defrocked

I wanted to tell my story in this blog because, when I tell people that the Salvation Army kicked me out for being a homosexual, very few believe me!  I can only tell my story from my own point of view.  Naturally there are some - in particular, members of my own family, - who argue that everything that happened was my own  fault.  I still find it hard to believe that, after more than 30 years, christianity has done nothing to soften the hard hearts of some people, and that bitterness can be so deeply ingrained in the hearts and minds of human beings who once loved me.  I was married and yes, we had two sons and  the Salvation Army had been my life since I was three years old but, at the age of  34, when I came out as gay and left my wife and children to be with a man, I lost everything - the Salvation Army struck me off, my family disowned me, and my wife obtained a Court Order during the divorce, preventing me from having any access to my children!