Earlier this week, the Star Observer published a story that highlighted Father Rod Bower’s inability to marry gay and lesbian couples if it were legal, despite his personal support for same-sex marriage. This opened the floodgates to backlash from the gay community. Prominent LGBTI-friendly Pastor Karl Hand pens his thoughts in defence of Father Bower.

Guest column Karl Hand is the Pastor of Crave Metropolitan Community Church (www.cravemcc.com) and co-convenor of Community Action Against Homophobia (www.caah.org.au). He blogs at http://critical-discipleship.blogspot.com.au. …

Even though I have been involved in radical activism for over a decade,  I was genuinely surprised by the massive public outrage that erupted when …