In her final TV interview, taped Wednesday and aired Thursday on CNN, Tammy Faye Messner didn’t declare that she knew God’s will. She didn’t excuse her own fallibility or pass selective judgment against others. And she didn’t order up a…
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Ex-Gay News Roundup
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Former ex-gay Peterson Toscano sums up the week in ex-gay news. Toscano has also posted new video from the Survivor Initiative press conference outside Love In Action in Memphis, Tenn. Looking for new or rejuvenated ex-gay topical blogs to read…
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Researcher Seeks British Ex-Ex-Gays
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A researcher in the UK would like to speak to former ex-gays who have been through ex-gay therapy and/or ministry in Britain, or who received any sort of ministry in a UK church or religious group to help them change…
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WorldNetDaily cites the (alleged) Madison, Wis., arrest of ex-gay David Ott under local hate-speech laws as one of several cases where local misapplication of local or state hate speech laws is somehow (illogically) used as the primary excuse to prevent…
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Focus on the Family and Alan Keyes’ Renew America have joined ex-gay activist Linda Jernigan and Peter LaBarbera in spreading an already-disproven false report that lesbian gangs are running amok in America’s cities. All four sources neglect to tell their…
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Christian Post: The Ends Justify The Means
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Adherence to what most evangelicals would regard as a false religion is apparently acceptable under some circumstances, according to the Christian Post: Christians need to understand that any support for Glatze should not be interpreted as support for the Mormon…
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Two former clients — Brandon Tidwell of Memphis and David Christie of New York — spoke on July 18 in front of Love in Action, a Memphis, Tenn., residential program that claims to help people reject “false images” that supposedly…
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The gay author Armistead Maupin slammed Scientology at a book-signing in London last week: [The] Church of Scientology comes in very handy. It’s the biggest ex-gay movement in America. They catch you when you’re young and confused, tell you they’ll…
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Questions For Exodus
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Given the defensive, sarcastic, and even hostile reactions that Exodus and its political allies have offered in response to the Ex-Gay Survivors Conference and the growing profile of the ex-ex-gay movement, several questions come to mind. 1. How do Exodus…
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XGW previously reported that the Love In Action Refuge youth program had been discontinued. In a recent press release, Love In Action reported that it has returned with a new name, Family Freedom Intensive. Unlike Refuge, this new incarnation will…