Blogger Willie Hewes of Free Z. has been dialoguing a bit with Love In Action executive director John Smid. Here is Hewes’s letter and Smid’s reply. Smid’s reply is worth a quick read — it is spoken with the tone…
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In the same Washington Blade article as the post below, Warren Throckmorton weights in on the risk of unlicensed programs such as Love In Action which combine ministry and “treatment.” (Tenn. opens new probe of ‘ex-gay’ facility, Washington Blade, by…
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New Investigation of Love In Action Launched
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Last week the Tennessee Dept. of Child Services conducted an investigation of allegations of child abuse at Love In Action. Now the Tennessee Department of Health has launched it’s own investigation. Excerpted from Tenn. opens new probe of ‘ex-gay’ facility,…
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State Investigation Of Love In Action Ends
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Alert reader Regan brought this story to my attention. The Tennessee Department of Children’s Services has concluded it’s investigation and announced allegations of child abuse at Love In Action are unfounded. The story at SoVo contains little new information except…
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The state of Tennessee has begun an investigation in response to allegations of child abuse at Love in Action, a Memphis facility that advertises homosexual conversion therapy for adolescents, according to the state department of health [sic]. K. Daniele Edwards,…
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Where’s A ‘Live-In Ministry’ Near You?
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Exodus calls them “live-in ministries” and helps market them. Critics call them “ex-gay camps” or compulsory “brainwashing” facilities. Whatever one calls them — we’d like to know where more of them are. Exodus boasts of four — in Georgia, Kansas,…
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Love In Action had their press conference today and as of my lunch break here in LA only a few statements had been posted online here. John J. Smid’s statement boils down to, [paraphrased] “Parents who agree with us on…
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Love In Action To Hold Press Conference
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[Update: Press conference has been held, to view analysis click here.] Love In Action has finally announced a press conference for Thursday morning. It will be good to hear their side of the story since this whole situation really started…
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Tell The Gay Media To Get Off Their Duff
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Ok folks, I’m sick of the national gay media NOT covering the current Love In Action fiasco. How about we take some of that energy normally used to post comments relentlessly and redirect it to tell the gay media to…
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Comparing ‘Love In Action’ to A Cult
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Blogger Mike Ditto itemizes ways in which the Love In Action rules for participants resemble the rulebook of a cult.