Houston Celebrates Bring Your Gay Teen to Church Day

Almost two dozen Houston-area churches have designated this Sunday as Bring Your Gay Teen to Church Day.

"We think it's important for families to know there's a safe place to go to worship," said Jim Bankston, senior minister at St. Paul's United Methodist Church. "Families who have gay members want to make sure they feel welcome in church and aren't bashed in any way..."

Each participating church will handle Sunday's services differently. Jaxn Hussey, now a sophomore at Klein High School, made beaded bracelets and handed them out at school, along with information about Plymouth United Church of Christ.

"I really want gay teens like myself to have a place where they feel truly accepted, where they can be who they are," he said. "And that place is Plymouth."

The Rev. Ginny Brown Daniel and members of the congregation "showed me God doesn't hate you because you're gay," he said.

That was important to his parents.

"When a child tells you they're gay, you don't want to change your plan for him," Ebie Hussey said. "I still want him to be a doctor. I still want him to marry a doctor. I still want him to be Christian."

Read the full article in the Houston Chronicle.