. >> reporter: he sits with james penniman, a man that was openly gay.nks to the ministry, he is now strait with children. >> do you feel people can be born gay. >> it might be surprising. yes, i do. i believe people are born gay. we are born in sin. homosexuality is a sin. you can be born in sin. >> reporter: foster has a personal reason for his belief, he was gay himself. >> i was 11 years old. we were running around, playing chase, i whaschased a male friend of mine. i caught and held him. a feeling came over me that i didn't want to let it go. it was the genesis of my recognise that i had feelings towards other males. >> reporter: describe to me the point where you realised that within the church and the teachagesings -- teachings, that this was looked at as a sin. and how did it make you feel? >> i felt awful. i was in a youth class with my peers. my teach ever was teaching from romans one. after that teaching she said people who are like this will go to hell. >> at 18, foster left the church, saying it was one of the most painful decisions of his l