By: Greg Garrison

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. Several gay rights organizations have announced they plan to protest a Focus on the Family “Love Won Out” conference on homosexuality that will be held Saturday, Nov. 7, at this city’s Metropolitan Church of God.

“They’re telling you to hate your child unless he lives the way you tell him to live,” said Johnathan Quinn, president of Central Alabama Pride, one of the protesting organizations. “Their literature tells the parents to abandon their children unless they go this route: forcing them to be straight.” Quinn said a peaceful protest is planned on public right of way near the entrance of the church. Equality Alabama, Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays of Birmingham, and Covenant Community Church are among those taking part in the protest. The conference teaches that those with same-sex attractions can change, said Melissa Fryrear, director of gender issues for Focus on the Family and one of the speakers.

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