In December 2006, Ex-Gay Watch asked some questions about the lack of protections for youth in ex-gay programs. Alan Chambers, the President of Exodus International, responded in the comments section. He claimed that pro-gay groups do have problems but that…
1 Min Read
33
In 2004, Dr. Warren Throckmorton produced I Do Exist, a video that profiled five individuals who identified themselves as ex-gay. One of these, Noe Gutierrez, was given particular attention because he had previously been included in a supportive video about…
F
For What Purpose Exodus
1 Min Read
17
1 Min Read
17
Focus on the Family gave a loving interview with Alan Chambers relating to his book God’s Grace and the Homosexual Next Door. We’ve discussed the book before here, and I don’t wish to linger there. But in the question and…
H
Happy New Year
1 Min Read
4
1 Min Read
4
Here’s wishing each of you a joyous and safe celebration and a happy, healthy, and prosperous New Year
N
Not Under My Roof, You Aren’t
1 Min Read
4
1 Min Read
4
Exodus and other ex-gay groups tell parents that they should love their gay children. And their resources are abundant with advice that if you reject your child, you’ll lose your child. And if you never have your children around, you…
L
Love In Action / Refuge’s Predecessors
2 Min Read
6
2 Min Read
6
Reason Magazine, a periodical with a strongly libertarian bent, has an article by Maia Szalavitz that discusses the forebears of ex-gay live-in program Love In Action/Refuge. The focus of the article is on teenage drug rehabilitation programs but some of…
A
Aftermath From Colorado
2 Min Read
6
2 Min Read
6
Last week the Los Angeles Times presented an article that looked at conservative evangelical churches to see the result that the recent scandals in Colorado have had. No one has proposed rethinking the theology that homosexuality is a sin. Instead,…
G
Good-Bye, Mr. President
1 Min Read
5
1 Min Read
5
In this age of Culture War and extreme partisanship it seems rare to find a politician whose positions are determined by principle rather than party affiliation. The passing of Gerald Ford, 38th President of the United States is a gentle…
O
One Punk Update
2 Min Read
14
2 Min Read
14
In the second episode of Jay Bakker’s serial documentary One Punk Under God, Jay dealt with his growing conviction that gay and lesbian Christians are worthy children of God. Perhaps what made this episode so startling to me is that…
E
Ex-Gay Ministries And the Episcopal Split
2 Min Read
15
2 Min Read
15
I tend to think of ex-gay ministries as appealing primarily to fundamentalist evangelicals. But there are some “mainline” churches that also are conservative and that readily buy into the anti-gay activism that Exodus and NARTH offer. Two such churches are…