Quickie Link [1]: Baptists "Embrace" Gays For Conversion [2]

By : vanrozenheim on Aug 12, 2007 - 11:00 PM
Religion [3]
(USA) - There is a growing number of ministries that seek to turn Gays into "ex-Gays." One such ministry is the mission of Bob Stith, the Texas pastor who this summer became the Southern Baptist Convention's first US strategist for gender issues. Rather than condemn those who "struggle with same-sex attraction," Stith wants churches to welcome Gays in and then work with them to change their sexual orientation. For him, ex-gay ministries are a compassionate middle ground between accepting the gay lifestyle wholeheartedly and rejecting Gays entirely.

Note: Read full article on Tennessean [4]
Links
  [1] http://gayrepublic.org/index.php?name=News&catid=5&lead=1
  [2] http://gayrepublic.org/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1670&lead=1
  [3] http://gayrepublic.org/index.php?name=News&catid=&topic=9&lead=1
  [4] http://www.tennessean.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070811/NEWS01/708110335/1001/NEWS