Churches Start Pro-Gay Ad Campaign

Several churches started an advertising campaign in Indianapolis this week, hoping to challenge the Christian assumptions about homosexuality. Five different billboards is being placed around the Indianapolis area with pro-gay messages.

The Jesus Metropolitan Community Church of Indianapolis, Faith In America and Metropolitan Community Churches are behind the month-long campaign that hopefully will make people stop and reconsider their pre-conceptions on what the bible says about homosexuality.

Rev. Jimmy Creech, Executive Director of Faith In America said, "In the past, many Christians misused the Bible to support slavery, oppose equal rights for women, and oppose interracial marriage. They went so far as to accuse people on the other side of being unbiblical. The same thing is happening again with respect to same-gender relationships. It has to stop."

Pastor Jeff Miner of Jesus Metropolitan Community Church said, "Right now, most people think this is a debate between people who love the Bible – conservative Christians – and people who want to throw out the Bible – godless homosexuals. Nothing could be further from the truth. Our Church welcomes hundreds of devout gay Christians who love the Bible deeply. Our goal is to rescue the Bible from misinterpretations driven by cultural prejudice, so its true message of grace, hope, and peace can come through."

The Indiana legislature recently killed a proposed ban on same-sex marriage despite efforts by religious and "pro-family" conservatives (including Indianapolis Colts coach Tony Dungy) to pass it, Towleroad.com reports.