Ali Beth Stuckey Got Pride Month Right — But Here’s What the Church Is Still Missing

Allie Beth Stuckey’s latest episode on Pride Month and the culture war was right about a lot. The tide is turning. Public support for protecting children from irreversible medical procedures is growing, and states are passing critical laws to safeguard the next generation. Fighting for justice in the public square is not optional for Christians. But as I listened, one question wouldn't leave me alone: When was the last time a gay person felt genuinely *safe*—not just tolerated, actually *safe*—walking into your church? Winning the culture war battles while losing the actual people was never the mission. We cannot legislate someone into healing, and we cannot boycott someone into the Kingdom. In this video, we go beyond the superficial policy debates and dive deep into the actual data that the Church has been either too busy or too scared to face. We are looking at massive studies from *MIT, Harvard, and the NIH (National Institutes of Health)* that provide a shocking, documented, and consistent revelation. For decades, the cultural narrative has centered on the "Born This Way" argument. But the data from nearly half a million people is clear: there is no "gay gene." Scientific research now proves that environment and childhood experience are at least twice as influential as genetics when it comes to same-sex attraction behavior. And that is where the data gets uncomfortable. There is a massive, consistent, undeniable overlap between painful childhood experiences—abuse, neglect, sexual abuse, and father absence—and the individuals who end up in the gay community. We have been so focused on fighting the behavior that we never stopped to ask about the deep, relational wounds underneath it. We made gay people the "enemy" in a political story when they are, in fact, the exact people Jesus consistently walked toward. If we want to be what the Church was always supposed to be, we have to own our failures and learn a better way to engage carrying deep, unaddressed trauma. It starts by not being afraid, leading with compassion before position, and understanding that genuine, messy friendship is the only real door to transformation. If this video made you think, please share it. The mission field is closer than we think, and it's time we start acting like it. *Sources Referenced:* 1. Ganna et al. (2019). Large-scale GWAS reveals insights into the genetic architecture of same-sex sexual behavior. *Science*, 365(6456). https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/s... 2. Scimex (2022). Queer adults are more likely to have experienced childhood trauma. https://www.scimex.org/newsfeed/queer... 3. PMC/NIH (2023). A systematic review and meta-analysis investigating the impact of childhood adversities on the mental health of LGBT+ youth. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti... 4. Public Discourse (2019). “Born That Way” No More: The New Science of Sexual Orientation. https://www.thepublicdiscourse.com/20...