How You Used Christianity to Silence Me

<p>The building was small but nice, with carved woodwork around the altar and pulpit, fancy linens with gold fringe, and a large gold cross was flanked by two tall white candles. I was six years old, and I&rsquo;d never seen such a sight.</p> <p>I was born in rural Easley, South Carolina, and had already been through eight foster homes. Most were humble places, with multiple foster kids, so we didn&rsquo;t get to get out much. Church definitely wasn&rsquo;t on the docket for us, except for one excursion to a Vacation Bible School where the church van picked us up and we got coloring sheets and crayons, red Kool-Aid, and cookies shaped like flowers with a hole in the middle, and where we learned some songs about people with weird names.</p> <p><a href="https://medium.com/adoptere/how-you-used-christianity-to-silence-me-a27f3da5008c"><strong>Read More</strong></a></p>