.880 I'm
00:53:25.160 a
00:53:25.700 he
00:53:26.000 man
00:53:26.300 but
00:53:26.480 if I
00:53:26.820 start
00:53:27.140 referring
00:53:27.560 to you
00:53:28.020 as she
00:53:28.640 don't
00:53:29.940 do that
00:53:30.180 Michaela
00:53:31.260 you
00:53:31.780 won't
00:53:32.720 enjoy
00:53:33.480 that
00:53:34.060 that
00:53:34.300 won't
00:53:34.480 be
00:53:34.640 comfortable
00:53:35.020 for you
00:53:35.480 that
00:53:35.860 would
00:53:36.080 be
00:53:36.280 true
00:53:36.480 signifying
00:53:37.260 and
00:53:37.420 respectful
00:53:37.960 right
00:53:38.360 but
00:53:38.740 that's
00:53:39.120 what
00:53:39.340 is
00:53:39.620 done
00:53:39.900 to
00:53:40.120 trans
00:53:40.480 people
00:53:40.860 right
00:53:41.400 they
00:53:41.820 we
00:53:43.820 have
00:53:45.040 we
00:53:45.480 have
00:53:46.100 our
00:53:46.280 identities
00:53:46.760 we
00:53:47.100 have
00:53:47.320 our
00:53:47.480 self
00:53:47.800 understanding
00:53:48.400 but
00:53:48.880 people
00:53:49.200 they're
00:53:49.480 not
00:53:49.740 us
00:53:50.200 keep
00:53:50.660 pointing
00:53:51.040 their
00:53:51.580 finger
00:53:52.080 at
00:53:52.340 us
00:53:52.540 and
00:53:52.680 saying
00:53:52.860 no
00:53:53.500 you're
00:53:54.180 not
00:53:54.500 who
00:53:54.700 you are
00:53:55.100 pointing
00:53:55.400 your
00:53:55.620 finger
00:53:55.900 I know
00:53:56.180 we've
00:53:56.380 got to
00:53:56.560 let
00:53:56.700 you
00:53:56.820 go
00:53:57.000 very
00:53:57.240 shortly
00:53:57.480 I have
00:53:57.660 to let
00:53:57.820 all of
00:53:58.160 you
00:53:58.280 gentlemen
00:53:58.480 go
00:53:58.700 so
00:53:59.040 maybe
00:53:59.200 just a
00:53:59.500 little
00:53:59.600 rapid
00:53:59.960 fire
00:54:00.320 here
00:54:00.540 before
00:54:00.840 the
00:54:01.080 end
00:54:01.520 we
00:54:02.860 began
00:54:03.360 with
00:54:03.860 revelation
00:54:04.700 and
00:54:05.380 dictates
00:54:06.020 from the
00:54:06.320 pulpit
00:54:06.640 from the
00:54:06.960 Episcopalian
00:54:07.580 bishop
00:54:07.840 lady
00:54:08.120 we can
00:54:08.940 end
00:54:09.240 on
00:54:09.520 natural
00:54:09.920 law
00:54:10.320 what's
00:54:10.620 your
00:54:10.820 take
00:54:11.620 as
00:54:11.900 you
00:54:12.000 wag
00:54:12.160 your
00:54:12.300 finger
00:54:12.480 I
00:54:13.000 was
00:54:13.420 just scratching
00:54:13.840 my
00:54:14.040 head
00:54:14.240 I
00:54:14.480 think
00:54:15.580 maybe
00:54:15.780 just a
00:54:16.060 couple
00:54:16.200 things
00:54:16.460 to
00:54:16.660 respond
00:54:17.180 to
00:54:17.460 the
00:54:17.780 first
00:54:18.000 from
00:54:18.140 Brandon
00:54:18.440 saying
00:54:18.780 that
00:54:18.980 Jesus
00:54:19.260 said
00:54:20.080 you've
00:54:20.280 heard
00:54:20.380 it
00:54:20.500 said
00:54:20.720 but
00:54:20.920 I
00:54:21.200 tell
00:54:21.380 you
00:54:22.320 you've
00:54:23.060 heard
00:54:23.240 not
00:54:23.620 to
00:54:23.720 commit
00:54:23.860 adultery
00:54:24.200 but
00:54:24.380 I
00:54:24.500 say
00:54:24.620 to
00:54:24.700 you
00:54:24.820 that
00:54:24.940 everyone
00:54:25.220 who
00:54:25.520 looks at
00:54:26.180 a
00:54:26.240 woman
00:54:26.380 lustfully
00:54:27.080 in her
00:54:27.420 heart
00:54:27.660 has
00:54:27.780 committed
00:54:28.000 adultery
00:54:28.500 what
00:54:29.140 Jesus
00:54:29.400 is
00:54:29.620 getting
00:54:29.840 at
00:54:30.100 is
00:54:30.200 that
00:54:30.320 the
00:54:30.440 Old
00:54:30.580 Testament
00:54:30.900 system
00:54:31.360 pointed
00:54:31.720 to
00:54:31.900 the
00:54:32.080 insufficiency
00:54:32.760 of
00:54:33.420 ever
00:54:33.680 trying
00:54:33.900 to
00:54:34.040 earn
00:54:34.240 your
00:54:34.400 way
00:54:34.580 to
00:54:34.740 God
00:54:35.020 which
00:54:35.260 makes
00:54:35.680 us
00:54:35.820 dependent
00:54:36.140 upon
00:54:36.460 grace
00:54:36.920 so
00:54:37.460 the
00:54:37.580 whole
00:54:37.720 point
00:54:37.960 of
00:54:38.060 the
00:54:38.160 law
00:54:38.380 in
00:54:38.560 Galatians
00:54:38.920 3
00:54:39.120 is
00:54:39.300 to
00:54:39.420 be
00:54:39.540 our
00:54:39.720 tutor
00:54:40.040 to
00:54:40.220 point
00:54:40.500 us
00:54:40.660 to
00:54:40.800 Jesus
00:54:41.120 Christ
00:54:41.620 because
00:54:41.940 we're
00:54:42.140 saved
00:54:42.460 by faith
00:54:43.420 through
00:54:44.120 grace
00:54:44.420 in
00:54:44.620 Jesus
00:54:44.840 Christ
00:54:45.120 so
00:54:45.360 I
00:54:45.760 think
00:54:45.900 just
00:54:46.080 to
00:54:46.180 respond
00:54:46.480 to
00:54:46.600 that
00:54:46.740 regarding
00:54:47.080 the
00:54:47.280 trans
00:54:47.700 conversation
00:54:58.500 it
00:54:58.720 should
00:54:58.880 probably
00:54:59.200 be
00:54:59.360 the
00:54:59.540 words
00:54:59.800 of
00:54:59.900 the
00:55:00.020 resurrected
00:55:00.480 Jesus
00:55:00.880 Christ
00:55:01.300 who
00:55:01.520 says
00:55:01.760 in
00:55:01.980 Matthew
00:55:02.360 19
00:55:03.020 4
00:55:03.400 from
00:55:04.040 the
00:55:04.240 beginning
00:55:04.640 he
00:55:04.900 made
00:55:05.160 them
00:55:05.340 male
00:55:05.620 and
00:55:05.800 female
00:55:06.160 why
00:55:07.640 is
00:55:07.840 there
00:55:08.000 a
00:55:08.260 greater
00:55:08.460 degree
00:55:08.800 of
00:55:08.960 depression
00:55:09.360 well
00:55:09.720 I
00:55:09.840 think
00:55:10.060 it
00:55:10.300 in
00:55:10.700 many
00:55:11.080 cases
00:55:11.400 is
00:55:11.600 because
00:55:11.880 of
00:55:12.580 a
00:55:14.100 departure
00:55:15.700 from
00:55:16.180 what's
00:55:16.620 natural
00:55:17.040 I
00:55:17.580 think
00:55:17.780 on
00:55:17.960 many
00:55:18.220 cases
00:55:18.520 it's
00:55:18.740 being
00:55:18.920 pushed
00:55:19.200 upon
00:55:19.560 them
00:55:19.800 you
00:55:20.520 can
00:55:20.700 read
00:55:20.880 Nancy
00:55:21.140 Piercy
00:55:21.500 studies
00:55:21.900 which
00:55:22.160 are
00:55:22.280 very
00:55:22.600 insightful
00:55:23.080 and
00:55:23.360 love
00:55:23.520 thy
00:55:23.660 body
00:55:28.500 you
00:55:28.840 would
00:55:29.040 be
00:55:29.320 reading
00:55:29.720 a
00:55:29.900 different
00:55:30.160 Bible
00:55:30.540 to
00:55:30.980 come
00:55:31.200 up
00:55:31.340 with
00:55:31.460 any
00:55:31.780 other
00:55:32.020 conclusion
00:55:32.600 that
00:55:33.360 Jesus
00:55:33.700 affirms
00:55:34.340 a
00:55:34.500 gender
00:55:34.740 binary
00:55:35.240 that's
00:55:36.000 the
00:55:36.120 creation
00:55:36.580 narrative
00:55:37.000 it's
00:55:37.340 affirmed
00:55:37.720 by
00:55:37.940 Jesus
00:55:38.340 it's
00:55:39.100 the
00:55:39.280 only
00:55:39.480 complementary
00:55:40.180 isha
00:55:41.040 anatomically
00:55:42.780 physiologically
00:55:43.920 physically
00:55:44.860 and
00:55:45.460 biologically
00:55:47.400 male and
00:55:49.020 female are
00:55:49.540 counterparts to
00:55:50.280 each other
00:55:50.700 and so
00:55:51.540 that's not
00:55:52.140 just a
00:55:52.480 biblical
00:55:52.740 reality
00:55:53.340 that's
00:55:54.260 a
00:55:54.820 scientific
00:55:55.340 reality
00:55:56.020 and so
00:55:56.580 I would
00:55:57.660 just
00:55:57.960 argue
00:55:58.840 from both
00:55:59.520 the
00:56:00.800 scientific
00:56:01.540 perspective
00:56:01.960 there
00:56:02.180 and
00:56:02.420 a
00:56:02.740 biblical
00:56:02.960 one
00:56:03.300 a
00:56:03.520 good
00:56:03.700 point
00:56:03.980 too
00:56:04.160 that
00:56:04.320 faith
00:56:04.560 and
00:56:04.680 reason
00:56:04.920 are
00:56:05.060 not
00:56:05.220 opposed
00:56:05.620 but
00:56:05.880 actually
00:56:06.240 go
00:56:06.460 together
00:56:06.900 and that
00:56:07.420 grace
00:56:08.000 does not
00:56:08.480 contradict
00:56:08.820 nature
00:56:09.180 but
00:56:09.360 actually
00:56:09.700 perfects
00:56:10.200 nature
00:56:10.460 so
00:56:10.940 Brandon
00:56:11.380 before I
00:56:12.200 let all
00:56:12.580 of you
00:56:12.800 go
00:56:13.000 in our
00:56:13.220 remaining
00:56:13.480 15
00:56:13.960 seconds
00:56:14.480 any
00:56:15.440 thoughts
00:56:15.820 on just
00:56:16.220 the
00:56:16.560 natural
00:56:17.220 aspect
00:56:17.640 of it
00:56:18.020 you know
00:56:18.300 I mean
00:56:18.620 it's
00:56:18.820 like
00:56:19.000 we all
00:56:19.300 kind
00:56:19.520 of
00:56:19.580 know
00:56:19.720 what
00:56:19.860 a
00:56:19.980 fella
00:56:20.180 and
00:56:20.340 lady
00:56:20.560 is
00:56:20.900 and
00:56:21.100 we
00:56:21.500 all
00:56:21.680 kind
00:56:21.940 of
00:56:22.060 can
00:56:22.240 deduce
00:56:22.700 the
00:56:23.380 telos
00:56:23.980 and
00:56:24.300 natural
00:56:24.800 desires
00:56:25.240 and
00:56:25.400 maybe
00:56:25.540 that's
00:56:26.080 why
00:56:26.260 so
00:56:26.480 many
00:56:26.640 people
00:56:27.040 who
00:56:27.900 are
00:56:27.980 living
00:56:28.260 in
00:56:28.640 perhaps
00:56:29.240 aberrant
00:56:29.920 ways
00:56:30.340 are
00:56:30.680 kind
00:56:31.080 of
00:56:31.160 upset
00:56:31.460 and
00:56:31.700 sad
00:56:31.920 no
00:56:33.080 I
00:56:33.220 think
00:56:33.420 as
00:56:33.700 a
00:56:34.120 pastor
00:56:34.460 of
00:56:34.800 LGBT
00:56:35.140 people
00:56:35.440 who
00:56:35.600 sits
00:56:36.080 with
00:56:36.280 LGBT
00:56:36.600 people
00:56:36.900 all
00:56:37.060 the
00:56:37.160 time
00:56:37.420 most
00:56:37.860 of
00:56:38.220 the
00:56:38.420 trauma
00:56:38.800 most
00:56:39.160 of
00:56:39.500 the
00:56:39.780 trauma
00:56:40.140 responses
00:56:40.700 that
00:56:40.920 I
00:56:41.040 see
00:56:41.200 in
00:56:41.320 LGBT
00:56:41.600 people
00:56:41.900 is
00:56:42.080 because
00:56:42.340 they
00:56:42.560 come
00:56:42.760 from
00:56:42.960 families
00:56:43.380 or
00:56:43.600 churches
00:56:43.940 that
00:56:44.520 have
00:56:44.660 rejected
00:56:45.080 them
00:56:45.440 and
00:56:45.800 called
00:56:46.180 them
00:56:46.560 the
00:56:47.060 black
00:56:47.320 sheep
00:56:47.520 of
00:56:47.660 the
00:56:47.760 family
00:56:48.000 that
00:56:48.180 is
00:56:48.300 no
00:56:48.440 longer
00:56:48.700 welcome
00:56:49.060 because
00:56:49.540 of
00:56:49.880 how
00:56:50.000 they
00:56:50.160 identify
00:56:50.580 that
00:56:51.280 is
00:56:51.460 going
00:56:51.640 to
00:56:51.820 affect
00:56:52.080 people's
00:56:52.420 mental
00:56:52.620 health
00:56:52.960 and
00:56:53.420 now
00:56:53.580 we
00:56:53.700 live
00:56:53.880 in
00:56:53.980 this
00:56:54.140 Trump
00:56:54.380 era
00:56:54.720 where
00:56:55.100 from
00:56:55.360 the
00:56:55.540 highest
00:56:55.820 bully
00:56:56.140 pulpit
00:56:56.500 in
00:56:56.740 the
00:56:56.860 world
00:56:57.120 we
00:56:57.300 have
00:56:57.500 people
00:56:57.880 spouting
00:56:58.560 off
00:56:58.760 things
00:56:58.940 that
00:56:59.060 are
00:56:59.140 objectively
00:56:59.580 false
00:57:00.000 like
00:57:00.220 there
00:57:00.380 are
00:57:00.520 two
00:57:00.740 genders
00:57:01.080 there
00:57:01.460 are
00:57:01.560 sexes
00:57:02.200 not
00:57:02.400 two
00:57:02.580 genders
00:57:02.920 and
00:57:03.260 you
00:57:03.460 think
00:57:03.740 somebody
00:57:04.040 would
00:57:04.180 have
00:57:04.280 told
00:57:15.440 I would
00:57:16.220 say
00:57:16.340 there
00:57:16.500 were
00:57:16.620 thought
00:57:16.780 throughout
00:57:17.000 history
00:57:17.340 like
00:57:17.600 everyone
00:57:17.900 no
00:57:18.800 I mean
00:57:19.380 not in
00:57:19.640 the
00:57:19.740 mission
00:57:19.960 where
00:57:21.040 there
00:57:21.200 are
00:57:21.300 12
00:57:21.520 different
00:57:21.800 genders
00:57:22.160 understood
00:57:22.580 from
00:57:22.840 the
00:57:22.960 bible
00:57:23.180 itself
00:57:23.640 but
00:57:24.740 gender
00:57:26.080 is
00:57:26.280 obviously
00:57:26.640 a very
00:57:26.920 complex
00:57:27.300 category
00:57:27.720 and I
00:57:27.980 don't
00:57:28.200 understand
00:57:28.660 why
00:57:28.840 the
00:57:29.000 right
00:57:29.200 wants
00:57:29.420 to
00:57:29.600 collapse
00:57:30.000 sex
00:57:30.280 and
00:57:30.440 gender
00:57:30.640 so
00:57:30.880 much
00:57:31.100 other
00:57:31.640 than
00:57:31.840 the
00:57:31.980 fact
00:57:32.180 that
00:57:32.380 they
00:57:32.660 despise
00:57:34.040 the
00:57:34.200 trans
00:57:34.420 community
00:57:34.740 no
00:57:35.100 it
00:57:35.260 might
00:57:35.440 be
00:57:35.600 because
00:57:36.000 we
00:57:36.200 have
00:57:36.320 an
00:57:36.420 incarnational
00:57:37.080 theology
00:57:37.660 in
00:57:38.180 our
00:57:39.420 religion
00:57:40.360 and we
00:57:40.640 recognize
00:57:41.240 that
00:57:41.820 there
00:57:42.040 is
00:57:42.840 a
00:57:43.500 material
00:57:44.240 aspect
00:57:44.680 of
00:57:44.880 the
00:57:44.980 human
00:57:45.180 person
00:57:45.560 but
00:57:45.980 there
00:57:46.120 is
00:57:46.240 also
00:57:46.680 an
00:57:47.180 immaterial
00:57:47.660 aspect
00:57:48.100 of
00:57:48.320 the
00:57:48.440 human
00:57:48.660 person
00:57:49.080 that
00:57:49.820 the
00:57:50.000 soul
00:57:50.380 to
00:57:50.720 use
00:57:50.920 classical
00:57:51.300 language
00:57:51.620 would
00:57:51.800 be
00:57:51.960 the
00:57:52.260 substantial
00:57:52.700 form
00:57:53.200 of
00:57:53.340 the
00:57:53.460 body
00:57:53.740 and
00:57:54.180 so
00:57:54.400 the
00:57:54.620 soul
00:57:55.020 would
00:57:55.500 not
00:57:55.700 be
00:57:55.940 contrary
00:57:56.440 to
00:57:56.920 the
00:57:57.120 physical
00:57:57.400 form
00:57:57.840 but
00:57:58.320 would
00:57:58.540 go
00:58:00.460 together
00:58:00.800 with
00:58:01.000 it
00:58:01.100 and
00:58:01.180 would
00:58:01.280 actually
00:58:01.540 give
00:58:01.760 it
00:58:01.880 its
00:58:02.120 form
00:58:02.440 and
00:58:02.620 so
00:58:02.800 I
00:58:03.380 think
00:58:03.640 I
00:58:03.900 see
00:58:04.100 in
00:58:04.240 the
00:58:04.420 trans
00:58:05.060 identity
00:58:05.620 a
00:58:06.220 kind
00:58:06.400 of
00:58:06.500 Gnosticism
00:58:07.120 that
00:58:07.300 says
00:58:07.500 that
00:58:07.640 one's
00:58:07.840 true
00:58:08.040 self
00:58:08.320 is
00:58:08.460 actually
00:58:08.740 contrary
00:58:09.280 to
00:58:09.800 the
00:58:09.920 material
00:58:10.300 of
00:58:10.520 one's
00:58:10.760 body
00:58:11.060 which
00:58:11.300 is
00:58:11.780 contrary
00:58:12.380 to
00:58:12.780 not
00:58:13.180 only
00:58:13.360 the
00:58:13.500 Christian
00:58:13.780 tradition
00:58:14.180 but
00:58:14.600 also
00:58:14.960 contrary
00:58:15.500 to
00:58:15.980 a
00:58:16.720 lot
00:58:17.160 of
00:58:17.340 philosophy
00:58:17.940 and
00:58:18.160 so
00:58:18.300 I
00:58:18.400 think
00:58:18.500 that's
00:58:18.900 where
00:58:19.020 Trump
00:58:19.220 gets
00:58:19.400 it
00:58:19.500 from
00:58:19.680 to
00:58:20.120 defend
00:58:20.440 Trump
00:58:20.720 on
00:58:20.860 the
00:58:20.960 point
00:58:21.140 of
00:58:21.260 being
00:58:21.540 unsophisticated
00:58:23.100 or
00:58:23.220 something
00:58:23.420 like
00:58:23.620 that
00:58:23.800 I
00:58:24.100 think
00:58:24.260 he's
00:58:24.420 being
00:58:24.620 downright
00:58:25.220 Aristotelian
00:58:26.360 the
00:58:26.800 last
00:58:27.180 question
00:58:27.560 I
00:58:27.820 want
00:58:28.020 to
00:58:28.080 ask
00:58:28.320 you
00:58:28.420 though
00:58:28.560 on
00:58:28.840 your
00:58:28.980 point
00:58:29.300 is
00:58:29.520 you
00:58:29.840 say
00:58:30.000 look
00:58:30.280 LGBT
00:58:30.960 people
00:58:31.540 still
00:58:31.840 get
00:58:32.000 a lot
00:58:32.200 of
00:58:32.300 hate
00:58:32.520 from
00:58:32.700 their
00:58:32.840 families
00:58:33.200 and
00:58:33.400 communities
00:58:33.800 and
00:58:34.040 sure
00:58:34.380 there's
00:58:34.600 some
00:58:34.720 of
00:58:34.780 that
00:58:34.880 I'm
00:58:34.980 not
00:58:35.140 denying
00:58:35.620 that
00:58:35.820 at
00:58:35.900 all
00:58:36.060 but
00:58:36.420 I guess
00:58:36.740 Will and
00:58:37.440 Grace
00:58:37.600 comes out
00:58:38.040 in
00:58:38.140 1998
00:58:38.720 Barack
00:58:39.820 Obama
00:58:40.240 lights
00:58:40.560 the
00:58:40.720 White
00:58:40.900 House
00:58:41.100 up
00:58:41.340 in
00:58:41.520 a
00:58:41.780 rainbow
00:58:42.020 flag
00:58:42.480 Joe
00:58:43.000 Biden
00:58:43.340 hangs
00:58:43.820 a
00:58:44.060 big
00:58:44.220 rainbow
00:58:44.560 flag
00:58:45.060 on
00:58:45.540 the
00:58:45.680 portico
00:58:46.000 of
00:58:46.120 the
00:58:46.220 White
00:58:46.420 House
00:58:46.660 you
00:58:47.940 got
00:58:48.140 the
00:58:48.300 conservative
00:58:48.740 on
00:58:48.980 the
00:58:49.120 Supreme
00:58:49.440 Court
00:58:49.800 who's
00:58:50.280 coming
00:58:50.520 out
00:58:50.820 and
00:58:51.240 you
00:58:51.980 know
00:58:52.200 redefining
00:58:53.340 Title
00:58:53.860 7
00:58:54.180 to
00:58:54.380 include
00:58:54.660 transgenderism
00:58:55.440 this
00:58:55.980 is
00:58:56.200 definitely
00:58:57.160 a lot
00:58:57.600 more
00:58:57.820 pro
00:58:58.140 LGBT
00:58:58.600 today
00:58:59.180 than
00:58:59.420 we
00:58:59.580 were
00:58:59.780 30
00:59:00.080 years
00:59:00.380 ago
00:59:00.660 so
00:59:01.040 I guess
00:59:01.280 even
00:59:01.940 if
00:59:02.080 you
00:59:02.200 couldn't
00:59:02.460 eradicate
00:59:03.380 unhappiness
00:59:04.180 among
00:59:04.440 LGBT
00:59:04.920 identifying
00:59:05.420 people
00:59:05.840 just
00:59:06.380 wouldn't
00:59:07.080 you
00:59:07.200 expect
00:59:07.580 the
00:59:07.800 rates
00:59:08.120 to
00:59:08.520 have
00:59:08.960 declined
00:59:09.380 precipitously
00:59:10.160 or
00:59:10.760 even
00:59:11.000 to
00:59:11.180 have
00:59:11.300 declined
00:59:11.680 at
00:59:12.000 all
00:59:12.340 and
00:59:12.720 isn't
00:59:12.980 the
00:59:13.100 fact
00:59:13.240 that
00:59:13.360 they
00:59:13.500 haven't
00:59:13.900 declined
00:59:14.200 and
00:59:14.360 in
00:59:18.740 about
00:59:18.980 the
00:59:19.120 identity
00:59:19.520 itself
00:59:20.100 and
00:59:20.360 not
00:59:20.600 just
00:59:21.040 the
00:59:21.520 mean
00:59:21.660 old
00:59:21.800 people
00:59:21.980 like
00:59:22.140 Johnny
00:59:22.360 here
00:59:22.540 no
00:59:23.620 what
00:59:23.800 I
00:59:23.860 would
00:59:23.980 say
00:59:24.160 here
00:59:24.380 is
00:59:24.520 this
00:59:24.740 definitely
00:59:25.160 think
00:59:25.480 the
00:59:25.680 cultural
00:59:26.040 changes
00:59:26.420 have
00:59:26.640 been
00:59:26.880 good
00:59:27.260 and
00:59:27.480 I
00:59:27.580 would
00:59:27.680 love
00:59:27.800 to
00:59:27.940 see
00:59:28.060 more
00:59:28.340 but
00:59:28.740 I
00:59:28.840 do
00:59:28.960 think
00:59:29.120 this
00:59:29.280 is
00:59:29.380 probably
00:59:29.680 one
00:59:29.900 of
00:59:30.000 the
00:59:30.080 areas
00:59:30.400 the
00:59:30.700 left
00:59:31.040 has
00:59:31.240 gotten
00:59:31.460 this
00:59:31.640 wrong
00:59:31.920 that
00:59:32.100 we
00:59:32.200 think
00:59:32.440 that
00:59:32.600 just
00:59:32.840 by
00:59:33.100 having
00:59:33.480 culture
00:59:34.140 change
00:59:34.680 for
00:59:34.920 LGBT
00:59:35.240 inclusion
00:59:35.640 that
00:59:35.840 that
00:59:35.860 is
00:59:36.100 going
00:59:36.260 to
00:59:36.500 all
00:59:37.040 of
00:59:37.140 make
00:59:48.740 being
00:59:49.040 an
00:59:49.200 LGBT
00:59:49.500 person
00:59:49.940 I
00:59:50.160 have
00:59:50.300 seen
00:59:50.540 that
00:59:50.700 when
00:59:50.840 I
00:59:50.940 traveled
00:59:51.280 in
00:59:51.480 the
00:59:51.580 South
00:59:51.780 and
00:59:52.540 the
00:59:52.900 levels
00:59:53.180 of
00:59:53.360 homophobia
00:59:53.760 and
00:59:53.940 transphobia
00:59:54.400 are
00:59:54.620 still
00:59:54.960 remarkably
00:59:55.480 high
00:59:55.800 so
00:59:56.340 you
00:59:56.500 can't
00:59:56.760 just
00:59:56.940 change
00:59:57.340 culture
00:59:57.760 by
00:59:58.180 lighting
00:59:58.700 up
00:59:58.920 the
00:59:59.120 white
00:59:59.360 house
00:59:59.680 in
01:00:00.060 a
01:00:00.160 rainbow
01:00:00.360 flag
01:00:00.680 it
01:00:00.860 takes
01:00:01.120 a lot
01:00:01.840 more
01:00:02.040 than
01:00:02.200 that
01:00:03.040 yeah
01:00:03.560 but
01:00:03.680 what
01:00:03.800 about
01:00:03.940 the
01:00:04.060 ones
01:00:04.240 in
01:00:04.360 the
01:00:04.480 north
01:00:04.760 I
01:00:04.980 guess
01:00:05.200 I
01:00:05.600 don't
01:00:05.720 mean
01:00:05.840 to
01:00:05.960 belabor
01:00:06.240 the
01:00:06.400 point
01:00:06.560 I'm
01:00:06.700 not
01:00:07.040 saying
01:00:07.260 that
01:00:07.600 depression
01:00:09.000 would
01:00:09.260 be
01:00:09.720 obliterated
01:00:11.120 I'm
01:00:11.260 just
01:00:11.380 saying
01:00:11.560 shouldn't
01:00:12.740 they
01:00:13.540 be
01:00:13.720 happier
01:00:14.060 if it
01:00:14.440 was
01:00:14.520 all
01:00:14.680 social
01:00:14.980 shouldn't
01:00:15.240 they
01:00:15.340 be
01:00:15.420 but
01:00:15.580 they're
01:00:15.700 not
01:00:15.860 happier
01:00:16.200 so
01:00:16.600 happy
01:00:19.000 queer
01:00:19.280 people
01:00:19.600 yeah
01:00:19.900 I
01:00:20.360 see a lot
01:00:20.760 listen
01:00:21.100 I'm a
01:00:21.380 New Yorker
01:00:21.820 Brandon
01:00:22.120 and I've
01:00:22.460 seen
01:00:22.740 they're not
01:00:24.740 the happiest
01:00:25.160 people up
01:00:25.700 there
01:00:25.840 I don't
01:00:26.080 know
01:00:26.180 we have
01:00:28.560 to let
01:00:28.940 all of
01:00:29.800 you go
01:00:30.140 I very
01:00:30.840 much want
01:00:31.280 to have
01:00:31.540 you all
01:00:31.820 back
01:00:32.080 to debate
01:00:32.480 this
01:00:32.660 some
01:00:32.800 more
01:00:33.000 Johnny
01:00:34.600 Brandon
01:00:35.240 and Reverend
01:00:35.880 Alexander
01:00:36.260 I want
01:00:36.900 to say
01:00:37.120 thank you
01:00:37.580 gentlemen
01:00:38.020 but I'm
01:00:38.700 also going
01:00:39.140 to include
01:00:39.640 thank you
01:00:40.540 gentle
01:00:40.980 they
01:00:41.220 them
01:00:41.600 for
01:00:42.120 Alexander
01:00:43.960 I really
01:00:44.840 appreciate
01:00:45.280 your coming
01:00:45.740 on for
01:00:46.120 this
01:00:46.300 conversation
01:00:46.920 look forward
01:00:47.740 to seeing
01:00:48.060 you all
01:00:48.440 for the
01:00:48.760 next
01:00:48.940 one
01:00:49.200 thank you
01:00:50.680 so much
01:00:51.040 thank you
01:00:51.700 so much
01:00:52.100 thank you
01:00:52.960 did you
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01:01:01.160 of grass
01:01:01.560 fed beef
01:01:01.980 sold in
01:01:02.400 U.S.
01:01:02.760 grocery
01:01:03.000 stores
01:01:03.360 is imported
01:01:04.040 that's why
01:01:05.140 I buy
01:01:05.460 all my
01:01:05.940 meat
01:01:06.160 from
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01:01:06.960 dot com
01:01:07.500 instead
01:01:07.880 goodranchers
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01:01:10.760 and harvested
01:01:11.300 right here
01:01:11.920 in the
01:01:12.100 USA
01:01:12.400 from local
01:01:13.060 family farms
01:01:13.760 plus there's
01:01:14.600 no antibiotics
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01:01:15.900 no added
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01:01:16.940 and no
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01:01:18.080 just one
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01:01:24.860 secure
01:01:25.100 supply
01:01:25.480 of
01:01:25.640 American
01:01:25.960 meat
01:01:26.200 today
01:01:26.520 subscribe
01:01:27.080 now
01:01:27.440 at
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