We had a discussion about this during church today (we are Open and Affirming). One point that we could not wrap our heads around was how the literal translationists stick to the inerrancy of the Bible even in the face of scientific findings that refute the stories- in this case the notion that gay people can change. What was frustrating was hearing stories of people completely turned off from Christianity because they were told God hates them, even though they know the source of that derision is something they cannot change. Even worse when some have tried to “change” and failed. Some had even contemplated suicide. It essentially takes a human child of God who is full of potential and turns them into someone who has persistent feelings of no or low self worth, despondency and abandonment. No wonder gay people have a higher suicide rate. If we could just get some of these “loving” christians to stop loving us, perhaps things could get better. They’ve been literally loving us to death, and it needs to stop.