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I'm openly gay because I'm a Catholic.

Andrew Sullivan

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Andrew Sullivan
Age: 61
Born: 1963
Born: August 10
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Andrew Michael Sullivan
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The first person I came out to was God. And the first conversation I ever had with anybody was in prayer.
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There is no escaping this fight. It is civilization or Jihadism. We can and should debate tactics but the sides are clear enough.
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If you are a gay couple living in Alabama, you know one thing: your family has no standing under the law and it can and will be violated by strangers.
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For me, God and Jesus and the Holy Spirit have always been my closest friends in this journey.
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I'm not going to sit around an pretend I'm not thinking things on my blog when I am thinking them and when I'm open to rebuttal.
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My own view is simply that there are some very basic rules very simple rules that apply to all writing in a way, which is: don't lie if you're wrong, correct do not misrepresent and try and keep oneself intellectually honest - which means, as a writer, the very difficult task in public of admitting you were wrong.
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What gay culture is before it is anything else, before it is a culture of desire or a culture of subversion or a culture of pain, is a culture of friendship.
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I like the pluralism of modernity it doesn't threaten me or my faith. And if one's faith is dependent on being reinforced in every aspect of other people's lives, then it is a rather insecure faith, don't you think?
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To rid the world of Osama bin Laden, Anwar al-Awlaki and Moammar Qaddafi within six months: if Obama were a Republican, he'd be on Mount Rushmore by now.
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I think very few people are gay. I'm a two-percenter myself.
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When I was about eight, I asked my mother if it was true that God knows everything about you. When she answered yes, I said, Then there's no hope for me, Mum.
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I think a lot of people are afraid the truth is in conflict with God. And are unable to let go and let the truth of the world.
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