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Today Religion News Service asked me to weigh in on Reparative Therapy for minors. It is titled, “Alan Chambers: President Obama is right to try to end ex-gay therapy (COMMENTARY).” From the article: I got married in 1998, and for more than 17 years have found it easy to be faithful to my wife. I am more in love with […]
This article by Eddie Kaufholz is from RELEVEANT Magazine Issue 65: SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2013 as well as their podcast. Here is the intro: “Change is possible!” That was Exodus International’s slogan, an unapologetic answer to the dicey “are people born gay?” question. Often described as the largest “ex-gay” ministry in the U.S., Exodus worked with Christians who dealt with […]
From the article “The Man Behind The Historic Implosion Of The Ex-Gay Movement” by David Peisner: … Chambers not only closed Exodus in sudden and dramatic fashion, but acknowledged the ineffectiveness of gay-to-straight reparative therapy and offered a remarkable mea culpa that apologized for his organization’s many missteps. He’s now founding a new organization focused […]
This has been a busy summer for Alan in many ways, including media. Here is a list of some of the highlights over the past few months: Special Report: God & Gays – Lisa Ling, Our America ‘Ex-gay’ group Exodus International shuts down – BBC World News Exclusive: ‘Gay cure’ advocate apologizes – Anderson Cooper 360 […]
Brilliantly simple Op-Ed in Christianity Today by Alan. Here is a quote from the introduction of the two page article: Everyone is clamoring for the No. 1 spot in the great gay Christian debate. For some, it isn’t enough that people hold to a traditional, conservative, and biblical sexual ethic; they also want to emphasize […]
