THE WRITING IS ON THE WALL
A fairly balanced, well written story at NPR suggests that Tony Perkins and his ilk who fundraise on the fear of gays ("homosexuals"), may be coming closer to their day of reckoning, and it's not coming from, say, the scientific community, directly, in this decade:
Albert Mohler at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Ky., criticized Christian conservatives for "homophobia" and their "glib assurances that gay persons simply choose to be gay." And earlier this month, Exodus International — a group that believes people can be freed from homosexuality through Jesus Christ — pulled its support for the Day of Truth. In an e-mail, Exodus President Alan Chambers says he now believes it is better for Christians' kids to show "biblical tolerance and grace" than to condemn.
Remember, Mohler is the guy who was an integral part of the conservative takeover of the SBC, no liberal.
More:
But Warren Throckmorton, an evangelical who teaches psychology at Grove City College in Pennsylvania, says there is a problem with this argument: Many of the kids who commit suicide aren't gay.
"The common element is not gay identification," he says. "The common element is anti-gay harassment. And so it isn't a matter of them being gay and unhappy. It's a matter of others tormenting them with gay slurs."
Throckmorton says a growing number of Christian conservatives are questioning the hard-line theological approach. He has created a curriculum called "Golden Rule Pledge," which can be used by churches to prevent bullying.
