In a column written for The Gospel Coalition, Butterfield said she would have welcomed Hatmaker’s pro-LGBT views if only it were 1999, the year that she became a Christian and left her lesbian lifestyle. Butterfield, who wrote “The Secret Thoughts of an Unlikely Convert,” said Hatmaker’s words were meant to encourage but they would also have “put a millstone” around her neck.
Last month, Hatmaker told Religion News in an interview that she supports gay marriage from both civil and spiritual perspectives. For her, members of the LGBT community should have access to the same legal protection that the