is it dodgy?
Some people will certainly find it dodgy. It depends who is asking the question. Someone asking the question from the LGBT community or gay press can be reassured that the answer is "no"; we are not ex-gay, we are pro-gay in our attitude and approach. Someone asking the question from a denomination of the Christian church might decide that the answer is "yes" for the same reason.
If you are asking because you don't know what you think personally, then all we can suggest is to come along and decide for yourself. We can't tell you what to think.
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Scripture, the Arguments, and Your Journey PDF, 85KB - a brief two-sided A4 leaflet based on George Hopper's book 'Reluctant Journey' with the author's consent. Prepared for Greenbelt 2005 (for a since-disbanded group called Safety Net) and also Oxford Pride 2005. Please download, print, and use this as a concise summary of the 5 Bible verses and how they are misunderstood.
"LGBT'S ask 'Why do other Christians find it hard to accept us?'" PDF, 60KB - an excellent short paper exploring what it's like (and why) for heterosexual Christians encountering non-heterosexual Christians. Author: Dr Averil Stedeford is a member of St. Columba's United Reformed Church and a retired psychiatrist and psychotherapist. She specialised in working with couples and with patients and their families facing death and bereavement. She is a widow with two daughters, and grandchildren in their teens and twenties. (Links to PDF on the St Columba's website.)
