He got himself an education, he got himself ordained, he got himself some real-world, on-the-God-job experience... but now he can't get himself a job. Because he's a single, middle-aged man and you know what that might mean...

Mr. Almlie, 37, has been shocked, he says, at what he calls unfair discrimination, based mainly on irrational fears: that a single pastor cannot counsel a mostly married flock, that he might sow turmoil by flirting with a church member, or that he might be gay.

He was ordained by an anti-gay church, attended an anti-gay theological seminary, and committed himself—in part—to injecting hate and intolerance into the culture, helping to create a climate where gay people are discriminated against, bashed, and murdered. And now that homophobia and bigotry is coming back to bite this unmarried man on his ass. My heart bleeds.