Australian Catholic School Cancels A Miracle Christian Center “Curing Homosexuality Seminar;” Miracle Christian Center Counters They Have Been Discriminated Against And Seek Legal Counsel; MCC President Says “We Are Not Afraid Of Homosexuals”

An Australian Catholic school has cancelled a curing homosexuality seminar that was to be held at their Caboolture college, reports The Courier Mail. The meeting sparked outrage on Facebook, with a protest page set up against it. However, the group organizing the meeting has in turn accused Catholic Education of discrimination over the decision. A statement released by Brisbane Catholic Education says St Columban's College at Caboolture "immediately" withdrew permission for its hall to be used as a venue by the Miracle Christian Center when they realised what the meeting was regarding, the statement in part reading "Permission was given by the school, on the basis that the nature of the meeting would need to be in line with the college's Catholic Christian values." Principal Ann Rebgetz said the group had deliberately withheld from the school the exact nature of the event. But Miracle Christian Center president Dorian Ballard denied the accusation, saying when they hired halls they did not advise what they would be preaching about. Ballard also denied the group was homophobic, and added that the Miracle Christian Center had been discriminated against and the case was now with their attorneys. "We are not homophobic, many of us have come out of the homosexual lifestyle," said Ballard. "We are not afraid of homosexuals; we love them, we've ministered to them for years."This topic is always up for debate. It's great to hear a lot of different views in the broad spectrum and we have been silenced, we have been discriminated against." Former student and Facebook "Protest against the curing homosexuality seminar" page organiser Lexi Ryan said the school had done the right thing and she in turn had cancelled a promised protest, which had over 300 people who had replied they would be participating.