Can Religious Freedom Heal the LGBT/Faith Divide?

I walked into the courtroom -- the McCartan Courtroom at Notre Dame Law School -- feeling out of place, anxious, nervous, and not knowing a soul. My identity as a Protestant pastor -- a gender-queer, bisexual one at that -- only added to my feeling of impending doom. Why the leadership of Notre Dame had invited me, of all people, to speak at their inaugural religious liberty summit I couldn't begin to imagine. But whatever the reason, I regretted saying yes, and hoped that I wouldn't be publicly shamed during my talk -- if nothing else.