Struggling to come to terms with being gay as a child is by no means an experience unique to those who grow up religious. While our attention has been focused on Birmingham, many have forgotten that just a few months ago the ultra-Orthodox Jewish community in Britain made the very same arguments as well. Take extra care in reading the reports coming from Birmingham, and it becomes clear there are Christian parents protesting as well. The very basis of the LGBT rights movement should be that it’s intersectional – freedom for just some is not freedom at all. Rabbis, imams, clergy and straight community leaders have much more weight than most LGBT people of faith.

Source: The Guardian April 17, 2019 09:00 UTC