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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]For one becoming gay affirming wasn’t calculated. It came from their daughter coming out (well before she came out publicly). It’s very common in evangelical families for them to change their viewpoint when faced with a gay child. 
It wasn’t calculating to gain viewers or popularity.

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I agree. Her becoming  gay affirming cost her. She lost book deals, books removed from Christian stores and the evangelical world called her a heretic. I remember thr nasty things said about her.

While i don't love her (im not about drmam) I DO love that she didn't toe the evangelical industry line. (I'm a former evangelical mega church attendee and worked for church, so I'm very aware of how people are torn down if you don't follow their rules)[/quote]

I agree that her (and Brandon’s) decision to become gay-affirming was more about their daughter than anything else. And I don’t fault them for that at all. But I disagree that their decision cost them. Yes, they received backlash from some of the more fundamental religious personalities; but the most popular ones were (and still are) supportive of them. People like Beth Moore, Max Lucado, Bon Goff, etc. Also, I know that some Christian book stores stopped selling her stuff, but it’s not like the big retailers ever did (Amazon, B&N, Target). In the grand scheme of things (like worldly popularity), it seems to have been a good decision on their part. She was leaning more towards the Glennon Doyle/Rachel Hollis fan base anyway.[/quote]

100% agree with you. The Evangelical bubble (as a whole) dropped her, but the rest of the world embraced her. She gained more followers and supporters, which in her world translates to money, with that one decision than anything else she’d done up to that point. [/quote]

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