For Love of Leelah Quotes

“Some might claim that like the secret of flying is missing the ground, the secret to immortality is simply not dying.”
― Christina Engela, For Love of Leelah

“It seems to me that those who claim to be 'true' and 'bible believing' Christians and yet spend all their time and energy spreading unhappiness and hatred for others - and are themselves consumed by it - are by the very definition of the term - false prophets.”
― Christina Engela, For Love of Leelah

“Is there any good left in the world/ And if there is, can you still find it in the places that matter? Why is it that the only places i see it now, is in the graves of the victims, and the tears of those who mourn them?”
― Christina Engela, For Love of Leelah

“It is no coincidence that Christian fundamentalist movements worldwide seek a return to Old Testament laws - because they fundamentally reject Christ as the New Covenant - which replaced all that.

They are not Christians - they are Leviticans.”
― Christina Engela, For Love of Leelah

“Beauty... Is what you are after a lifetime of struggle in the face of hostility, surviving, and standing scarred and unafraid, triumphant before your enemies.”
― Christina Engela, For Love of Leelah

“Churches need to realize that they are houses OF God - and that they are NOT God.”
― Christina Engela, For Love of Leelah

“Religious fundamentalist haters and terrorists are not just saying that those who disagree with them shall give account to their God for our lives in the hereafter - but they are saying tat we shall also first give account to THEM.”
― Christina Engela, For Love of Leelah

“People attacking a group from outside will simply case that group to close ranks and unify and become even stronger - which in case they haven't noticed, is exactly what has happened with the pink community.”
― Christina Engela, For Love of Leelah

“I fail to see how somebody can hate me for 'what I do' and what I am without actually hating me as a person. That makes about as much sense as throwing the baby out with the bathwater - or gay man out the church door with his homosexuality.”
― Christina Engela, For Love of Leelah

“People claiming to be Christians and advocating the murder of innocent people - just aren't Christians at all.”
― Christina Engela, For Love of Leelah

“Those who object to human rights protection laws typically do so because they want to be above those laws.”
― Christina Engela, For Love of Leelah