Kyra Phillips host of CNN Newsroom, today interviewed moderate evangelical author Tony Campolo on the Rev. Ted Haggard’s upcoming “restoration.” Here’s a transcript: CAMPOLO: [Haggard has] said all the right things up to this point. The real question is, when…
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From the Colorado Springs Gazette: “It is with great regret — and after much prayer and discussion with friends and family — that I have had to reconsider my involvement in the panel overseeing Ted’s restoration,” Dobson said in a…
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Post-Election Recommendation
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During the past few election cycles there has been much discussion about the lives of gay individuals and couples. And sadly some of this has come from those who are voices in the ex-gay movement. In efforts to advance partisan…
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New Exodus Youth “Outreach Guide”
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Exodus has a new youth outreach guide and lord knows I’ll never receive a copy if I request it so I’d encourage all XGW readers to go here and request one themselves.
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The Colorado Springs Gazette reprinted the full text of Rev. Ted Haggard’s letter of apology to the church that dismissed him on allegations of improper behavior with a male escort. Here is the full text. Pay close attention to the…
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Conference Divided Family…
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The headline reads Conference on Gays Divides Family. Did the Love Won Out conference divide this highlighted family? Not really. What divides Brenda and Brandon Meredith — a mother and son — has little directly to do with a conference…
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Love Won Out – Atlanta Protest Photos
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Setting up for the press conference the day before Love Won Out. I don’t have any pics during the event since all the speakers were seated next to the mic stand. But NBC ran a snippet of my testimony so…
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Commenting Restored After DoS Attack
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As many have noticed, we had to turn off the ability to comment on posts for the past few days. This was necessary to reduce our exposure during a Denial of Service attack. We have others investigating the source of…
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Today’s Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports (free subscription required): About 1,000 people, from 22 states, paid $60 a piece to attend the “Love Won Out” convention that lasted all day and featured eight speakers. About 50 activists gathered on the sidewalk. How…
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WXIA-TV, Atlanta, televised a report tonight (Windows Media video) about former ex-gays, clergy, doctors, and parents who are protesting against Focus on the Family’s “Love Won Out” ex-gay roadshow: Excerpts from the report: “I spent countless evenings on my knees…