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You night find what some of the gay sites were saying about YWAM before the shootings. Use caution if you choose to follow up on any of the links

"Various web sites on the Net feature accusations against the Youth With A Mission Organization for 'brainwashing' and 'cult' behavior. One of these, RickRoss.com, hosts letters sent in by some previous members of YWAM, calling it a "corrupt organization" and "dangerous". Author Harold Bussell, in his book By Hook or by Crook: How Cults Lure Christians, claimed it took nearly seven years before he could "overcome the psychological damage caused by [YVAM's] cult-like control and spiritualization," according to ApologeticsIndex.org.

The Youth With A Mission organization may be most notable for its rumored controversial participation in the creation of the Path to 9/11 miniseries for ABC, according to ThinkProgress.org. The miniseries was promoted as being based on the government's 9/11 Commission Report. Path to 9/11 was criticized heavily in the media and among politicians for its 'inaccuracies' and negative portrayal of Bill Clinton's administration.

The Youth With A Mission organization, some of its members and its founder, Loren Cunningham, have been linked to various anti-gay organizations and leaders. Cunningham, in his book Making Jesus Lord: The Dynamic Power of Laying Down Your Rights, called the idea of gay marriage "extending moral wrongs as legal rights". A flyer posted in San Francisco earlier this year by RickRoss.com accused Youth With A Mission of "repeated harassment" of gays, according to SFIST.com.

Youth With a Mission is not cult like....any group that changes your way of thinking I guess could be considered cult like. All kinds of faiths are involved in Youth With a Mission. My son is in Australia on staff and since my husband and I came out of a cult we were very careful about his being involved there....I have read the online articles and actually asked for reference information for the base in Australia and I was given the director of the Denver base to write. Anyway, that is what I know.

I personally know at least 10 young people who have gone to or are presently serving on missions through YWAM. YWAM is an excellent Christian ministry that develops Christian character in people and spreads the good news of the the life changing gospel of Jesus Christ. I have been nothing but impressed with those I know who have spent any amount of time with YWAM. I only wish my two children would have gone to YWAM.

[Re the "controversial" movie Path To 9/11 - a movie whose producer is the son of the founder of YWAM]:

Path to 9/11 was criticized heavily in the media and among politicians for its 'inaccuracies' and negative portrayal of Bill Clinton's administration.

Why, what inexcusable behavior! To make a movie like this!

Contrast this with FreeRepublic, whose members have a long history of always giving Bill Clinton the benefit of the doubt whenever statements made by him don't seem to square very well with known facts.