In his latest article for Charisma magazine, Exodus President Alan Chambers speaks a lot of truth, but is blinkered to how it applies to his own organization. With amusing timing, Chambers remembers a school bully who picked on him for…
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We’re No Longer American, Says Exodus
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In a formal statement, Exodus has confirmed that after 23 years in the US, the organization will be going ex-American. Speaking from Exodus’s Florida base yesterday, President Alan Chambers said emphatically that “we are no longer in the US.” Let’s…
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A survey has found that 17 percent of therapists in the UK have offered a client therapy to “reduce” same-sex attractions. Four percent said they would try to “change” a patient’s sexuality if asked. The findings are from a study…
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This Is What Love in Action Looks Like
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A documentary about the controversial ex-gay program Love in Action will be released on DVD on June 6 2009. Love in Action revisits the furore of summer 2005, when then-16-year-old Zach Stark gained the attention of activists worldwide after his…
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“When I turn 30, I plan to be straight … I’m hoping it’s just going to be a phase, because I never chose to be gay. I never wanted to be gay.” So said 19-year old Shane on Wednesday’s Tyra…
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‘Doctor Who’ Actor Meets Ex-Gay Preacher
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Gay actor John Barrowman met with an ex-gay during the filming of a BBC documentary about the origins of homosexuality. The British-American entertainer, best-known to international audiences as Captain Jack Harkness in the the sci-fi serial Doctor Who (and its…
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Of course she will – and does – deny it is hate, but doesn’t everyone who hates? Those who oppose and discriminate against gays and lesbians may be quite sincere, and it never looks from the inside like they’re doing…
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In recent years the ex-gay movement has toned down its message of “change.” With occasional exceptions, gone are the days when one could hear Exodus spokespeople make direct and unambiguous claims that gay people who went through an ex-gay program…
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[Updated 06/07/08] Northern Ireland politician Iris Robinson, a Democratic Unionist Member of UK Parliament, has provoked criticism by recommending ex-gay therapy, claiming that she has met people who have “turned around and become heterosexual.” The Spokesman [sic] for Health, Youth…
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Opinion: No More Interviews For Mike Ensley
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I just finished listening to an interview between Wayne Besen of Truth Wins Out and Mike Ensley of Exodus International. They were on the Alan Colmes radio show, and Michael Bussee also called in briefly during the open phones. I…