Rob Bell, the best-selling author and
former megachurch pastor, has reaffirmed his support for gay
marriage.
“I believe God [is] pulling us ahead
into greater and greater affirmation and acceptance of our gay
brothers and sisters and pastors and friends and neighbors and
coworkers,” Bell told Odyssey Networks in a videotaped interview
published Wednesday.
Bell, the author of Love Wins,
added that many people are “realizing that God makes some of us one
way and some of us another way, and it can be a beautiful thing.”
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The interview came just days after Bell
endorsed marriage equality during an event held at an Episcopal
church in San Francisco to promote his latest book, What We Talk
About When We Talk About God.
“I am for fidelity,” he answered
when asked his stance on the issue. “I am for love, whether it's a
man and a woman, a woman and a woman, a man and a man. I think the
ship has sailed and I think that the church needs to just … this is
the world that we are living in and we need to affirm people wherever
they are.”