As Pride Month unfolds, the Trump administration and its allies are ramping up their attacks on LGBTQ+ communities.  The Education Department has launched a Title IX probe into Smith College for admitting transgender women, targeted schools that provide education on gender and sexuality, rolled back federal protections for LGBTQ+ students, and erased LGBTQ+ identities from federal agencies and recognition. In state legislatures, bills targeting drag performances, gender-affirming care and same-sex families have proliferated at a record pace.  Leaders use a variety of weak explanations to justify these policies — that queer people are perverse, that we denigrate nuclear families and make a mockery of American values. But they all rest on a common foundation: a narrow interpretation of Christianity that frames LGBTQ+ identities as sinful, disordered and incompatible with faith. We are queer Christians who have spent decades studying theology. And we want to say plainly: that narrow interpretation of Christianity is shaky at best.  When one strips back the politics, culture wars and centuries of institutional distortion surrounding Christianity, something unexpected emerges. At its heart, …