Is There Hope?

     Ok, I don't think this post will be as lengthy as the rest have been. And a little disclaimer here: I think that this is a touchy subject and to any of my readers I do not mean to offend anyone these are just my beliefs.
     In a couple of months I feel like there have been a lot of my friends and acquaintances who have "come out." There were two people specifically who I know and for some reason it was really saddening to see it happen. I am not totally sure why though, because I was never that close to either of them, however I knew one for years and the other was one of the nicest and most talented person I know.
     This week in two of my classes; Family Relations and my Family foundations class we have been talking about Gays/ Lesbians and how that correlates to our religion and how if affects our families and society. In different studies it has shown that children who are raised by gay/lesbian parents do not do as well as children who are raised by a mother and father....
     Ok so I have been looking for the statics that we read in class for about an hour now and I can't find them so I will have to get those asap.
     One thing I do remember was in class there was one thing that really stood out to me this week. I believe it was on Friday we discussed models and if/how they mattered. At first I didn't really think they mattered all that much, but as we got discussing things it hit me that it completely matters! There are two models in particular that make a huge difference in the way you think about things. The first is "born this way" it is the the belief that there is no chance for change. The person who was born gay or lesbian has no chance of changing their feelings and they are stuck that way forever. On the other hand there is the theory that the "exotic becomes erotic." I am not really sure how to explain the meaning of that, but in it there is a hope for change. That a person can overcome those feelings. After hearing that I realized that it does matter which view you take. In the fact that it gives a different perspective. One can give hope while the other is a pessimistic view.
I know that God would not give someone a problem that they can overcome. So why would this be any different?