The former leader of Exodus International’s oldest ministry says you can’t repent of homosexuality — and he now publicly admits he is homosexual himself. John Smid, who resigned as Executive Director of Love in Action in 2008, has made his…
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Ex-Gay Study Nothing New, Same Flawed Data
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A 2007 study of sexual orientation change is back in the news following its publication in a scientific journal. But despite conservative Christians’ championing of the research as proof that gays can change, the article presents nothing new. Stanton L…
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NARTH Absent from Relaunched Exodus Bookstore
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Exodus International has relaunched its online bookstore at Exodusbooks.org, but some key titles are missing from the shelves. In particular, there appear to be no books by the notorious Dr Joseph Nicolosi, the father of ex-gay reparative therapy and former…
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Love In Action Suspends Residential Program
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Love In Action, the flagship ex-gay ministry of Exodus International, has shut down its residential program. A statement on its website says: Love In Action’s Residential program has been suspended indefinitely. Simply put, there is a significant need to bring…
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Randy Thomas believes change is possible, and to prove it, he changes his blog roughly once every six months. His latest blog is Confessions of an Ex-Gay Superstar, and here’s his personal video introduction to the new site: Amid dwindling…
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Review: This Is What Love in Action Looks Like
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The new documentary This Is What Love in Action Looks Like is the definitive account of one of the most shameful episodes in the 40-year history of the ex-gay movement. It’s the story of what happened to gay teenager Zach Stark…
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Last month, we reported that Willow Creek Community Church, the Chicago evangelical megachurch, had cut ties with ex-gay organization Exodus International. Today, Christianity Today reported the story with reaction from Exodus President Alan Chambers. Predictably, Chambers makes the break all…
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Exodus International’s Julie Neils, in 2010: As for those mysterious gay-to-straight “boot camps,” they don’t exist. Ex-gay survivor Kyle Luebke, in 2011: Realizing that [being gay] was not just a “phase” that I was going through, [my parents] decided that more…
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Open Thread: Exodus’ Alan Chambers on ABC News
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Unfortunately your browser does not support IFrames. Watch More News Videos at ABC Alan continues to find new ways to avoid saying anything of consequence — especially the truth. Can anyone decode the double-speak into answers he does not want…
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Sexual orientation can rarely, if ever, be made to change. Labels can change. Exodus International announces that “change is possible,” but they know that most people hear “sexual orientation change is possible,” while what they really mean is “changing labels…