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Gay Christian, that term was always an oxymoron to me. Never made sense. How anyone could embrace a culture that seemingly despises them never computes. But that’s just me.<\/p>\n
Enter Micah’s Rule, a LGBT Christian band.<\/strong><\/p>\n On their band website<\/a>, the members of Micah\u2019s Rule sound like pretty much any other Christian band.<\/p>\n Alto Mary Anne Hewett says she feels \u201cGod\u2019s love through her music.\u201d Baritone Greg McCaw traveled and recorded two records with a gospel music quartet before joining the vocal trio. And contralto Chasity Scott says she was called to the ministry because \u201cthroughout [her] entire journey, Christ has been the one constant.\u201d<\/p>\n Almost like any other Christian band, but not quite<\/em>.<\/p>\n You see, Hewett and McCaw are both gay. Scott is a transgender woman.<\/p>\n Each member is open and out, and says they don\u2019t want their back story to become their whole story:<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s just our back story, plain and simple, but we\u2019re not using that as a marketing tool for our music, positively or negatively. We want to be a musical group like any other, but we realize our back story will get out,\u201d McCaw told<\/a> the Huffington Post.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Yeah, mentioning your group members are gay and transgendered will likely not be an issue to Christians. Nope. Not gonna happen. (I’m evidently in a black mood today.)<\/p>\n But it seems to be working for them, so far.<\/p>\n But it doesn\u2019t seem that Micah\u2019s Rule feels any pressure to conform to a value system that doesn\u2019t accept them, instead letting their faith lead the way.<\/p>\n \u201cWhen we got together, we got to talking about our own philosophy on religion to see if we melded that way as well,\u201d Scott told the Huffington Post. \u201cThe way Mary Anne and I write, it\u2019s more of a storytelling with our faith being the force that drives us forward.\u201d<\/p>\n Even their band name reflects their particular approach to Christian music. \u201cMicah\u2019s Rule\u201d refers Micah 6:8, a meditation on the deeply personal nature of one\u2019s relationship to God: \u201cHe has shown you, O mortal, what is good. And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Well, I’ll be darned.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n