In honor of National Coming Out Day, here’s a beautiful essay by Peggy Campolo that meant a lot to me when I first read it: In God’s House There Are Many Closets.
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Evangelical leader Tony Campolo addressed an audience in Oakville, Ontario, on Saturday, telling them that the “absent father” theory of homosexuality was “the dumbest thing I ever heard.” Citing statistics on single-parent families, he added that, if the theory were…
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Arthur Goldberg, the ex-gay leader exposed earlier this year as a convicted Wall Street felon, will speak at a conference in Northern Ireland in November. Arthur Abba Goldberg was jailed in 1989 after being convicted of fraud. He later founded…
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XGW Digest: October 9, 2010
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-Secretary of Education Arne Duncan calls for an end to bullying. -Andrew Sullivan ponders the possibility of a major homophobic backlash. -Johannesburg Pride draws attention to the plight of LGBT individuals in Africa. -The National Organization for Marriage launches a…
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New Direction, the Ontario-based Christian ministry known to Ex-Gay Watch readers for its 2009 break with Exodus International, will host Relevant Engagement this weekend, with guest speaker Tony Campolo, the evangelical speaker and University of Pennsylvania sociologist. The event will be…
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Exodus International Shuts Down ‘Day of Truth’
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Alan Chambers, president of Exodus International, has announced that they will no longer sponsor the annual Day of Truth (DOT) event which has been used for the past few years to counter the Day of Silence. The DOS was first…
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Several anti-gay and ex-gay Christian and political groups want to prevent schools from addressing homophobic bullying by name. Day of Truth, sponsored by Exodus International, exists in deliberate opposition to Day of Silence, a day established to address the problem…
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XGW Digest: September 25, 2010
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-Russian LGBT activist Nikolai Alekseev resurfaces, shares what really happened following his abduction by Russian authorities. -Houston mayor Annise Parker receives favorable ratings from her constituents. -Lady Gaga hosts a rally in Maine urging the state’s senators to vote to…
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An anti-gay pastor with a congregation of over 25,000 has been accused of sexually abusing three male teenagers. According to the allegations, Bishop Eddie Long, a fierce critic of same-sex marriage, coerced three young men, aged between 17 and 19…