Stop The Judgment: Going After the Heart of Traditional Church Folk on Sexuality and Marriage Equality

Stop the Judgment, by Samuel Marcus Brown, is a personal expression of what Jesus says about Christian love, “Love thy neighbor as thyself.” It also speaks on the hypocrisy and misguided teaching of ministers, preachers, bishops, elders, and the everyday lay person on their interpretation of what “homosexuality” means according to the Word of God. Their voices are direct attacks on non-heterosexual people which demonstrate hatred, discrimination and bigotry at the highest level. This book is also written for all people – straight, gay, lesbians, bisexuals, transgender, on the down-low, and more importantly, the “wanna-be” Christians in many cases are hiding behind God’s words because of their own personal experiences, self-hatred or confusion due to teachings from someone who has taken away or added to Christ’s teachings. Thelma L. Phillips, Retired Educator

Simply a "church-boy" at heart who loves God, his family, gospel music, positive music of all genres, travel and his mom's old-fashion pound cake. He has always been inspired by Jesus who navigated the purpose of his life among the traditional religious church folk of that day. At the tender age of 40 Samuel shared his expression of personal truth with his parents and family in a very short self-published book entitled 'Son of a Bishop, My Testimony.' Samuel is dedicated to the duty of building a bridge of love and understanding up and outside the walls of traditional religion and gay stereotypes. Dr. Martin Luther King's sense of justice has always stirred the core of his soul. Samuel believes that you will enjoy this honest, heartfelt walk down a historic corridor of a religious tradition; enveloped by preconceived ideas of sexuality and spirituality. This walk promises to enlighten those with an open heart and it will inspire the oppressed.