Hello, friends. Welcome back to another episode of Theology and the Raw.

The Equality Act has been a major point of discussion within the church and outside the church.

And in this episode, we are going to work through the Equality Act,

talk about what it is, talk about the history of the Equality Act,

and talk about the content of the Equality Act.

We both Caleb and I have some pros and cons about the act.

And yet we want to avoid those polarized voices that are wanting to spin the Equality Act

in the worst possible direction it can go or the best possible direction that it can go.

I invited Caleb on the show to help us work through the Equality Act because he has spent loads of time

analyzing it, researching it, thinking through it. He wrote a 100-page document

that's available on his website, the Info's and the Show Notes, where he just works through the

whole entire thing. And it's the most thorough treatment I've ever seen. So Caleb's been living

and breathing the Equality Act over the last several months. And so he is really, I think the best

voice to help us navigate this contentious thing going on in our cultural moment.

And Caleb also is one of those gracious, thoughtful people I know when it comes to especially LGBTQ

related questions. You might know Caleb from several books that he's written. He wrote a book called

Messy Grace, where he discusses being raised in the LGBT community, following Jesus, and how loving

others doesn't require shifting your beliefs. He also wrote a book called God of Tomorrow, and he

is coming out with another book called Messy Truth. Caleb Coltonbach is a pastor in the founder of

the Messy Grace group, where he helps churches love and foster community with LGBTQ individuals

without sacrificing theological conviction. So Caleb is kind of known for having just such a great

posture when it comes to the LGBTQ community. He is quite critical of several things in the Equality

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