Exodus International has launched an ad campaign starting with a full page in the Cincinnati Enquirer. Headlined, “I Questioned Homosexuality,” its theme is also reflected in a new entry page to the Exodus website titled “Question Homosexuality… Change is possible….
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Stephen Bennett Updates
Two months ago we took a look at Stephen Bennett Ministry’s (SBM’s) fundraising efforts for an evangelism trip to Provincetown MA. At that point, the $50K fundraising target looked like it could support a ten-fold increase in participants (from 50…
Exodus, the Orlando-based network of ex-gay activists, joins the American Family Association, Focus on the Family, and other anti-tolerance organizations in inventing a remarkably blatant lie about Congress: Congress is poised to make homosexual marriage the law of the land….
Some Things Never Change
This month, my job changed, my salary rose, my office moved… but ex-gay activists remain as committed to conflict, resentment, and tired old refrains as ever. I must admit: Covering their pessimism, their isolationism, their lack of faith in themselves…
Founded as a day for Americans of all faiths, the National Day of Prayer is now closely tied to Focus on the Family. It is headquartered in Focus offices, James Dobson’s wife is the chairman, Focus is compensated for “services…
New York Times columnist Frank Rich comments today on the GOP convention organizers’ floundering effort to administer “gay-aversion therapy” to the city of New York.
Briefly: Remembering Patrick Cusick
Patrick Cusick, 72, a longtime gay rights activist and an active participant in the 1960s black civil rights movement, died May 10. The June 4 Washington Blade article retraces Cusick’s life from pro-slavery family to pickets and sit-ins for civil…
Warren Throckmorton, a professor at a Bible college in Pennsylvania, is frequently cited as a scholar by PFOX and other ex-gay political activists. In an essay reprinted June 2 at the antigay michnews.com web site, Throckmorton criticizes the professional National…
Scattered Words: Ex-Gay Blogger
Twenty-two-year-old D.C.-area blogger Ben at Scattered Words exemplifies the agreeable ex-gay Christian: Someone who pursues an ex-gay sexual and spiritual path primarily because it’s right for him, and not because of any obvious desire to promote discrimination or impose one’s…
Ex-Gay Anne Paulk: Who Owns Traditional Values?
In a June 1 op-ed column in The Oregonian (Portland), Exodus board member, author and Focus on the Family associate Anne Paulk reacts to an earlier LA Times column by Max Boot. (Free subscriptions required.) Paulk does not directly address…