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    • Uncovering the (White) Christian Roots of Slavery, Native American Genocide, and Ongoing Efforts to Erase History
      Uncovering the (White) Christian Roots of Slavery, Native American Genocide, and Ongoing Efforts to Erase History
    • America Appears to be Heading for a Religious Civil War
      America Appears to be Heading for a Religious Civil War
    • Holocaust Humor and The ‘Real’ Germany — As Top Officials Shatter Post-WWII Taboos, German Conservatives Follow GOP Playbook and Charge Ahead
      Holocaust Humor and The ‘Real’ Germany — As Top Officials Shatter Post-WWII Taboos, German Conservatives Follow GOP Playbook and Charge Ahead
  • Politics/Law
    • America Appears to be Heading for a Religious Civil War
      America Appears to be Heading for a Religious Civil War
    • Holocaust Humor and The ‘Real’ Germany — As Top Officials Shatter Post-WWII Taboos, German Conservatives Follow GOP Playbook and Charge Ahead
      Holocaust Humor and The ‘Real’ Germany — As Top Officials Shatter Post-WWII Taboos, German Conservatives Follow GOP Playbook and Charge Ahead
    • ‘Sit Down and Be Quiet’ — MAGA Attack on Jewish Republican Exposes Christian Nationalism’s Shaky Commitment to Pluralism
      ‘Sit Down and Be Quiet’ — MAGA Attack on Jewish Republican Exposes Christian Nationalism’s Shaky Commitment to Pluralism
  • Sex/Gender/Justice
    • ‘Sit Down and Be Quiet’ — MAGA Attack on Jewish Republican Exposes Christian Nationalism’s Shaky Commitment to Pluralism
      ‘Sit Down and Be Quiet’ — MAGA Attack on Jewish Republican Exposes Christian Nationalism’s Shaky Commitment to Pluralism
    • Following Republican Playbook, German Conservatism Breaks <em>the</em> Post-WWII Taboo
      Following Republican Playbook, German Conservatism Breaks the Post-WWII Taboo
    • Contrary to Claims of Anti-Trans Muslims, LGBTQ+ Acceptance is Widespread in the History of Islam
      Contrary to Claims of Anti-Trans Muslims, LGBTQ+ Acceptance is Widespread in the History of Islam
  • Christian Nationalism
    • Uncovering the (White) Christian Roots of Slavery, Native American Genocide, and Ongoing Efforts to Erase History
      Uncovering the (White) Christian Roots of Slavery, Native American Genocide, and Ongoing Efforts to Erase History
    • America Appears to be Heading for a Religious Civil War
      America Appears to be Heading for a Religious Civil War
    • ‘Sit Down and Be Quiet’ — MAGA Attack on Jewish Republican Exposes Christian Nationalism’s Shaky Commitment to Pluralism
      ‘Sit Down and Be Quiet’ — MAGA Attack on Jewish Republican Exposes Christian Nationalism’s Shaky Commitment to Pluralism
  • Books
    • Uncovering the (White) Christian Roots of Slavery, Native American Genocide, and Ongoing Efforts to Erase History
      Uncovering the (White) Christian Roots of Slavery, Native American Genocide, and Ongoing Efforts to Erase History
    • From Civil Rights Liberals to New Age Conspiracy Theorists — What Betty and Barney Hill’s Alien Abduction Story Reveals About America
      From Civil Rights Liberals to New Age Conspiracy Theorists — What Betty and Barney Hill’s Alien Abduction Story Reveals About America
    • Russell Moore Claims There’s a Crisis in Evangelical America — But White Evangelicalism is Exactly Where it Wants to Be
      Russell Moore Claims There’s a Crisis in Evangelical America — But White Evangelicalism is Exactly Where it Wants to Be

Layton E. Williams

Layton E. Williams is a writer, activist, and Presbyterian minister who works at the intersection of faith, justice, progressive politics, and culture with an emphasis on women’s and LGBT justice. She is wrapping up a ministry residency at Fourth Presbyterian Church in Chicago and relocating to Washington D.C. to pursue faith-based advocacy.

Remapping American Christianities, Sexuality/GenderJuly 6, 2016

Why Even Progressive Christianity Must Own Its Complicity in Anti-LGBT Violence

By Layton E. Williams

One morning five years ago, I was sitting in my tiny cinderblock apartment on my…

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