“Love Won Out” Protest in Charlotte
Filed under News, Sexuality & Gender on February 14th, 2009 by M. FrenchFollowing the “Pray Away the Gay” “protest rally” on February 19th, CRANE (Charlotte Rainbow Action Network for Equality), will be hosting “a short non-violence training” for a silent protest that will be held outside of the Love Won Out conference from 11am – 2pm on February 21st. The Facebook event for the protest states:
CRANE will present a non-violent, silent protest of Focus on the Family and Exodus International conference, Love Won Out, in front of Central Church of God, 5301 Sardis Road Charlotte, NC 28270.
CRANE has teamed up with several local and national organizations to counter the lies and myths of the “ex-gay” industry in Charlotte.
“These programs sell false hope and take advantage of desperate and vulnerable people who just want acceptance from loved ones,” said Wayne Besen, Executive Director of Truth Wins Out. “Love Won Out’s dangerous sexual engineering campaign is ineffective, psychologically damaging and confuses stereotypes with science. We hope to educate the community and provide people with accurate and reliable information.”
Pray that God would cause a spirit of repentance to arise in protesters like these who are actively seeking to be stumbling blocks… encouraging people in their sin, and keeping people from wholeness and holiness.
Protests like these have been held before, and thankfully, some of the protesters have actually taken time to listen to the message that Love Won Out actually puts forth. Consider this story from a young gay man that was protesting outside a Love Won Out conference in San Diego:
At a conference in Pasadena, a volunteer approached one of our staff and shared how Love Won Out changed his life. Several years prior, at a LWO conference in San Diego, this young man was participating in the protest outside the church where our event was held. He wanted to hear what we were saying, so he paid the registration fee to enter the conference. As he sat through the sessions, and especially after hearing Mike Haleys personal story of walking away from homosexuality, he gave his life to the Lord and vowed to overcome this in his own life. He contacted a local Exodus ministry and began his journey. Years later, he volunteered for our event in Pasadena and shared his story with our team.
As has been said before… The Truth Will Triumph!
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It amuses me that you end the article with “The Truth Will Triumph!” Aside from the error in grammar, you have also managed to misunderstand the definition of the word “truth”. You have a right to your opinions, but you do not have a right to facts. Please, in the future do not mislead people by telling them that being gay is a choice. This is a lie, that has been proven over and over again by science. And on a personal level, as a heterosexual male, I never made a choice to be attracted to women, I just was. It’s only logical that homosexual’s sexual preferences are formed in the same way. People don’t make those kind of choices, they simply are. I only ask that in the future that you make it clear that your posts on this website are opinion and not necessarily truth. As you have said, you will pray for these protesters who are “stumbling blocks…keeping people from holiness”. I will pray for people like you who are stumbling blocks to actual truth and promote hate and prejudice based on lies.