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Just two days after the American branch of World Vision announced that they would be okay with hiring christian Gay and Lesbian married couples, they reversed their decision due to pressure from conservative evangelicals.

World Vision president, Richard Stearns issued an apology to conservative donors after getting blasted with threatening phone calls and emails. In a letter, he begged them to stay their financial support and to “forgive our poor judgment in the original decision.”

Stearns said that many had canceled donations to the group’s child-sponsorship program in protest.

Federal law protects the employment rights of religious-based employers by allowing them to hire and fire based on their own religious values. U.S. employees of World Vision must sign a statement of faith, swearing that they believe in the deity of Jesus Christ.

15% of World Vision’s 40,000 employees in 100 countries worldwide are not christian, but all of it’s U.S. employees are required to be. There are approximately 1,200 employees in the U.S.

“We have created a division we didn’t want to create and in the end the board concluded we must stand by our belief and view of traditional marriage,” Stearns said on Wednesday.