Tag: Reparative Therapy

Leader of ‘Ex-Gay’ Group Exodus International Admits Sexuality Cannot Be Cured, Apologizes to Those He Has Hurt – Exodus Closes Down

Jon Ponder

“You have never been my enemy,” wrote Alan Chambers, head of the ex-gay group Exodus International, in an apology to the gay men and women his group has harmed over the years. “I am very sorry that I have been yours.”

Woah — maybe there is a God. Chambers issued the apology in advance of an appearance on the OWN network with Lisa Ling as part of series she hosts called “God & Gays.” Not long after Chambers issued his apology, Exodus — the best known the best-known group among organizations that sell the idea that homosexuality can be cured by prayer and other means it labeled “reparative therapy” — announced that it is going out of the business of curing gays while continuing to pursue a right-wing Christian agenda.

Here’s an excerpt of Chambers’ apology:

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Sting on Bachmann Christian Psychology Clinics Uncovers Dangerous Anti-Gay Quakery, Ethical Violations

Jon Ponder

Thanks to an undercover investigation by Truth Wins Out, TWO, a group that exposes the “ex-gay” movement, it appears that Rep. Michele Bachmann’s husband, Marcus, lied when he asserted that the Christian psychology clinics he and his wife own, routinely conduct so-called “reparative therapy” on gay Christians:

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