Lez Keep It Real

“It’s the same, old song … but with a different meaning …” la, la, la. I love that song. I’m a fan of Motown, have been ever since I was little. Though I didn’t grow up in that era, I can appreciate the simplicity of the lyrics and the harmonious arrangements.

Here’s a song I’m sick of hearing. It goes something like this, “I was gay but then I turned to God and he made me straight,” la, la, la.

When I hear this song, I just want to turn the dial.

Minister Says God Changed Him From Gay To Straight

Seeking God’s guidance is something many people do everyday for all kinds of things.

Whether it’s praying to overcome health issues, improving relationships, or even for peace around the world, many look to a higher power. And some are even looking to God to change their sexual desires.

North Carolina minister Ron Elmore says he lived his life as a gay man for over 20-years. But, then through intense prayer and scriptures, Elmore says God changed him from homosexual to heterosexual.

Elmore said, “I didn’t know why. I didn’t choose to be homosexual.”

Growing up in a North Carolina group home, Elmore says he started to engage in relationships with boys, to feel loved and accepted. But, he says his life as a openly gay man really began after he left the military at the age of 19.

According to Elmore, more relationships and drug abuse followed in the coming years until a co-worker spoke to elmore about his lifestyle.

He says, “And one day she walked up to me and very calmly and quietly said you need to go back to where your joy is.”

Elmore says that meant a christ-filled life without homosexuality.

Elmore explains, “To follow christ and to say no to my behavior of homosexuality, um I really felt like I could live life differently that that’s what God wanted, he wanted me to pursue him, not pursue men.”

Today, Elmore is married to a woman and through his ministry, Beyond Imagination, a member ministry of the Exodus Church International, he makes it his life mission to help homosexuals longing to change.

Elmore said, “So people can say, you can’t change and I say yes you can.” ~ WITN

Why do people who supposedly “change” their sexual orientation always say that they dated members of the same sex in order to feel “love and accepted?” I don’t get this argument at all. Don’t we all do that on some level, heterosexuals included?

Of course Mr. Elmore has to mention “drug abuse” because hey, that’s part of the “gay lifestyle” right? All gays dabble in sexual promiscuity and drugs. Maybe I better go find a Sears bathroom and score some Meth along the way so I can better represent the gay community.

What Mr. Elmore chose to do as a gay man has everything to do with his “lifestyle,” not his “gay lifestyle.” He chose to engage in promiscuity. He chose to dabble in drugs. Those choices have nothing to do with his sexuality.

Just once, I would like to see an article about a regular, old boring gay couple who’s idea of partying is a game of Taboo that lasts past 11:00 p.m.

What ammunition would religious groups have if that was the classification of the “gay lifestyle?”

Apparently, if you want to change your sexuality – you can! All you have to do is say “no” to your homosexual behavior. And according to Elmore, it’s easy as 1, 2, 3!

Honestly, I wouldn’t be surprised in the least if this guy turned up on the front page of some random newspaper with the headline, “Minister busted for hiring a male prostitute?”

Mr. Elmore, I’m happy that you have found peace and joy, because that is what really matters. But I seriously doubt that you were able to “change” your sexuality. What you did do is make a conscious choice to ignore your innate and God-given urges. How long you’ll be able to keep that up, I don’t know. My uncle did the same thing. He married so that he would be able to have children. But to this day, he has yet to say that he “changed” his sexuality.

I wish you all the best in your life and the path you have chosen. But please don’t expect others to follow suit. We all have our own lives to live, lives that fit our definition of the “gay lifestyle.”

They are lives that are whole and complete, just the way God intended them to be.

same old song, ron elmore, Beyond Imagination, Exodus Church International