Let he among us without sin be the first to condemn.

I'm a Christian, that's something that is sometimes a little hard to say in the theatre industry. It's time we think about why, in an industry that accepts pretty much everyone, Christians are sort of a soar subject. Could it be because we as Christians are one of the least accepting groups of all? I think it probably is. Now before you start calling me a blasphemer, I'd like to talk about why I feel this way. I really don't need to look any further than the discrimination bills that hide under the cloak of "religious freedom bills." I mean Jesus only ever served people with Christian morals, Right? No, he served everyone, the lepers and the prostitutes, and taught love and peace, and somewhere along the way we lost all of that. Trust me, as someone who works at a very popular Sunday morning restaurant I've seen the worst of people who claim to be Christian. When I was in college I once made a Facebook post about how atheists always seem to be treating Christians like we're stupid. I was mad about that, but then a friend of mine posted, "now you know how we've felt our entire lives." That seems like a rude comment but then it hit me, Christians do mistreat atheists, and gays, and a whole plethora of others, and it only makes sense that they mistreat us in return. It doesn't make it right but that's how people are. Then again it's not right for us to mistreat people in the first place. Jesus said it was extremely important to love your neighbor, and he didn't put on the stipulation that the neighbor in question has to be doing what you think is right. Rent is a show that a lot of Christians think is bad. It has a gay relationship, it has AIDS, it has sex, but when it comes down to it, it's a lot like Godspell. They're both about love and coming together even when people are different than you. One of the guys in my cast had a friend in the audience who he said was super conservative, a Mormon, and she texted him at intermission, and said 'how could anyone think what's happening here is wrong." That's an extremely powerful thing to hear. It make it all worth doing. I mean remember "let he among us without sin be the first to condemn," and we all sin, so as Christians lets put the stones down and learn to love everyone again. I apologize for this socially charged post, and I don't think I'll have anymore like this, but it's something that needed to be said.