LOS ANGELES, June 18 (UPI)

Conservative Christian ministries in the United States that view homosexuality as a treatable disorder may be undergoing a change in attitude. The leader of Exodus International, believed to be the nation’s largest ministry for former gays, no longer believes the term ex-gay is appropriate to describe members, The Los Angeles Times reports. Alan Chambers views the term as too neat, adding, By no means would we ever say change can be sudden or complete. Chambers and other Exodus leaders who will attend the group’s Freedom Conference in California later this month, are now discussing the possibility of a biological basis for homosexuality. In addition, the president of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary recently shocked constituents by writing that there may be a genetic basis for sexual orientation. Last month a Gallup Poll found 42 percent of adults in the United States believe sexual orientation is present at birth.

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