-London mayor Boris Johnson comes out in support of marriage equality. -Hawaii Gov. Linda Lingle vetoes the state’s civil unions bill. -Britain’s Supreme Court rules that gay immigrants who fear violent retribution in their home countries have a right to…
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XGW Digest: July 3, 2010
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-The Montana Republican Party joins its Texas counterpart in calling for the reinstatement of sodomy laws. -The National Organization for Marriage aligns itself with anti-gay activist Louis Marinelli. -The US Supreme Court refuses to grant legal immunity to the Vatican…
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Former Exodus Leader Alan Medinger Has Died
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Exodus president Alan Chambers has just notified members that Alan Medinger has passed away. Medinger was once himself executive director of Exodus International, and president of ex-gay ministry Regeneration. Medinger was an established figure in ex-gay circles. He authored the…
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XGW Digest: June 26, 2010
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-The Texas Republican Party calls for the criminalization of same-sex marriage and the reinstatement of sodomy laws. -Massachusetts Republican gubernatorial candidate Charlie Baker marches in Boston’s gay pride parade. -The Obama Administration announces plans to extend family and medical leave…
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An ex-staffer from Australia’s most famous megachurch is being ordained in the Metropolitan Community Church, the broadly evangelical denomination that caters specifically to the LGBT community. Penny Davis, who underwent ex-gay therapy during her stint at Hillsong Church, Sydney, will…
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American evangelical leader Lou Engle has confirmed his support for the leaders who drafted Uganda’s Anti-Homosexuality Bill 2009. Engle, whose TheCall conference in Uganda promoted the bill that would spell execution for gays and their supporters, told Sarah Posner of…
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XGW Digest: June 19, 2010
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-Two US Marines are arrested in Savannah, GA for beating up a gay man. -California’s Fair Political Practices Commission fines the Mormon church for failing to report all of its non-monetary contributions to the Prop 8 campaign. -The mayor of…
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By Justin Lee For years, former leaders and “success stories” of the ex-gay movement have been coming out and saying that ex-gay ministries don’t really work as advertised. But if that’s so, why are these ministries still as popular as…
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Ugandan MP David Bahati was “ecstatic” that American evangelical leader Lou Engle supported his Anti-Homosexuality Bill 2009, according to journalist Jeff Sharlet. The bill, which would effectively make homosexuality – and “aiding” homosexuality – a capital offense, was promoted heavily…
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Abortion, suicide, homosexuality, addiction, child slavery…Christ is the only hope for this depravity. Looking over the Exodus Freedom Conference website (archive), this quote really jumps out. It’s from a band called Take No Glory (the members call themselves musicianaries). Exodus…