Hundreds of Christian youth are expected in Amsterdam during the Gay Games for an evangelization campaign. 

A spokesman for the Youth With A Mission group told reporters the timing is just a coincidence. 

But televangelist Bert Dorenbosch said: "It is a perfect opportunity for us. I will participate in prayer groups that have the Gay Games on their agenda. I might also help spreading leaflets. Homosexuals do not live according to the Bible. Romans I and II are very clear about this. Relationships between men and men and women and women do not belong to the fruits of light. The Gay Games are contributing to darkness in Amsterdam." 

Amsterdam's Council of Churches is taking a different approach -- organizing an ecumenical service for Gay Games visitors in the world-famous Old Church. 

Two More British Members of Parliament Come Out 

Britain now has six openly gay members of Parliament. 

Ribble South Labour MP David Borrow, 45, came out in the June 8 issue of the Lancashire Evening Post, saying, "Everyone is entitled to a personal life and I do not see why knowing that I am gay should not be something they should know about.  

"I think it is appropriate at this point to be honest with the people of South Ribble."  

Ribble South is in Northwest England near Blackpool. 

Then, on June 10, Blackpool South Labour MP Gordon Marsden told his local newspaper: "I'm gay and I'm happy for my constituents to know about it. 

"Many people in Blackpool already know -- I believe my constituents have the right too. I have made no attempt to hide it or mislead people. This is merely the first time I have gone on record and spoken publicly about it. 

"I'm a politician first and a gay man second," Marsden said. "I am not a single-issue MP. Being gay is part and parcel of what I am, who I am." 

Britain's other openly gay MPs are Chris Smith, Stephen Twigg, Ben Bradshaw and Angela Eagle. Smith also serves as Secretary of State for Culture, the Media and Sport, a Cabinet-level position. Eagle is also Junior Secretary for the Environment. 

"People are just refusing to live their lives in the closet any more and thousands are coming out in all areas and claiming equality," said Angela Mason, director of the gay lobby group Stonewall. "Parliament is simply reflecting those changes."