On an Australian radio program ex-gay Richard Cohen may have said the stupidist thing to date about ex-gay ministries: RICHARD COHEN: I was exclusively homosexual. Now I am exclusively heterosexual. I’m not interested in guys. I feel my “guy-ness”. If…
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I knew something had to be done with the images from the recent exgay protest at the APA convention. The two groups who organized the protest (NARTH and Exodus) hold far more radical views than the protest presented. The first…
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Both NARTH and the Tradititional Values Coalition have published summaries/reactions to a story in The Advocate titled “Life in the T Zone – With the aid of testosterone, biological women are expanding the old ideas of male and female. But…
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We briefly discussed the accusations against Lou Beres, previous leader of the Oregon Christian Coalition and a long-time anti-gay activist, relating to inappropriate behavious with under-age girls. These allegations were confirmed here by his nephew, Rich Galat. It now appears…
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Ex-Gay Champions Homophobia
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It is true that sometimes the gay community will make misplaced accusations of homophobia. Sometimes those who may not support full equality for gay people are not acting out of malice but are simply uninformed or conflicted or perhaps have…
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According to the Associated Baptist Press, W. W. Finlator, longtime pastor of Pullen Memorial Baptist Church in Raleigh, died of pneumonia July 3. He was 93. In the 1950s, unlike virtually all of his white Southern Baptist counterparts, Finlator spoke…
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Exodus’ Changed Priorities
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In Straight to Jesus, Tanya Erzen notes that after Alan Chambers took the helm of Exodus International in 2001 the organization became much more political. Prior to 2001, the statement of intent was Exodus is an international Christian effort to…
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Just for a Chuckle
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Perhaps it was intentional, perhaps it was a matter of two countries separated by a common language, but I had to chuckle at this headline for an article out of the UK about a gay teen group in Prince Albert,…
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Upcoming NPR Program
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NPR’s Fresh Air with Terry Gross has an upcoming piece on the ex-gay movement. Those interviewed include Tanya Erzen, Alan Chambers, and an ex-ex-gay New Hope participant. We’ll provide an update when we find out the program schedule.
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Attraction And Marriage
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In reading Tanya Erzen’s Straight to Jesus (get this book) a number of things jumped out at me as being relevant to our discussions here. Erzen quotes from Alan Medinger’s book Growth into Manhood (a must-read at New Hope): Most…