So through Jay, I hope readers realize it’s okay to make mistakes, that it’s natural to prioritize ourselves when we’re experiencing relationships for the first time, but that when you screw up and you hurt someone, you have to own up to it. You have to say how you hurt someone, show them you understand where your actions caused them pain so that you won’t repeat those mistakes. Sometimes, the act of messing up and owning up to it then doing better can bring you closer than you ever were before, but that can only happen with accountability. Pastors and religious groups teaching that homosexual behavior is immoral will increasingly find themselves being accused of "hate speech." In some countries ministers have already been convicted and fined for simply teaching the biblical truth on the subject. The central plot of Jay’s Gay Agenda is focused on how difficult and isolating it can be to be LGBTQ+ in a rural town and Jay’s desire to find LGBTQ+ community. Even though I grew up in Massachusetts, I went to a small rural high school, so I found this struggle really relatable! I was one of the only out LGBTQ+ teens at my high school. Why did you want to explore this in Jay’s journey? Human beings were created with a deep need to bond to others. And there is no deeper bonding relationship among human beings than the one that can be achieved between a husband and wife. Eve was created so that Adam would not have to live alone (Genesis 2:18). The two were directed to be fruitful and multiply through the only physical union capable of producing new life (Genesis 1:28). Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people are motivated by many of the same hopes, concerns and desires as other everyday Americans . . .

Like no other institution, it can provide material and emotional support as well as a sense of safety and love for as long as both husband and wife are alive (Romans 7:2).The Bible contains specific passages condemning both male and female homosexual behavior (Leviticus 18:22, Leviticus 18:24-30; Romans 1:24-27; 1 Corinthians 6:9; 1 Timothy 1:9). If you could design your dream panel for Jay’s Gay Agenda, what would the topic be? What other authors would you invite to be on it? So while the gay activists clearly have an agenda, they want to hide that fact by replacing the word "agenda" with more euphemistic terms. Additionally, outing not being the Main story arc! I really love that this could have been a straight story because it kind of normalized the LGBT community rather than making it about the outing which makes us different from the others.

When you realize where their agenda is headed, it's extremely disconcerting to see gay activists targeting younger and younger children—the most impressionable among us. American schools have become bastions of homosexual and transgender activism beginning as early as kindergarten. As most of our Good News readers know, we view trends and events in culture and society through the prism of the Bible, the revealed Word of God. When societal changes run contrary to biblical revelation, it's necessary for us to keep our readers informed of influences that are detrimental to their future and that of their families. So what's going on? What's behind the gay agenda that's sweeping in this dramatic change? The gay agenda, along with the sexual revolution that began half a century ago, has transformed America's moral standard that was once based on biblical values to one that accepts as commonplace the homosexual lifestyle and many other biblically condemned behaviors. Until recent years, many homosexuals felt publically scorned by some who view homosexual acts as the worst of sins—usually with little or no mercy shown. As he documents, "There are well-funded, highly-motivated, sharply-focused gay activist organizations such as HRC [Human Rights Campaign] and NGLTF [National Gay and Lesbian Task Force] and PFLAG [Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays] and GLSEN [Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network] and GLAAD [Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation] and Lambda Legal—just to mention a few" (p. 40).It can be a struggle for those who desire to leave the gay lifestyle (again, see " The Human Side of Homosexuality: From One Who Has Struggled"). And like other human temptations, it may be a battle they fight all their lives. But God knows how to deliver the godly out of temptations (2 Peter 2:9). In law and society, marriage touches every aspect of life from birth to death. Since God is the Creator of human beings and marriage, only He has the right to define what the marriage relationship should be. Because mistakes are so so so so human. I think we see perfection everywhere, especially on social media, where everyone’s life and friendships and relationships look perfect. What we don’t see is all the mistakes made along the way, we don’t see the arguments people are having, we don’t see the wrong choices that hurt others, so it can feel like nobody ever screws up. But screwing up and learning how to be vocal about your wants and needs without getting those at the expense of others is such a part of life, or learning how to be a communicative young adult who realizes the world can’t go exactly as you want it because you have to keep other people’s unique wants and needs and personalities into account too. One reason is that the gay agenda has successfully changed the public focus away from the fundamental biological difference between same-sex couples and heterosexual partners. They may be able to fool some people some of the time, but they cannot fool God. There is simply no way to magically erase the inherent biological differences.

I love that Jay is such a flawed character and he makes mistakes as he’s figuring everything out. Why did you want to write a character who has to apologize and learn to take accountability for their mistakes? There’s one thing Jay Collier knows for sure - he’s a statistical anomaly as the only out gay kid in his small rural Washington town. While all his friends can’t stop talking about their heterosexual hookups and relationships, Jay can only dream of his own firsts, compiling a romance to-do list of all the things he hopes to one day experience - his Gay Agenda.First, homosexuals (of both sexes), bisexuals and the transgendered are not all united by having the same sexual attractions—each subgroup is different. It's the view of many that the impact the gay agenda is having on society is a bellwether indicator of just how far society has morally degenerated and where it's ultimately headed.