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Christian’s year of living 'gay' leads to dramatic change, sparks controversy

By Dan Merica, CNN

Washington (CNN) - Timothy Kurek’s motivation to spend a year pretending to be gay can be boiled down to a simple conviction: it takes drastic change to alter deeply held religious beliefs.
The experiment began after a lesbian friend opened up to Kurek about being excommunicated by her family. All Kurek, an avowed evangelical Christian, could think about, he says, “was trying to convert her.”
He was quickly disgusted by his own feelings, more pious than humane....

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Many people in the LGBT community feel betrayed. I think this was a bold way for Kurek to really get to know a community he had so many prejudices against. I have read many social scientists study a group or groups in similar ways (i.e. the homeless) and they all come out (no pun intended) a more enlightened person. I think if we ALL tried walking in the shoes of those who scare us, or at the very least , confuse us, we would be more united. I applaud his efforts to understand. I also applaud him for being so newly in tune w/ the struggles of the LGBT community that he is donating a portion of his book to them.

Make your own decision, but this is an fascinating read...