The Body of Christ has been diminished by the lack of love that was demonstrated and by the loss of gifts of those who were excluded. Once the division had been done, the subtraction cannot even be calculated. . . . I have come to believe that any of us who look to exclude rather than include in the name of Christ are missing something. Which of us, which person of which race, color, gender, or orientation, would Jesus not have welcomed?
— Robert Benson, The Body Broken