Forgiving their trespass

Culture: Christian colleges gear up for visits from the activist gay group Soulforce | Jamie Dean

Identifying themselves with Martin Luther King Jr.'s freedom riders who toured the South fighting racism in the 1960s, Equality Riders are on a seven-week trip from New York to Los Angeles to confront 19 colleges that forbid homosexual conduct among students...

Scott Davis of Exodus International, a Christian ministry that helps people come out of homosexuality, says Equality Ride's visits are more than complicated challenges for school administrators: "It's very dangerous when a student is struggling with same-sex attraction and a group comes to campus, saying, 'It's great to be gay."

Mr. Davis says five schools on Equality Ride's route have asked Exodus to help prepare their students for the group's visits. Exodus has conducted seminars and chapel talks on the pro-gay agenda, the Bible's teaching about homosexuality, how to help a friend who is gay, and interacting with homosexuals with "compassion and kindness" while "not compromising the truth."

Mr. Davis says families, churches, and Christian schools need to foster an environment in which young people struggling with homosexuality can ask for help. "It's definitely a big issue," he said. "Most of the students who call us for help are from Christian schools and universities."

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