The point, which she apparently missed, is that Jesus extrapolated his position about limiting the number of partners in a sexual union to two based on the twoness of the sexes, “male and female,” which in turn establishes a male-female prerequisite as foundational. Jesus regarded the Genesis creation texts as essential for defining sexual ethics, which texts also depict man and woman as the two parts comprising a sexual whole.

Yesterday I had the good pleasure to join a courageous group of people for a conference entitled “Transformation Potential” held at the Emmanuel Centre in London. The conference was spearheaded by Michael Davidson, a man of God who came out of the homosexual life many years ago and heads up a group called Core Issues Trust (“a non-profit Christian ministry supporting men and women with homosexual issues who voluntarily seek change in sexual preference and expression”) and by Andrea Williams, dynamic barrister and CEO of Christian Concern (an organization that seeks to be “a strong Christian voice in the public sphere”) and the Christian Legal Centre (a legal defense team for British Christians persecuted for their faith). Speakers at the event included (in addition to Davidson, Williams, and me) Andrew Comiskey (Executive Director and Founder of Desert Stream / Living Waters), Dr. Christopher Rosik (former president of NARTH), Floyd Godfrey (a licensed professional counselor in Arizona and author, who has come out of the homosexual life), Dr. Peter May (a general practitioner of medicine for over thirty years), and Martin Davie (a Tutor in Christian Doctrine at Wycliffe Hall at Oxford University who has written an important response to the Pilling Report).

I wasn’t expecting totally unbiased reporting on the talks by the British media but this article in the British publication The Independent reached new lows: “Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today to find a gay cure” by Emily Dugan. This heavily biased, irresponsible hatchet-job poses as “reporting” but it is really a juvenile op-ed piece.

The absurdities start with the title. No one referred to a “gay cure.” Rather the conference was about the possibility of leading transformed lives, not enslaved to same-sex attractions or any other desires to do what God expressly forbids.

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