I got the following e-mail (from the same guy who said Obama was the anti-Christ because he's a 47-year-old Muslim). I am doing what's suggested and forwarding this to some of my closest friends :-). Note the AFA version of the poll requires contact info.
AFA counters Denver Post poll on homosexuality
Can homosexuals change? Post readers say no
October 23, 2008
Dear G***,
The Denver Post has written a biased article saying, in essence, that homosexuals cannot change their orientation. Then, in connection with the story, the Post asked readers to vote on the issue.
At the time this e-mail was being sent, nearly 75% of the Post’s respondents said no to the question.
We urge you to take the AFA poll. It is identical to that of the Post.
Please forward this poll to your friends and family. You can see the results of the AFA poll at www.AFA.net and the Denver Post poll at http://www.denverpost.com/... Please forward this poll to your friends and family.
The article quoted above talked about the tenth anniversary of Focus on the Family's effort to change sexual orientation. The article ends with a poignant story of its failure. For other evangelicals here please note what I bolded.
Christine Bakke, a 37-year-old Denver artist, moved to Colorado 10 years ago for the state's ex-gay programs and spent more than four years in two of them. She also underwent psychological counseling.
"I threw my whole heart and soul and life into changing," she said. "There was a period of time when I actually believed I was changing. Then there would be reminders — oh, no, still gay."
The whole time she suppressed her sexuality, her creativity disappeared.
She gave up transforming herself into a heterosexual, she said, after observing many gay people leading happy, healthy, vibrant lives.
"I still had to deal with a lot of feelings of shame, brokenness and failure that I had internalized from the ex-gay programs," Bakke said.
She no longer considers herself a Christian.