Mike Johnson Collaborated With Ex-Gay Torture Group

CNN reports:

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson closely collaborated with a group in the mid-to-late 2000s that promoted “conversion therapy,” a discredited practice that asserted it could change the sexual orientation of gay and lesbian individuals. Prior to launching his political career, Johnson, a lawyer, gave legal advice to an organization called Exodus International and partnered with the group to put on an annual anti-gay event aimed at teens.

Founded in 1976, Exodus International was a leader in the so-called “ex-gay” movement, which aimed to make gay individuals straight through conversion therapy programs using religious and counseling methods. The group shut down in 2013, with its founder posting a public apology for the “pain and hurt” his organization caused. Johnson’s office did not respond to a CNN request for comment asking about his work with Exodus.

Read the full article. There’s much more. No paywall.

As I previously reported, Johnson and Alliance Defending Freedom helped create the so-called Day Of Truth as an on-campus Christian counter protest to GLSEN’s annual anti-bullying Day Of Silence.

Per CNN’s new reporting, Mike Johnson collaborated with Exodus for years on the Day Of Truth.

When Exodus finally collapsed in 2013, founder Alan Chambers issued a lengthy apology and admitted on CNN that ex-gay torture had never turned any of his thousands of victims heterosexual. Not a single one. Video below.

NEW: In the 2000s, Mike Johnson worked collaborated closely with a conversion therapy group on an event aimed at high school teens telling them homosexuality was behavior they could change – and pointing them to “ex-gay” conversion therapy ministries.https://t.co/ki5bX6LfGq

— Andy Kaczynski (@KFILE) November 1, 2023