Federally Funded Georgia Homeless Shelter Bans Homosexuals

From Georgia, a report on the refusal of the director of Columbus’ House of Mercy homeless shelter to allow homosexuals shelter, according to WRBL-3 which broke the original story during an interview with director Bobby Harris January 13rd, at which time Harris said he had removed two women who he suspected were lesbians, saying they had broke curfew rules, he suspected, to have rendezvous. “That act is not tolerated here at all,” Harris said at the time. “Let me tell tou one the reasons why, because of the bible of course, and then we have little children that we won’t have tolerate that kind of act here.” Following condemnation of Harris’ homophobic stance, he wrote to the Columbus Ledger-Enquirer to clarify his position, and contradict his original statement, the letter published Monday in part reading “I want to take a moment to respond to some statements that have been making the rounds concerning the recent dismissal of two young ladies from the House of Mercy. The statements imply that these young ladies were dismissed because they were lesbians. This statement is false. In fact, they were dismissed for violating the rules of curfew times of the House of Mercy.” During an off-camera interview with WRBL-3, Harris said that the facility cannot shelter people who continue to practice a gay lifestyle, but welcomed those willing to convert. Meanwhile, Columbus-based Pastor Colley Williams of New Life in Messiah Fellowship, who had been removed from two local churches for being openly gay, and started his own congregation, wants the local homosexual community to know that they are welcomed in his church. “It’s sad to see people judging people,” he said. “There’s no, a lot of church, there’s no love there, there’s no grace. I think we need to focus on love and acceptance of all people instead of worrying about what their lifestyle is.” He added “Jesus said nothing about homosexuality. He said not one word about it.” Meanwhile the House of Mercy, which receives federal funding, continues to discriminate.