That makes perfect sense to me, that it's a painful and personal issue. I went off god way before I ever properly came out so it's never been an issue to me. As for that intersection, one of the first things I ever read in bandom was about Brendon's family dealing with him coming out, and I loved it. But that was almost that he was okay with it, while his family weren't. I would LOVE to read a story where Brendon or Michael or Gabe or whoever had to face uncomfortable truths about themselves while dealing with their religion in the face of that.