Here are some excerpts from the October 2004 issue of the Exodus newsletter. Unfortunately, Exodus does not make its newsletter available online. Boldface print was bold in the original.
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In reporting on the scientific debate over sexual orientation — what causes it, can it be changed — Cleveland’s Plain Dealer newspaper interviews an Ohio exgay ministry leader, a pro-exgay counselor, gay author/activist Wayne Besen, and two researchers. The article’s…
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Here is a press release dated today from Wayne Besen. Author Calls on Ex-Gay Leader to Explain Involvement with Bizarre, Backwoods Demon Deliverance Cult Stephen Bennett’s Association With Demon Group Highlights The Weird Techniques Used By Extremist Ex-Gay Leaders, Says…
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‘How an Ex-gay Ministry Set Me Free’ to Be Gay
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Credibility suffers a bit whenever identity can’t be verified, but this person’s anonymous testimony at GayHealth.com is still worth reading, because it exemplifies a common ex-exgay observation: Ex-gay ministries often (inadvertently) help gay people accept themselves and live healthier lives.
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Beppe (Joe G.), a Quaker blogger, shares some of his journey through two exgay ministries. One of them, OutPost, was led at the time by Jeffry Ford, who is now ex-exgay.
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Aggrieved-antigay-relatives group PFOX complains that Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry has been strangely quiet on the issue of equal treatment for former homosexuals. Said [executive director Regina] Griggs, “What about ex-gay rights? Does Kerry support equal access to the public…
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Catholic Antigay Teaching And Heterosexism
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Gay-spirituality blogger Joe Perez discusses Catholic moral theology and homosexuality with chastity advocate, Courage member and author David Morrison. Joe’s reflections are remarkably civil. I agree with much of what Joe says. My only negative reaction, offhand, is that someone…
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Pro-feminist Christian blogger Hugo Schwyzer comments on a consistent ethic of desire that supports both abstinence and gay marriage.
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Irrational E-mail
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The recent e-mail message was short, and completely devoid of substantiation: Mr. Editor Person- Umm… yes… I know you will dismiss me as a conspirator from the “Religious Right” as you hippie liberals so love to call it, but I…
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Houston Weekly Profiles Ex-gays, Ex-exgays
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The news and entertainment weekly Houston Press profiles exgays in its Oct. 14 issue. Sometimes sarcastic, often serious, the article balances the journeys of several exgays and exexgays through religious struggle, sexual maturation and moderation, and conflicting therapeutic worldviews. The…