Focus on the Family — heavily staffed by exgays — participated in this weekend’s episode of Extreme Makeover on ABC. With ample profanity (and a bit of humorous insight), Good As You commented beforehand. But I’m a dry sort —…
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Once in a while, Exodus official Randy Thomas says something sensible. On Sept. 12, Thomas had the opportunity to do that — but then spoiled the occasion. On Sept. 12, Thomas called it “astounding” that “organizers” would still hold Southern…
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Exodus Exec Cuts Off British Interview
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Exodus International official Randy Thomas explained Sept. 17 on his blog that he had discontinued an interview with British journalists when they asked unspecified questions that Thomas didn’t want to answer.
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Exgay Executive Hits the Road
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Exodus “membership director” Randy Thomas announced his travel plans last week: Wichita — Freedom at Last meeting with “regional leaders” [Sept. 30] and two workshops and a testimony Saturday at the Exodus Mid-Central Regional Conference Ontario, Calif. Washington, D.C. Chicago…
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Received via e-mail tonight from the Queer Action Coalition, Memphis, Tenn.: AS OUTLINED HERE: LOVE IN ACTION LAW SUIT DETAILS FILLED WITH LIES ABOUT QAC In the 29-page [PDF] document outlining Love In Action’s lawsuit against the State of Tennessee,…
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The Alliance Defense Fund and “Love In Action,” an exgay live-in facility in Memphis, are suing the state of Tennessee. Until recently, LIA claimed to offer therapeutic services. When the state challenged LIA’s failure to obtain a license and hire…
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Focus on the Family performed a disservice to its readership today when it raised the strawman argument that unnamed gay activists claim 10 percent of the population is gay — only to refute that long-abandoned claim with additional half-truths about…
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‘Love In Action’ Hangs On
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The Memphis, Tenn.-based Queer Action Coalition reported Sept. 22 that the exgay live-in “ministry” Love In Action had recruited unnamed antigay lawmakers to assist in its battle to stay open and, if possible, to use its religious affiliation to bypass…
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From the Associated Press via 365gay.com: The Tennessee Department of Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities has ordered the closing of what it calls two unlicensed personal care facilities run by a Christian group that claims to counsel gays to give…
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Calling Former ‘Love In Action’ Participants
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Peterson Toscano, Jeff Harwood and others are pulling together data on all participants who attended the Memphis-based live-in ex-gay program Love In Action from 1995 to present. The list includes first names of participants, how they left the program and…