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The battle of beliefs over the idea that gays can become heterosexual will play out today at two events in Colorado Springs.
In the north part of town, Focus on the Family will hold its "Love Won Out" program, which the ministry created in 1998 to help gays overcome same-sex attraction. Focus has since held 52 of the seminars in the U.S. Its most recent, in Anchorage, garnered national media attention because Sarah Palin's church, Wasilla Bible, advertised it.
The other event, called "Love Came Out," is being sponsored by a coalition of local gay leaders who want to warn people of the dangers of trying to change one's sexual orientation. The free program takes place at Shove Chapel on the Colorado College campus, and features gay speakers who participated in so-called reparative programs and now question such...