Exodus leaders Alan Chambers and Randy Thomas testified in Massachusetts last year, encouraging lawmakers to outlaw gay marriage, civil unions and domestic partnerships. According to the Boston Phoenix, their efforts inspired a Massachusetts ex-gay, Larry Houston, to make weekly visits…
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Gays And Ex-Gays: Broken Friendships
Exodus executive director Alan Chambers was a guest on gay activist Michelangelo Signorile’s satellite radio show Jan. 27. He posted his reaction to his guest appearance on his blog, which is open for reader comments. Several gay-tolerant individuals responded. And…
Exodus Director Mystified By Gay Teen Couples
On his personal blog, Exodus executive director Alan Chambers shares his letter to the Boston Globe, responding to a Jan. 20 article (archive fee required) about monogamous gay teen-age couples’ aspirations for getting married someday. Chambers accuses the Boston Globe…
On his personal blog yesterday, Exodus executive director Alan Chambers reprinted, without criticism, a press release by the Liberty Counsel, an organization that files lawsuits around the nation in favor of antigay discrimination and sodomy laws with harsh sentencing. (Previous…
Janet Jackson: Ex-Gay Spokesman’s Oversight
Was he so distracted by a woman’s breast that he overlooked the obvious? On his personal blog, Exodus spokesman Randy Thomas says: Tammy [Bruce] is so good. She goes on about the show but also highlights Gov. Dean’s response…and *why*…
In a movie review of “Latter Days” for the New York Times last Friday, Dave Kehr praises the film for charting one man’s journey — with the help of a Mormon — from youthful promiscuity to “more responsible, more mature,…
CSIndy Publishes Feature on Denver Ex-Gay Group
John Dicker of the Colorado Springs Independent has penned a level-headed and sensitively written feature story about Where Grace Abounds, an unusual ex-gay ministry located in Denver.
The antigay parents organization PFOX issued a press release Jan. 30 praising Exodus chairman and Focus on the Family exgay activist Mike Haley. Haley had testified before a congressional panel addressing taxpayer funding of faith-based organizations. But just two paragraphs…
Exodus Director: Prosecute Michael Johnston?
On his blog “Just Think!” on Jan. 7, Exodus executive director Alan Chambers says those who knowingly transmit HIV should be prosecuted, regardless of sexual orientation. But that was not Chambers’ public position in regard to Michael Johnston when the…
Why Ex-Gays Must Oppose Gay Couples?
In the Jan. 23 issue of Spotlights, Exodus executive director Alan Chambers attempts to explain why Exodus lobbies ex-gays and Christians to discriminate — and to promote government-mandated discrimination — against gay couples: Had same-sex marriage been legal in 1990…