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A Christian organization that provides motivational speakers to high schools has apologized to a school after one speaker made comments that could have been interpreted as opposing abortion and support heterosexual relationships.The speaker is Tina Marie, an actress who is available for such events through Premiere Speakers. She spoke recently in several Minnesota schools under the auspices of Youth for Christ. "The issue … was that the speaker indicated a pro-life stance when it came to the abortion issue, and when it came to homosexuality and/or the gay issue, she could have been interpreted [[[[as an anti-gay stance," ]]]]Bob Poe, a spokesman for the YFC office, told WND. "Although she did not say directly either one of those statements, by her examples and inference that would have been logical," he said.Poe said he wrote to the school to address the concerns, while Willmar High School Principal Rob Anderson was writing to parents to apologize for The actress, who has experience as an international speaker, host, reporter, author and emcee, has appeared on "Jimmy Kimmel Live," "The Young and the Restless," "Lizzie McQuire" and others. She worked for eight years in feature films and television shows and realized during that time how the media "twists the truth."Now as a National Speakers Association member, she wants to share the truth with teens and their parents.During her visit to Willmar, she asked students to listen to song lyrics, and consider their message. She also said actors and musicians often won't let their own children watch or listen to the things they are trying to sell to others' children, according to a report in the Morris, Minn., newspaper.But the report in the Sun-Tribune said Tina Marie told the students one-third of their generation has been aborted, and she suggested boys who wear low-hanging pants may be seen as homosexuals.YFC, which has worked for 20 years bringing motivational speakers to Minnesota schools, agrees biblically with her opposition to abortion and homosexuality. But Poe said that wasn't supposed to be the topic of the address to students."We have never taken speakers into the school system to deal with those issues," he told WND. "I think we would rather that the speakers we bring to schools not deal with topics that are controversial, that the school desires to remain neutral about, although as YFC, an organization, we are pro-life and pro-heterosexual."Poe said he's never before worked with a speaker who broached such subjects in the past while they give assigned talks on issues such as racism, bullying, drug abuse and alcohol abuse."I know these people [in the community]. I've lived with these people for years. They have kids' best at heart. Unfortunately, we're in a system that allows one individual to cause a lot of pain," he said.[[[["We respect the separation the school needs to have from the church world," he said. He said he refunded the money Willmar schools paid for the program. Marie's comments, which he defined as having "crossed the line."]]]]To read more go to:
PS:IF Mr.POE doesn't have the boldness tostand up for whta the bible stands for,he has no bussiness being the spolesman or the head of any TRUE christian organization....The problem is that now here in America a lot of people consider themselves CHRISTIANS and they have no idea what to be a TRUE christian is anymore.....PITIFUL example of the COMPROMISE in which many so called "Christian Organizations" have falled in....
As in the days of Noah...
