It is often reported that two cofounders of Exodus, Michael Bussee and Gary Cooper, became lovers and left the organization. Bussee and Cooper appear together in the documentary One Nation Under God. In his Amazon.com review of the ex-ex-gay video,…
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Profile: Exodus International
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Board of Directors Mike Haley Tom ColeLiving Hope Ministries in Arlington, Texas Rev. John J. Smid, TreasurerExecutive director, Love In Action, Memphis, Tenn. Divorced and remarried. Licensed Southern Baptist minister. Patti Keator, Secretary Alan Chambers, Exodus President Roy BlankenshipOne Way…
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Profile: Parents And Friends of Ex-Gays (PFOX)
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Family Research Council, a religious-right organization launched and still guided behind the scenes by James Dobson, founded PFOX in 1996. Press release, 1996Profile at ReligiousTolerance.org FRC founded PFOX under the auspices of exgay activist Anthony Falzarano, who was well-known among…
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Mike Haley of Focus on the Family occupies the chairmanship of the Exodus board of directors. His predecessor as Exodus chairman, John Paulk, was also Haley’s predecessor as head of Focus’ antigay political programs. Exodus’ new spokesperson, Julie Neils, was…
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Asia Newspaper Promotes Exgay Movement
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The Star, a major newspaper in Malaysia, published a package of stories about exgays on Jan. 12: Helping homosexual persons resolve long-standing issues Circumstances may lead to homosexuality Homosexuality more about politics than biology Changing sexual orientation through reparative therapy…
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The exgay movement’s small publicity coup in an Asian newspaper appears to be part of a growing effort by the religious right to "prevent" homosexuality and gay rights — not by strengthening the movement’s weak and sometimes scandal-plagued treatment programs,…
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Is it "hackneyed, inappropriate, and immature" to call Jerry Falwell and Pat Robertson "frauds" — particularly when they regularly lie about the positions and activities of the ACLU in defense of religious freedom? Ed Brayton at Dispatches from the Culture…
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Christian Nation? Jon Rowe Weighs the Arguments
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Is the United States a Christian nation? Libertarian lawyer and college professor Jon Rowe thoughtfully and concisely weighs the arguments (and actions) of the culture warriors. While acknowledging that the ACLU is frequently the target of religious-right "slander" — the…
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One of Alan Chambers‘ favorite pundits is Ann Coulter. She’s at the top of the Exodus president’s blogroll, and his own tone of writing often seems borrowed from hers. The Village Gate notes that Coulter trashed Christmas — and Muslims…
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Revised for clarity While surfing the ‘Net this afternoon, I stumbled by accident into my firewall’s content filtering application, which disagreed with a site that I visited. I use ZoneAlarm’s security software suite mainly for its firewall, but it also…