--BIBLE and CULTURE ~~

--Half of LGBTQ Adults Are Religious--
and All Need the Truth ~~

--In a gallup Daily Tracking Survey, 47% of 16,000 LGBTQ respondents indicated that they were either moderately or highly religious (categorized by church service attendance and importance of religion in their daily lives). But the percentage of gay Americans who identify as religious is still considerably lower than the general population. In an interview with NBC News, Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum of Congregation Belt Simchat Torah, a New Your LGBTQ synagogue, claims that gay people deeply crave spirituality. "Everyone has a desire for meaning or purpose," she said. "But for LGTB people, it's right there on the surface."

However, lead author and research director Kerith J. Donron says, "Fewer and fewer people in young adulthood are choosing religion. It's a pattern we see in non-LGBT people, as well...People are consciously deciding to step away from the religion of their youth because it doesn't embrace their values."

People of all backgrounds are hungry for spiritual fulfillment, but that comes only from repenting of our sin and turning to Christ. We must continue to love God and our neighbor by reaching out to the world with the Gospel of truth --the only ultimate spiritual fulfillment.~~

-AIG/KH~