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REMEMBERG LONNIE FRISBEE, THE GAY MAN WHO SPARKED THE J MOVEMENT
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Drivg the spl, Wilson says, was Veyard USA’s stand on LGBT rights: while lbians, gays, bisexuals, and transsexuals are wele to attend s church, they n’t bee formal members or be ordaed as pastors, and Veyard pastors nnot officiate at their weddgs.
EVANGELIL PASTOR TURNS PRO-GAY
“I didn’t know anythg about homosexualy growg up the Fifti and the Sixti, ” says Wilson. “My first experience as a pastor wh people who were gay was they were nflicted about their sexualy and treated as a temptatn or an addictn. “Then I started meetg gay people who were not nflicted.
We started seeg people and hearg their stori, and once you hear the stori, you realize the biblil texts [nmng homosexualy] do not f the people. Those who were gay, lbian, bisexual, or transgenr were very grateful. When Veyard USA reaffirmed s policy agast gay members and pastors, Wilson left the church.
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