Date: Thu, 5 Oct 1995 11:21:56 -0400 (EDT) From: David Casti Subject: ACTION ALERT: Ads in Texas Student Paper Submitted by: sean garrett Please find attatched a recent advertisement dated Tuesday October 3,1995 found in the South West Texas Daily University Star. The copy is as follows: "I know what it's like to be rejected by the men I should have been able to trust the most." - Anthony Falzarano Husband, Father, Former Homosexual " I was lonely and isolated as a child...My father was psychologically absent, and my older brother would taunt me for being intelligent and not very athletic. I wanted so much to be like him and his rejection was hard to take. I was so desperate for male affirmation and touch that when a school teacher showed me attention. I was easy prey. I was sexually abused by at least four others by the time I hit 18...and while I seemed happy on the outside, I was a hurting puppy on the inside. I felt dirty and unattractive...and had no self-esteem. So when I went to college, there were those who were ready to help this broken kid accept a gay identity. And I bought it hook, line and sinker...I spent 9 years going from guy to guy looking for my "ideal" lover...until a Christian man helped me see that I would never be satisfied in any life outside of God's purpose for me. I got help from people who saw the hurt on the inside, not the identity on the outside. So don't buy the lie. You don't gave to be gay." There is another way out. blah, blah, blah... see this one on the net at: http://www.utexas.edu/students/lbgsa/jpeg/gay_conversion.jpeg When my roommate who attends SWT showed me this ad I was outraged. If I had seen this ad before I came out, I'm sure I would have thought twice, and might have even been convinced myself that marrying and having children would change my nature. An update of today's ad run in the South West Texas Daily Star. Yes, another one... "Being lesbian wasn't an issue for me. I was happy. But then someone changed my life forever." Dawn Killion Former lesbian activist "Having a lesbian identity was the best thing that had happened to me...I'd been rejected by men...ridiculed all my life for being a tomboy. I was angry about being treated as "different" from other girls, tired of the pain of rejection...I mean, as soon as I learned what "homosexual" meant, I knew that was me. I had no interest in men...and it just felt so natural, so I acted on it. As a lesbian, it was great to finally have an identity that fit. I loved being gay...but down deep inside, I wondered if living like this was right. Of course, I didn't think there was anyway out...I mean I was born this way, right? So why did I feel the doubt? When I let Christ into my life, He opened my eyes to a love I had never experienced before, but had always wanted. I learned how He had a different purpose for my life...and saw how his unconditional love helped me to heal the pain I'd covered for so long...I really thought I belonged before, but believe me, there is no better life that being with God" There is no other way out. As of 10/4/95 the paper refuses to withdraw the advertisements sponsored by this group. The Star can be reached at jh15@SWT.edu or via vox at 512.245.3487. I strongly urge you to write or call. These guys need to be stopped! thanks, sean garrett s.garrett@mail.utexas.edu __________________________ illegitimi non carborundum