A group of Christian pastors said they plan to host a prayer vigil outside the Civic Center Music Hall as a peaceful protest against a theatrical production with homosexual themes.

Wednesday, the Rev. Steve Kern, senior pastor of Olivet Baptist Church, said he has obtained a permit to host the prayer gathering on Dec. 6, the second night of the play called “The Most Fabulous Story Ever Told.”

The play, a production of the Oklahoma City Theatre Company, is set to open Dec. 5 in CitySpace, a theater in the Civic Center's basement. In the play, Adam and Steve meet in the Garden of Eden. The couple leave the Garden only to encounter lesbians Jane and Mabel, who insist they were Earth's original inhabitants.

Kern said he and several other local pastors obtained a copy of the play and they feel that it is an affront to the Bible because of its gay and lesbian characters and its inclusion of simulated oral and anal sex and bestiality.