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…
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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…
PFOX Can Blame Itself for NEA Silence By Wayne Besen The audacity was breathtaking. The same week ex-gay poster boy Michael Johnston was revealed as a fraud, Parents and Friends of Ex-Gays filed a frivolous complaint with the District of…
Coming Up At Ex-Gay Watch
I’ve been busy elsewhere the past several days, but there’s plenty of material to be posted tonight: News from Exodus and Wayne Besen, draft principles of accountability for the ex-gay movement, and a bit more. During XGW’s down periods (normally…
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…
We are unlikely to see ex-gay activists call for that. Because, despite the desire of Exodus leaders and the religious right to see the nation’s homosexuals made prosecutable on sodomy charges, it appears they do not wish for their own…
At a news conference in late July, reported by religionjournal.com, Exodus executive director Alan Chambers publicly acknowledged that the national office has shifted away from its already feeble efforts to minister to gays. Instead, Chambers says Exodus intends to work…
Exodus Confuses Discussion of Ex-Gay “Change”
A Baptist Press interview with Exodus executive director Alan Chambers: misrepresents popular debate about the origins of homosexuality attempts to distract public attention from the potential criminal offenses of ex-gay leader Michael Johnston; and obfuscates discussion over whether homosexuals can…
Exodus: Sadly, Not So Compassionate After All
Last Wednesday, Exodus executive director Alan Chambers issued a responsible and compassionate response to news about ex-gay ministry leader Michael Johnston’s efforts, deliberate or incidental, to infect gay men with HIV. Sadly, by 8:30 a.m. Thursday morning, Exodus spokesman Randy…