Oprah Winfrey, panelists take on the 'gift of being gay'

Oprah Winfrey, panelists take on the 'gift of being gay'
By Mark Bieganskion January 8, 2009
Day three of Oprah Winfrey's "Best Life" series took on a revelation even Oprah Winfrey says she's never heard.Responding to a viewer who Skyped into the show to talk about being gay, one of Winfrey's panelists, The Rev. Ed Bacon, declared being gay is a "gift from God."Bacon is the rector of All Saints Episcopal Church in Pasadena, Calif., a well-known liberal and progressive church."Well you are the first minister I've ever heard say being gay is a gift from God, I can tell you that," Winfrey said."We're not talking religion, we're talking spirituality," said Michael Bernard Beckwith, founder and spiritual director of Agape International Spiritual Center in Los Angeles. . "People don't just happen to be gay. When people are born, they have that type of orientation, so he is gay by diving right."
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