To me, this is the crux of the problem. I don't object to specialized ministries to gay people, or anybody else, including overweight post-menopausal ladies; but the emphasis should be on what Jesus said to the woman caught in adultery: "Go now, and sin no more."
Switching sexual orientations has little or nothing to do with that. A person who experiences only same-sex attraction can still be chaste; while a person who has only opposite-sex attractions can be a pathetic horndog.
The important thing isn't to be straight. The important thing is to be in God, to be free, and to sin no more.
But they are still sinning if they are still desiring homosexuality. It's a sin of the heart that manifests itself in action.
Switiching sexual orientation has nothing to do with it only if you mean they are switiching one sinful lust for another. The goal of holiness was a right way to word it. The problem I see is that they mix psychology with theology to the point that they are often weakening the biblical message.
Send these people a preacher rather than a bunch of psychologists.
Great answer. But it had nothing to do with what I was commenting on. I addressed your "singling out only gays" comment.
Setting aside controversy regarding what does and does not work, which method is best etcetera THERE is still one thing very wrong with what the writer of the article puts forth.
Homosexuality and heterosexuality are not comparable as she appears to argue. A chaste individual that suffers the homosexual disorder is still an individual suffering a disorder while a chaste heterosexual is not in any way disordered.