Today The Globe and Mail, posted an article reporting about a Christian ministry that once claimed that homosexuality could be cured through prayer and conversion therapy.  They have now come to the realization that this belief is inaccurate and not founded in scientific research and continuing to perform this type of treat is ineffective.  The ministry came to this conclusion after much consideration and claimed that they now understand that homosexuality is not a preference or a life style decision and instead is an innate feature that cannot and does not need to be cured. This new conclusion did not come easy to the ministry.  In 2008 they published a research article that claimed to support reparative therapy. This article clearly stands in opposition to their beliefs today.  By supporting their old position, the ministry realized that they were denying the right of those who are homosexual to engage in healthy same sex relationships. Homosexuality is not a disease, as the American Psychological Association removed it from their list of disorders in the mid 1970’s, and we should not be promoting a cure or treatment for it.  Instead we should be supporting those in same sex relationship and not treating them like second class citizens.  This means that they should be afforded the same rights as those in heterosexual relationships. It seems as though the ministry understood this because during their announcement that made their closing official, the leader of the ministry apologized to all people they may have hurt with their beliefs and reparative treatments.