Are you Asian and Don't Want to Be billboard??? Please help me understand what exactly this means. Is this a prank?
January 2006 we received a grant to purchase three billboards, one in Greenville SC and two in Spartanburg. The billboard read "Are you Gay or Lesbian and don't want to be? There is hope for change." To see the original billboard and a related article click here. This billboard was shortly after Photoshopped and posted on several national sites as a spoof on our ministry. We have had hundreds, if not thousands, of emails and calls on this spoofed billboard. It surprises us to see this continued national trend on this almost three year old billboard. To read our reference to the word "change" click here. If you have just wandered on this question and don't know what we're referring to, Google "Are you Asian and don't want to be". Click here to see the billboard on our site. Click on the photo to enlarge. An additional story at the time of the billboards.
Originally, we had a FAQ request and answer on this. As it did not slow down the quantity of the emails, that are usually filled with expletives, we pulled the FAQ. With continued interest that seem to be less hate filled but genuinely curious I decided to post this answer.
Just as the ad said--if you don't want to be"--if you want help, great. If you don't want help, then our ministry is not for you. We are not here to slam those that are happy being gay. Now, many feel that we are filled with hate saying that there is hope for change. I would say that scripture says otherwise in 1 Cor. 6:11--"and that is what some of you were, but you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified, in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God." If you or others have a problem with scripture, then your or their issue is not with Truth Ministry but with God.
