COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.-
Two members of a lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender rights group were issued summons for trespassing Saturday at the headquarters of the Christian ministry group Focus on the Family, police said.
Soulforce members Chris Hubble and Leigh Lyon, both of Denver, were due in court May 22, Hubble said.
Hubble said he and Lyon were among about 20 people who went to Focus on the Family hoping to speak with founder James Dobson about his group’s comments on the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community. Focus on the Family’s teachings on homosexuality include a belief that sexual identity can be changed.
Focus representatives said Dobson wasn’t available because it was Saturday and asked Hubble and Lyon to leave, but the two refused, Focus on the Family spokesman Gary Schneeberger said.
Soulforce has targeted Focus on the Family and Dobson before.
“They’re demanding he change what he believes in his heart to be true,” Schneeberger said. “That’s not a reasonable request.”
Hubble said, “Our hope is that Dr. Dobson will one day realize the damage he does in the lives of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender citizens and their families and will agree to end his campaign of anti-LGBT rhetoric.”
