“But as a property owner of Orlando, I wouldn’t rent to someone who is gay any more than I would rent to a person who is a practicing witch.”

I think, again, if someone wants to know what I believe then look at my life.

Someone’s always calling for my resignation. It’s nothing new.

I think it’s hypocritical and inconsistent for us to attack this one group of people over any other group of people that are within our churches today.

Let me be clear that I’m not God so I can’t tell you who is and isn’t going to heaven.

I am opposed to special rights for gays just as I am opposed to special rights for heterosexuals or smokers.

Now on to reparative therapy, I think counseling is a wonderful tool for anybody regardless of what struggle they bring to the table.

Within the membership we have 270 or so members within the network of Exodus whether that’s a local member ministry, a counselor or one of our members of our church association.

It’s something that’s been part of my tenure at Exodus over the last decade plus.

When I said on national television I still struggle.

It says in this world you will have trouble in John 16:33 but take heart you can have peace in me because I’ve overcome the world.

I believe in sanctification at the point of salvation. That doesn’t mean that we don’t continue to mature as believers in Christ. But I believe that we are justified and we are sanctified.

The point that I’m trying to make is that we as believers can have security in Christ when we are believers.

For some that will mean getting the help or expertise of a counselor that can help them walk through and navigate through some of the traumatic things that they’ve been through in their life.

I’ll be very glad to tell them what my faults and my weaknesses are and the areas that I pray about in my life every day.

But when it comes to someone pointing to this passage and saying homosexuals changed, well, I’m not sure that’s what that passage is referring to.

You know my issue isn’t whether gay people go to heaven or straight people go to heaven.

There is no way it would take gay men three hours to find Matt Damon.

If you’ve driven over to the gay section of Los Angeles, it’s like a golf course… Real estate values go ‘boom!’

I don’t care if people think I’m gay. I know I’m not, so it doesn’t bother me.

My favorite thing to do is to wind those guys up by hitting on their girlfriends. I say, ‘I think your girlfriend’s gorgeous, but it’s all right, I’m gay.’ They get very nervous after a few minutes!

It’s always fun teasing the person. When they ask if I’m gay, I say, ‘Oh, I don’t know.

This is why the terrorists hate us. And it’s not the glitter and it’s not the pomp and circumstance.

Wearing Crocs is like getting blown by a dude. It feels great until you look down and realize you’re gay.

You could move.’ —“Dear Abby” responds to a reader who complained that a gay couple was moving in across the street and wanted to know what he could do to improve the quality of the neighborhood.