Posted on 10/15/2004 2:57:02 AM PDT by kattracks
http://www.life-ministry.com
Life (Living In Freedom Eternally) Ministry is a Christian ministry in Manhattan that has helped thousands overcome homosexuality for 20 years.
From the home page:
"Welcome to the website of L.I.F.E. Ministry in New York City, a ministry called and ordained to set people free from homosexuality through the truth and power of God and His Son, Jesus Christ. We have been set free from years of bondage and emotional lies and you can be also. We have seen hundreds of people here in midtown Manhattan over our 20 years of ministry in this city. They have come to us for counsel and prayer, and their lives have been changed. God's ways do not fail. He desires that we find freedom and peace in Him. Intimacy with God is the answer to all addiction-- and homosexuality is addiction-- relationship addiction. The problem is to remove the blockages and resistance to that intimacy.
Also some ministries teach that healthy same-sex relationships are the key to outgrowing homosexuality. We find that the Scripture says just the opposite. In I Peter 1:22 we read: "Now that you have purified yourselves by obeying the truth so that you have sincere love for your brothers, love one another deeply from the heart." Most of us, while in homosexual deception, felt we loved someone, when truly we were using that person as a fix to keep our emotions quiet. So we need to learn how to love by purifying our thoughts, minds and emotions until they obey the truth. Then we can love sincerely, from the heart. Out of this work comes freedom and then we build godly friendship. The relationship with God is first so His love can motivate all other love.
We know you will find teaching and testimony here that will give you hope and direction to build a new life. God is with you. Always remember God Himself said He is married to the backslider. St. Paul said he had been a blasphemer and a persecutor and a violent man, and he was shown mercy by God. God's mercy is new every morning. Mercy triumphs over judgment.
Let us hear from you. We are delighted to have the privilege of sharing the Good News of God's love. May the Lord bless you today with new hope and understanding.
Joanne Highley"
....Sen. Kerry, for his part, brought up the subject of Mary Cheney, the gay daughter of Vice President Dick Cheney, as did Sen. John Edwards during the vice presidential debate. Yes, the issue was relevant in the sense that they were discussing a constitutional amendment to limit marriage to a union between a man and a woman. But it was as if Sen. Kerry was saying, “See? Republicans might be conservatives, but there are lesbians in the woodpile!” and as a result it came off more like a cheap shot. ...
http://www.theday.com/eng/web/news/re.aspx?re=8775D2AD-4F89-4433-9FAF-129DBB7910D6
BUMP for later reading.
Backlash over Kerry's comment about homosexuality. I hope this gets some attention from the media. I have sent a letter to the editor of my local newspaper. still waiting for the mainstream media to air a report ..(Crickets chirping)
dittos
There will be a lot of fall-out from this article, too. It doesn't suit the gay agenda to have people questioning the issue of homosexuals leaving the fold and returning to the life God intended them to live.
Unfit To Win Friends And Influence People
"Kerry's views, unfortunately, present a view of homosexuality that science does not support," Throckmorton said..."If people are born gay and they're being who they are, then what about all these ex-gays?" he asked. "It sounds like John Kerry is saying that I don't exist," Thompson said... the way in which he stated it really was an insult to the tens of thousands of people that have struggled with homosexual orientation and have chosen to come out on the other side."
Most excellent points here. As I said yesterday, former homosexuals are the elephant in the room.
BTTT
Check out Dr. Joseph Nicolosi and company at NARTH.com
I sat on a panel with him for a radio discussion pertaining to the homosexual condition and Reparative Therapy. He is one of the leading proponents in a field that can truly help the homosexual person recover heterosexuality.
Most folks try to be members at least a day before they insult God.
Actually, the information I have seen shows that 50% of homosexual men are born homosexual, the other 50% get sucked into it later in life.
I've seen a lot of information on homosexuality but never anything remotely close to what you said above. It appears you may be confusing a quote with the discreted twin studies with some other report that was debunked. I'm more than interested in any source material you have.
It was a pun.
My wife is in no way a partisan, and likes to hear both sides. She has been and continues to be a Bush supporter. However, she is not nearly as partisan about it as I am, and she can view these things in a real non-partisan way. Because I tend to yell at the TV when Kerry talks, I watched the debate in the basement, while she watched it upstairs. After the debate, I asked her about that comment before letting on what i thought. She thought it was incredibly tasteless, and insisted that most women (especially moms) will see it as such.
I think the lesbian remark may be the "Kitty Dukakis" moment in this election. Just as Mike Dukakis could not understand the furor over his answer, Kerry still doesn't get it.
Thank You.
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