Novelist Anne Rice has 'quit' Christianity for, among other things, its attitude towards homosexuality. After 12 years of Roman Catholicism, she's announced she has had enough via a posting on her Facebook page: "In the name of Christ, I refuse to be anti-gay. I refuse to be anti-feminist. I refuse to be anti-artificial birth control. I refuse to be anti-Democrat. I refuse to be anti-secular humanism. I refuse to be anti-science. I refuse to be anti-life. In the name of Christ, I quit Christianity and being Christian. Amen." She had earlier posted about her disgust at news stories detailing an American "punk rock ministry" which claimed executing gay people was moral, as well as a report about the viciously anti-gay Westboro Baptist Church in Kansas. "No wonder people despise us, Christians, and think we are an ignorant and violent lot. I don't blame them," Rice wrote. "This kind of thing makes me weep. Maybe commitment to Christ means not being a Christian." The author, best known for her series The Vampire Chronicles, was an atheist for many years before returning to her childhood religion. In 2002 she "consecrated her writing entirely to Christ, vowing to write for Him or about Him".
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First published: Monday, 2nd August 2010 - 2:32pm