World Vision Reverses its decision on hiring homosexual couples
Only two days after announcing it would hire Christians in same-sex marriages , World Vision U.S. has reversed its ground-breaking decision after weathering intense criticism from evangelical leaders. "The last couple of days have been painful," president Richard Stearns told reporters this evening. "We feel pain and a broken heart for the confusion we caused for many friends who saw this policy change as a strong reversal of World Vision's commitment to biblical authority, which it was not intended to be." "Rather than creating more unity [among Christians], we created more division, and that was not the intent," said Stearns. "Our board acknowledged that the policy change we made was a mistake … and we believe that [World Vision supporters] helped us to see that with more clarity … and we're asking you to forgive us for that mistake." "We listened to [our] friends, we listened to their counsel. They tried to point out in loving wa...