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Joel Osteen Says Being Straight Is ‘Not A Choice’
posted on September 24, 2012On CNN’s Starting Point with Soledad O’Brien, televangelist leader Joel Osteen, who opposes gay marriage, maintained that being gay is a sin. Yet he also acknowledged that human sexuality is not a choice. “I know I have not chosen to be straight, I just feel like that’s who I am,” said Osteen.