Mr. Malony: Thank you for a kind and thoughtful letter.  Several years ago I attended the first same-sex marriage held in one of Eugene's larger Christian churches.  It was a wonderful celebration of two women's love for each other.  It was also a celebration of the Church's belief in equality.  During the wedding two cousins of one of the couple stood across the street with signs condemning homosexuality as a sin against God's word and condemning the couple to damnation.  It was a graphic illustration of just how individuals, all claiming to be Christians, can have such different perspectives.  

IMO, we're fortunate as a society that vastly more individuals, including Christians, support the same views of equality as you do.  My best regards, Gary Crum