Posted on 10/28/2005 11:22:00 AM PDT by tuesday afternoon
(AgapePress) - A former homosexual says the recent announcement by WNBA star Sheryl Swoopes that she has chosen to live as a lesbian will bring wrath from homosexual activists.
Recently the Houston Comets forward told ESPN The Magazine that she wanted to be honest and open up about being a lesbian. However, Swoopes said she was not born a lesbian, and did not get divorced in 1999 because of sexual orientation.
"Do you think I was born this way? No," she told Associated Press. "And that's probably confusing to some, because I know a lot of people believe that you are."
Swoopes' "coming out" may cause more than just confusion, according to Stephen Bennett, a former homosexual who runs a ministry that helps those who want to leave the homosexual lifestyle. He says homosexual activists will blast the basketball player.
"With her using that word that she has chosen the lifestyle, I'm telling you it's going to be like whacking a hornets' nest," says Bennett. "The bees [sic] are going to come out and just literally try to sting this lady for saying that."
The ministry leader sees some positives coming out of the cager's proclamation. "The truth is starting to come out," he says, "and I think the more that we get people who are really open and honest about this, the straight talk about homosexuality is going to come through."
Bennett and his wife are about to launch a daily radio talk-show dealing with the issue of the homosexual agenda. "Believe me," he says, "we'll be dealing with all stories like this." The name of the program is "Straight Talk Radio."
Swoopes, 34, has an 8-year-old son. The five-time All-Star was honored in September as the WNBA's Most Valuable Player for the third time in her professional career.
Allie Martin, a regular contributor to AgapePress, is a reporter for American Family Radio News, which can be heard online
I was friends with a homosexual women who complained that all her "girlfriends" kept leaving her for guys. She and some others were all upset about Anne Heche at the time, too. Bad for the cause, you know.
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And that's all it really is--a cause.
I simply cannot find room in my busy schedule to care about this.
Who would marry an ex-homosexual? An ex-lesbian?
Bennett needs to be sued for contributing to the demise of the word "literally."
I have to at least respect that she freely admits it is her choice.
"Do you think I was born this way? No," she told Associated Press. "And that's probably confusing to some, because I know a lot of people believe that you are."
And yet you found time to click the article and post. If you didn't care, you wouldn't be here.
All seriousness aside, OMG! You mean there are lesbians in the WNBA???!!!!
The shock!
The horrors!
ROFLMAO!!!!!
How would you like to be her ex-husband? She says she wasn't born "this way", but after being married to him, she became a lesbian.
Funny story, last night at the bar this came up.
Most of the folks who knew who she was were arguing that she had come out of the closet a long time ago.
Swoops did have a great line a few years back that still makes me laugh.
She was defending the WNBA about lesbianism, and she said something to the effect of "We're not all lesbians, at least half the league is straight"....and she wasn't misspeaking (some news folks quoted her, others didn't).
Perhaps they are very good lovers?
In his day, a lot of women would have gone for Rock Hudson. And then there was that sex change Bond Girl, what was her name, Tula - she turned a lot of heads too.
You never know.
I give up - why did they use the "[sic]" here? That usually means "it's not my fault - the original quotation has the error!"...
Bill Simmons (ESPN's "The Sports Guy") noted that the WNBA could increase fan interest by having players grow playoff beards like in other sports.
I was born a heterosexual male. Now I've decided to become a lesbian trapped inside of a man's body.
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