Religious Issues...
So I'm working on one of my stories and I'm going an odd direction with it. In my story, two boys who are not religious and one is an admitted but not out homosexual befriend a group of kids who are outspoken Christians. If you know nothing about what I write, it's all slash, boyxboy relationships. So, in case it's not obvious, these kinds of situations never go well in my genre.

In most slash stories where Christians are involved, the gay friends come out and the Christian friends immediately shun them and are often abusive. In my story, the Christians will act how I as a Christian react to gay people, with love and tolerance. Why am I doing this, you may ask.

I HATE how Christians are portrayed in the media. If you watch any movie or TV show, read any book, Christians are cruel, unforgiving people and are always corrupt. I go to a Christian school where everyone is Christian and yes, sure there are people who are only keeping up appearances and whatnot, but there are many loving people who are truly devoted to their faith because its what they believe. I have many Christian friends with gay friends that they do not shun, persecute, or secretly bash. My best friend is an amazing Christian who reads her Bible every day because she loves to spend time with God and she has several gay friends and has watched Get Real and Queer as Folk with me.

So if that's reality, why is that never shown? Why in movies are the priests always secretly perverts? Why does the Christian woman have to freak out and call her daughter a demon child when she just loves to dance? Why is the negative shown when there are many positives? Well, I'm taking a stand. I'm making a statement. Not all Christians are terrible hypocritical bigots. So deal with it.