The fact is that * both * religious texts have passages that can be read as justification
for abhorrent acts, and so * both * religious traditions have a responsibility to examine and deal with those issues.
When my insistence finally overrode his denials, he echoed his online essay that I should deny who I am rather than to engage in an
act so
abhorrent as to love another man... To me, though, it is undeniable that removing him from the team
for reasons unrelated to his scientific knowledge, academic credentials or intellectual capacity was a mistake.»