Apple has confirmed that it pulled an iPhone app by the ex-gay organization Exodus International. Speaking to New York’s Daily News, Apple spokesman Tom Neumayr said, “We removed the Exodus International app from the Apple Store because it violates our…
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A recent tweet from Alan Chambers: Yeah, somehow I doubt we will submit an ex-gay app. But if we do, please ask that it be removed. We still haven’t’ heard from Apple, so to be safe please keep up the…
Perhaps a bit off topic for XGW, but the religious views expressed should be familiar to many readers. When I read Jackson’s comments they angered me. When I watched this video clip, I think I felt sad for her more…
A former youth pastor from Iowa has been charged with 60 sexual offences against teenage boys, some as young as 14. Brent Girouex, 31, of Council Bluffs, told police he had sex with the young men to cure their homosexuality,…
The National Association for Research and Therapy of Homosexuality (NARTH) is once again attacking the veracity of noted geneticist Dr. Francis S. Collins. For a review of the history of this issue, please see the summary and links in our…
XGW Digest: March 19, 2011
-A group of teenagers in New York City stomp another teen to death while shouting anti-gay slurs. -A new poll finds shrinking support for the Defense of Marriage Act. -The Crystal Cathedral asks members of its choir to sign an…
In an opinion piece for Christianity Today, Timothy Shah absolves American evangelicals from any responsibility for homophobia in Uganda and says the Anti-Homosexuality Bill is “a single legislative stunt by a single low-level politician.” Shah responds to the claim that a…
Exodus president Alan Chambers was in the UK last week, presumably to make up some speaking engagements that he had to cancel last year do to the Icelandic volcano eruption. While there, he was interviewed by William Crawley on BBC…
XGW Digest: March 12, 2011
-Rhode Island Congressman Jim Langevin has a change of heart about marriage equality. -The Colorado Democratic Party elects an openly gay chairman. -A Maryland legislator comes out of the closet. -Lisa Ling takes a look at the ex-gay movement. -A…
Ex-Gay Organization Now on Your iPhone
Exodus International, the organization that claims to bring “healing to homosexuals,” has released a free iPhone application. Users can receive blog posts and podcasts to their smartphone, as well as updates about Exodus International events. According to the iPhone app…