Ablution is defined as: a ritual cleansing. Like most gay men and women with a traditional Protestant upbringing there was a huge conflict between what was in my heart and what the church proper taught concerning homosexuality and serving God. Made to feel like the lepers of ancient Israel who were bound by law to continually shout, “Unclean!” it took many years to realize that it wasn’t God who was condemning me but rather those who hid behind His name within the church. With the realization that I was created gay and therefore accepted as such by God there came a feeling of cleansing, thus this picture represents all gay men who can stand naked before God as they truly are, cleansed from the destructive and false labels of men.