Like Jody at Naked Writing, I’ve discovered I’m a shmomosexual. Someone please inform Randy Thomas before he refers to us unpaid shmomos as the “gay elite” again. Addendum: Baptist Press News and the Traditional Values Coalition have reprinted Mr. Thomas’…
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Exodus Spokesman Flip-Flops on Sodomy Laws
In an interview with Christianity Today, Exodus spokesman and ministry manager Randy Thomas warns that the Supreme Court ruling against sodomy laws will shape public policy. “This ruling gives validity to the gay community,” Thomas said. In addition to potentially…
Exodus Chairman’s Day Job: Doomsday Warnings
Exodus board chairman Mike Haley’s day job is the management of antigay activism at Focus on the Family. In Focus’ CitizenLink newsletter, Haley’s operation warns that gay equal rights will mean the end of civilization. The article consists of resentful…
Exodus on ‘How to Be Gay’
Exodus spokesman Randy Thomas earns a one-thumb-up approval rating for accurately describing — albeit momentarily — the Michigan university class, “How to Be Gay.” Unfortunately, Mr. Thomas demonstrates some persistent ignorance about gay opinions regarding the origins of same-sex attraction….
A Human Rights Campaign study found that most Fortune 500 companies have policies opposing discrimination against same-sex-attracted workers. And a rising number of top companies reportedly offer some limited benefits to the families of gay workers or advertise to gay…
Ex-Gays Might Enjoy “Queer Eye”
In the Aug. 26 Exodus media spotlights report, Randy Thomas frets that the Fab Five on the hit TV show Queer Eye for the Straight Guy are making straight guys into their own gay images. He sounds concerned that the…
Mike Haley, chairman of the board of Exodus International and a spokesman for Focus on the Family, fumed at CBS Aug. 21 for “The Amazing Race,” a show that had the gall to include among its contestants a gay couple…
In an Aug. 12 news statement, the Exodus national office cites Matthew 18 as a guideline for Episcopalians responding to the naming of a monogamous gay bishop. The Exodus national office neglects to consider that, in the view of many…
Exodus: Failures Not So “Minute”
Alan Chambers spoke to Orlando Weekly reporter Jeffrey Billman: By Chambers’ estimate, only 30 percent of those who seek to switch orientations succeed. Fifty percent abandon the program. The other 20 percent, he says, go back and forth. “I would…
Gays Vs Ex-Gays: Slander?
Exodus spokesman Randy Thomas protests XGW’s reflections on the Michael Johnston tragedy here. My response: Thomas neglects to mention that, after he blogged about his personal reservations over the criminalization of sodomy, he reversed himself: Sodomy Law Challenge set before…