Exodus President Alan Chambers will speak at the late Jerry Falwell’s Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia. The theme of the February 12th conference is “Consequences of Same-Gender Attraction.” The description sounds familiar, with tired jargon and old assumptions: Those struggling…
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Ex-Gays Live in Self-Imposed Nanny State
Political Conservatives will decry “Nanny State” policies – policies involving government regulation – as infringing on personal liberty and inhibiting growth. Since virtually all ex-gays align themselves with conservative Christian politics (in America, this aligns with the Republican Party), one…
Young Man ‘Delivered’ from Same-Sex Attraction
As a former charismatic, the type of religious experience shown in this video is very familiar to me. In this kind of heady, charged atmosphere, it is very easy to suppress one’s “sin” issues and live on a “victorious” spiritual…
XGW Digest: February 6, 2010
-The Hawaii House of Representatives indefinitely postpones a vote on civil unions. -Another judge rules against Florida’s anti-gay adoption ban. -A group of Michigan pastors file a lawsuit against the federal Hate Crimes Prevention Act. -General Colin Powell speaks out…
US Anti-Gays Show Their True Colors
Peter Sprigg, the family values activist, has said that homosexuality should be criminalized. From The Advocate: Sprigg, a senior fellow for policy studies at the antigay [Family Research Council (FRC)], appeared on the program [Chris Matthews’ Hardball] to debate the…
[Update: The group has now been restored, though no explanation has been given why it was pulled.] [Second update: Mike of Progress Now says, “I ran it up the flagpole with our contact at Facebook. The group is back up…
An excellent piece by Patrick Strudwick in today’s Independent (London) details the author’s strange and disturbing experiences in ex-gay therapy in the UK. It’s a refreshing article in that it focuses exclusively on reparative therapy, and tends not to dilute…
XGW Digest: January 30, 2010
-David Link looks at the Prop 8 trial from a more personal angle. -Moscow Mayor Yury Luzhkov reiterates his belief that gay pride events are “satanic.” -Rob Tisinai debunks the myth that gays are more likely to molest children. -State…
The co-author of a major ex-gay study is a key figure in the controversy over the direction of Wheaton College, Illinois. In the article Whither Wheaton?, appearing in the SOMA Review, Andrew Chignell names Dr Stanton L Jones, Provost of…
In March of 2008, Exodus International announced it was leaving the realm of public policy to focus on what they claim is the heart of their organization, ministering to troubled same-sex attracted people. XGW applauded this move as one in…