Can homosexuality be cured?
Since homosexuality is not a disease, it cannot (nor needs to) be ‘cured’. Some TV evangelists and organizations such as Exodus International (an “ex-gay” ministry), promote the idea that gays can change their sexual orientation. They show a handful of people, who say that they are able to control their same-sex attraction through faith. Relapses of ‘cured’ leaders of Exodus International have made media headlines as they faltered in their struggles to suppress their natural orientation.
Speaking of “curing” homosexuality is unrealistic, if we understand a “cure” to mean that there will be no more homosexual attractions. (It’s like expecting a “cure” from sin so that we will no longer be tempted.) Whether caused by biological or environmental factors, homosexuality appears to be an integral part of a person’s make-up. However, God does want to deliver both homosexually and heterosexually oriented persons from the slavery of compulsive sexual indulgence. Through His grace, He can fill that hole in the heart that compulsive sex can never fill. And by the grace of God, some persons do experience enough significant change in their attractions that they can be happy in a heterosexual marriage. Usually this happens with the aid of therapy and the support of others going through the same experience, but I’ve seen it happen in individuals without such intervention. However, saying that they are “cured” of homosexuality is misleading because the fundamental attraction generally
