. . . comfortable with yourself." This is not how it is seen in the Eastern tradition. Sin is seen as the failure to become the unique person God intended you to be. Isaac the Syrian and Clement of Alexandria talked about knowing yourself . "Enter freely into the treasure house that is within you, and you will see things that are in heaven . . . dive into yourself and in your soul you will discover the stairs by which to ascend." (St. Isaac)

I fail to understand how Smith's acknowledgment of his own homosexuality was selfish and don't understand why you framed his coming out as a terrible betrayal to others. To whom? to Fox? Ailes? Republicans? Rush Limbaugh? Yeah, just drawing a blank there. Besides, most people just moved on.