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Love isn’t a prize to be won.

Here are the stories behind the largest-ever scientific study conducted on the religious history, practices, and beliefs of the LGBT community.
The facts are startling. The verdict is clear: We don’t have to agree in order to love each other well. Whether your position is pro-gay or traditionalist, progressive or conservative, welcoming or affirming, we are all people who desire to be loved by God. In a dialogue defined by opposition, one small act of kindness is all it takes for reconciliation to begin.
ABOUT THE BOOK
The data and underlying stories in Us Versus Us have never been told before, and the vacuum left by that neglect has been filled with conjecture, presumption, prejudice, anger, insecurity, paranoia, and a host of other unfortunate distractions. And so we find ourselves in a place where LGBT people feel persecuted by the church, and people of conservative faith feel persecuted by the LGBT community. There is no common ground or desire to engage in meaningful conversation apart from the expectation that one side drops what they believe to join the other. The outcome is a minefield across which we lob accusations, threats, and insults—and which hardly any would dream of crossing.
For the first time ever, this research shows that the stories of the LGBT community and the religious community are interwoven in the most intimate ways. This makes our stories more complex, and yet more hopeful through our shared experiences.
Community is only authentic to the extent that it includes everyone.
About the Author
Andrew Marin, a world-renowned voice on the intersection of faith and sexuality, is the author of Love Is an Orientation and Our Last Option. He is researching and teaching in the divinity school at the University of St. Andrews, and has spoken on issues of faith, sexuality, and reconciliation to the US Congress, the United Nations, the Australian Parliament, and churches and conferences throughout the world. Andrew resides in St. Andrews, Scotland, with his wife.
In Andrew Marin’s Own Words:
I see the intersection of these two communities as a point of connection, not a point of divide.
I have committed my life to building bridges in defiance of a binary-building world, connecting opposing worldviews not based on common ground or even the prospect of future agreement, but rather on fidelity to the idea and process of reconciliation.
