To the Editor:
Kudos to Nicholas Kristof for dismantling widespread perceptions of conservative and evangelical Christians as bigots and haters (column, June 28).
While I understand that many Christians have been prejudiced (something of which I am ashamed), many have not.
I have worked hard to understand my L.G.B.T. co-workers, neighbors and fellow citizens, and to come to know their stories, their struggles and their hearts.
As a Christian who strives to love my neighbor while still holding to the truth of Scripture and the history of my faith community, I hope that the L.G.B.T. community and wider American culture would do the same and work to understand me. Because as Mr. Kristof so eloquently states, “Diversity is a virtue, in faith as well as race.”
MITCHELL GOINS
Chicago
