Inspired by a recent poll revealing that, as my RD colleague Alana Massey writes, “one-third of Millennials who left the religious institutions of their upbringing cite ‘negative teachings’ and ‘negative treatment’ of LGBT communities as primary reasons for their departure,” conservative blogger Rod Dreher posted a letter from an “Ex-Evangelical, Pro-SSM Millennial” explaining how the issue of same-sex marriage played an integral role in the writer’s lapse of faith.
Though s/he is clear that the experience was personal and not necessarily useful for extrapolation, I agree with Dreher that s/he is getting at something important—specifically, that Evangelical culture has over-invested in emotional appeals:
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