Tag Archives: Exodus International

The Virgin “Ex-Gay”

One of the victims of Exodus International has decided that he would rather live his entire life without human intimacy than be gay. This clip is from the call-in show that followed last night’s Pray Away The Gay show on OWN.

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“Ex-Gays” Launch iPhone App

I wonder if it comes with a Grindr-like GPS function so they can find each other. To talk about Jeebus! And totally nothing else! Ex-Gay Watch has the app’s description: Exodus International is the world’s largest ministry to individuals and families impacted by homosexuality. With over 35 years of ministry experience, Exodus is committed to encouraging, educating and equipping the …

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Tonight On Oprah’s New Network:
Lisa Ling’s Pray The Gay Away?

Here’s a teaser from tonight’s show.

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Wife Of Totally Gay “Ex-Gay” John Paulk To Headline Exodus Conference

Exodus International invites you to pray away the gay at their upcoming Phoenix conference where the “ex-lesbian” wife of “ex-gay” former rentboy/drag queen John Paulk will speak. You may remember Paulk from the hilarious incident in which Wayne Besen busted him partying and chatting up menz in a DC gay bar, prompting Paulk to flee the room screaming as he …

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HomoQuotable – Alan Chambers

“The leadership of Exodus international and its member ministries are grieved over the tragic murder of Ugandan gay activist David Kato and we send our sincerest condolences to his family & friends. [snip] Exodus International calls on President & Mrs. Yoweri Kaguta Museveni to lead their government into an era of treating all of their neighbors as they would like …

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Anti-Gay Activist Denies Hand In Murder: I’m The One Being Bludgeoned

As I noted here, Exodus International board of directors member Don Schmierer was part of Scott Lively’s three-day conference in Uganda, where Schmierer advised Ugandans on how to turn their gays kids straight. But don’t go blaming David Kato’s murder on HIM, he was only trying to help. In fact, HE is the victim here. On Thursday, Don Schmierer, one …

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Is This An Abandoned Anti-Gay Campaign From Exodus International?

Yesterday the below Russian-language clip appeared on YouTube directing Christian youth to send off for anti-gay stickers to be plastered anywhere it may be legal to do so. The linked site was registered in Ukraine in 2009 and doesn’t appear to have been recently updated, but includes numerous testimonials that reference Exodus International’s “ex-gay” conventions. Since we haven’t heard about …

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“My Parents Were Druggies And Alcoholics But NOW They’re Not Gay Anymore!”

Why is it that almost every “ex-gay” person we hear about is also a former drug addict and/or alcoholic and/or felon? Could it be that happy, well-adjusted, healthy people in control of their lives don’t need to run to Jeebus and blame their gayness as the source of their fucked-up existence?

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CANADA: “Ex-Gays” At Exodus Global Alliance May Lose Charity Status

Canada’s New Democratic Party is working to rescind the charity status of Exodus Global Alliance, the “ex-gay” Christianist group recently denied such status in New Zealand. “Our issue is that they purport to be able to cure homosexuality. Homosexuality is not an mental illness,” said Matthew McLauchlin, co-chair of the federal NDP’s Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Committee. “If all we …

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Focus On The Family Takes Over “Day Of Truth” Campaign Against LGBT Youth

Last month the “ex-gay” group Exodus International announced that they were suspending their annual “Day Of Truth” campaign to counter the Day Of Silence, saying that in light of the rash of LGBT youth suicides they could not continue such a divisive project. Focus On The Family has jumped in to fill the hate void, laughably and unironically renaming it …

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“Ex-Gay” Group Exodus International Ends Opposition To Day Of Silence

Citing the recent spate of suicides among LGBT youth, the “ex-gays” at Exodus International announced yesterday that they were ending their opposition to the Day Of Silence, an annual student-led protest of the bullying of queer kids. “All the recent attention to bullying helped us realize that we need to equip kids to live out biblical tolerance and grace while …

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Quote Of The Day – Wayne Besen

“We blame the anti-gay industry for fighting measures to end bullying in schools, and school officials who turn a blind eye to brutality. We are fed up with what amounts to anti-gay schoolyard muggings that are foolishly dismissed as ‘boys being boys’. In reality, it is ‘boys beating boys’, and these bullies receive tacit approval for their violent, homophobic behavior …

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CANADA: Website Fights Tax Exempt Status Of Exodus International

The website Slap Upside The Head says that the “ex-gay” group Exodus International, which recently lost its tax exempt status in New Zealand, does not deserve that status in Canada either. All registered charities operating in Canada must provide what the Canada Revenue Agency calls a “public benefit.” This is a long legal definition that I can’t claim to fully …

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Anne Heche’s Mom Publishes Anti-Gay Book With Levitical Call For Death To Gays

Ex-Gay Watch reports that Nancy Heche, mother of wacko actress Anne Heche, has co-authored an anti-gay compendium titled The Complete Christian Guide To Understanding Homosexuality. Joe Dallas and Nancy Heche are listed as the general editors. Though most of the book is written by Joe Dallas and Nancy Heche, contributing authors are listed as: Alan Chambers, Paul Copan, Melisa Fryrear, …

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No Public Benefit: “Ex-Gay” Group Denied Charity Status In New Zealand

An “ex-gay” group related to Exodus International has been been judged to have “no public benefit” and therefore ineligible for charity status. The Charities Commission says the Exodus Ministries Trust Board is not performing any public benefit, because being gay is not a mental disorder and does not need curing. The trust is affiliated with the United States-based Exodus Global …

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Exodus Saves Cindy From The Gay

(Tipped by JMG reader Homer)

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HomoQuotable – Alan Chambers

“Dear friends, please pray for us at Exodus. We have experienced an unexpectedly low giving season this summer coupled with much higher expenses (insurance, utilities, etc). Sadly, we have had to let several staff go. Your prayers are appreciated. For those who are also having to endure this unfriendly economy, our prayers are with you!” – Exodus International president Alan …

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HomoQuotable – Randy Thomas

“I can’t imagine myself at 50 either! But when I was 24, EIGHTEEN years ago, I wouldn’t have imagined I would be single at 42 years old and not having sex with another person for the next 18 years! As a matter of fact, if I had know that at 24 my brain might have exploded.” – Exodus International vice …

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LGBT Youth Group Launches To Fight Exodus & “Ex-Gay” Therapy

Launching this week in advance of the upcoming Exodus International “ex-gay” conference is Stand- Together, a new group whose mission is to tell LGBT youth that they are fine, normal, and beautiful just as they are. Below, they invite young LGBT people to record a video message of strength and self-acceptance and upload it to YouTube for inclusion on the …

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Exodus Family Values

Via Ex-Gay Watch, below is an exultant Facebook posting from Exodus International president Alan Chambers in which he excitedly celebrates that a lesbian couple has broken up after 22 years and “come to Christ.” Knowing Chambers, of course, it’s possible that the couple doesn’t exist at all. Still, the posting is a window into the grief that Exodus and its …

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