Posted on 07/03/2007 4:15:13 AM PDT by Man50D
He was a rising star in the "gay rights" movement, but Michael Glatze now declares not only has he given up activism – he's no longer a homosexual.
Glatze – who had become a frequent media source as founding editor of Young Gay America magazine – tells the story of his transformation in an exclusive column published today by WND.
Although Glatze cut himself off from the homosexual community about a year and a half ago, he says the column likely will surprise some people.
"This will actually be news to anybody I used to relate to," he told WND.
The radical change in his life, Glatze recalls, began with inner "promptings" he now attributes to God.
"I hope I can share my story," he said. "I feel strongly God has put me here for a reason. Even in the darkest days of late-night parties, substance abuse and all kinds of things – when I felt like, 'Why am I here, what am I doing?' – there was always a voice there.
"I didn't know what to call it, or if I could trust it, but it said 'hold on.'"
Glatze said he became aware of homosexual feelings at about the age of 14 and publicly declared himself "gay" at age 20. Finally, after a decade in which his leadership role in the homosexual activist world grew – but alongside it, a mysterious inner conflict – he says he finally was "liberated."
In fact, he writes in his WND column today, "'coming out' from under the influence of the homosexual mindset was the most liberating, beautiful and astonishing thing I've ever experienced in my entire life."
Before "coming out" in his column today, Glatze contacted WND Managing Editor David Kupelian after reading his book, "
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Amen to that!
God Bless him. He has turned away from the wide gate and taken the narrow.
Thank you for sharing.
Wow! What a great inspiration and renewal of the Lord’s truth and how it truly does overcome evil. God can and does move mountains and this is a very good example of one time. I am so excited this man is sharing his story. Thank you for the post.
YES!! All the glory to God!! Amen!
Funny, it,s always been the opposite for me; a heterosexual in denial.
Thank you for your testimony. God can and does do amazing heart work. I know.
May God continue to bless you in your walk with Him.
It would be more interesting watching people tear him? Really??
But, but homosexuality isn't a lifestyle, it's a God given part of nature I thought?
Good for him and his change via his sensibility.
LOL!
I'll say this from what is now more experience than usual, I think there is a difference in what determines sexual orientation, between men and women. I actually DO think there are some men that are fairly hard-wired gay, maybe some women too. Having said that, I think that for many gays, it IS a "choice", or at least it was at some point. I think some are more suceptible to being able to become gay than others. I think that events in childhood can "turn" a person, I think the culture definately can influence people (look at all those "faux" lesbians these days).
This comes from many years of knowing and observing alot of gay people. Thats just my opinion, and since there is no hard evidence either way, that's what I am going with. Having said that, the homosexual lobby NEEDS for it to always be a hardwired thing, and in my opinion, they are simply wrong.
Finally, I think that even IF there is a physical, organic component to (some) homosexuality, that it should be considered a disorder, a birth defect, if you will, and instead of the culture glamorizing it, it should be looked upon like some horribly disfiguring disease, we should be sad that anyone ends up gay.
Kudos to the voice....
He’s a very brave man. He’s going to receive very intense pressure to deny that he has changed. I wish him well.
We all have our sins that we struggle against. Well, we do if we have bothered to examine ourselves at all.
Nothing wrong with encouraging someone in their fight against their sinful nature. There's too little of that kind of thing going on these days.
From what I understand, Michael became involved with David Kupelian’s good friend and religous leader Roy Masters. Roy has written some definitive stuff about the subject. He is considered an enemy of the homosexual militants. Here is an excellent article: http://www.fhu.com/articles/gays_in_society.html
In my head, I was imagining an old-lady Brooklyn Jewish accent on that.
Being a Minnesotan, I envisioned "He just hasn't met da' right girl yet.", yah, sure! Eh? /snicker
Ok, that took a twist I wasn’t looking for in my mind’s eye....
Praise the Lord! He is surely at work in this mans life. I am so glad this young man paid attention, and is free and happy today!
Thank you for reminding me of my favorite story in the Bible.
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