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'Ex-Gay' Group Stages Rally at Texas A&M International, and Almost No One Shows Up
LAREDO -- An “ex-gay” group called Broken Walls Ministries staged a rally at Texas A&M International University in Laredo on Tuesday, June 5.
According to The Laredo Morning Times, 45 people showed up for the event, which was billed as a question-and-answer session titled, “Can Homosexuals (LGBTQ) Change?” However, in the screen grab above from KGNS-TV‘s report—as well as in a photo on the Morning Times’ website—the crowd looks considerably smaller.
In fact, a campus LGBTQ Pride event organized in response to the “ex-gay” rally appears to have drawn more people:
After Broken Walls Ministries took out an ad promoting the rally in the Morning Times, pro-LGBTQ groups gathered 400 signatures on a petition calling on the university to cancel it:
Read more: http://www.outsmartmagazine.com/2018/06/ex-gay-group-stages-rally-at-texas-university-and-almost-no-one-shows-up/