UCC Rainbow Priest Compares Jesus Raising Lazarus From the Dead to Queers “Coming Out of the Closet”

"That’s Rev. Dr. Caleb Lines, a full-time rainbow cleric and part-time cosplay theologian currently pastoring University Christian Church in San Diego. He’s also the Co-Executive Director of ProgressiveChristianity.org, which is basically a digital “safe space” for those who say they want Jesus but don’t want His inconvenient moral standards."

"In his “Pride Sunday” sermon this past weekend, he dragged out a literal closet onto the church stage—because subtlety is for people who believe in nuance—and compared the resurrection of Lazarus to the experience of “coming out.”

"According to Lines, Jesus’ call to “come out” of the tomb was not a miraculous act of resurrecting a dead man, but an allegory for self-actualization through sexual identity. The burial cloths, he said, represent things like traditional family expectations and Bible verses that make people feel sad." FULL STORY at above link.