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This is war! Now put down your sword and pick up your ear trumpet.

February 27th, 2017 | 6 min read

By Matthew Loftus

I very much appreciate what Alan Jacobs and Rod Dreher have said in response to last week’s post, which draws out an issue that I didn’t really address head-on. Alan puts it this way, in the context of disagreement between orthodox Christians and everyone else about what is “good” for LGBT people: “Isn’t rather significant conflict inevitable here?” Rod goes even further: “When [progressives] convince themselves that dissent from their position is not only illegitimate, but a prima facie expression of hatred, finding common ground is impossible.”

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Matthew Loftus

Matthew grew up in a family of 15 children and completed his medical training in Baltimore, Maryland. Since 2015, he and his family have lived in East Africa, where he currently teaches and practices Family Medicine at a mission hospital. His work has appeared in outlets such as The New York Times, The Atlantic, The New Atlantis, and Mere Orthodoxy and his first book is forthcoming from InterVarsity Press. You can learn more about his work and writing at www.matthewandmaggie.org.