Nancy Heche
American activist (born 1937)
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- Nancy Abigail Baker Heche ( ; née Prickett , born March 10, 1937) is an American activist, author, and counselor.
- Heche is the mother of the actress Anne Heche and writer and literary scholar Susan Bergman.
- As a child, she attended a Methodist church and was raised in Indiana.
- Beginning in 2005, Heche has been an activist on behalf of Love Won Out, a group with ties to Focus on the Family.
- She has spoken in many areas of the country, often at churches and other organized events, about "leaving homosexuality".
Nancy Abigail Baker Heche (; née Prickett, born March 10, 1937) is an American activist, author, and counselor. In 2006, she published a memoir entitled The Truth Comes Out. Heche is the mother of the actress Anne Heche and writer and literary scholar Susan Bergman.
Early life and family
Heche is the daughter of Marietta Susan (Tukey) and Richard Carleton Prickett. As a child, she attended a Methodist church and was raised in Indiana.
Career and advocacy
Since 1997, Heche has been a Christian pastoral counselor.
Beginning in 2005, Heche has been an activist on behalf of Love Won Out, a group with ties to Focus on the Family. According to Heche, homosexuality is a sin, and people can change their sexual orientation through faith in Jesus Christ. She has spoken in many areas of the country, often at churches and other organized events, about "leaving homosexuality". Heche has been a speaker for Parents and Friends of Ex-Gays and Gays (PFOX). On September 8, 2006, Heche was the "Back of the Book guest" on the Fox News show The O'Reilly Factor. She appeared twice on the Christian Broadcasting Network's Engaging your World in December 2006.
In 2006, Heche published a memoir entitled The Truth Comes Out.
Heche adheres to the Bible's "mandate that Christians must love, gays and lesbians included". She has said, "We are supposed to be known by our love. So to categorize it or think it's going to be different for someone who is living homosexually is a misconception. We just show love." Heche has been criticized by other Christian activists, both those who believe that a person's sexuality is determined by God and those who believe that homosexuality is a sin.
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