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“You’re a Christian, though, right? You think it’s an ‘abomination’?”

“You’re quoting the Old Testament”

“The Bible And in your church you believe that God wrote the Bible?”

“Men wrote the Bible, but they were inspired by God”

“So everything in it must be true, because God doesn’t make mistakes?”

“I suppose More or less”

“Well, if God doesn’t want there to be gay people, and he went ahead andmistake to me One or the other has to be a mistake They can’t both be true”

“That’s a good point I think the church’s position is that God made people with free will and they make their own choices”

“You think it’s a choice?”

“I think that’s the church’s position”

“You’re the minister What do you say?”

“I don’t know”

They continued riding for a moment in silence Finally, Ian asked, “Are you married?”

“I was”

“So you’ve been in love, then, right? I mean, have you ever just looked at so?”