Chambers said that Exodus International - which promotes «
freedom from homosexuality through the power of Jesus Christ,» according to its website - has not changed its position on homosexuality but has reevaluated how best to communicate its message.
Since his election in March, Francis has delivered sharp and unscripted remarks on
everything from homosexuality to atheism to his unlikely election to the seat of St. Peter.
They claim to offer «freedom
from homosexuality through the power of Jesus Christ» and use scare tactics, misinformation, stereotypes and distortions of LGBT life to recruit clients.»
For that reason alone I need to respect my friend and just because I'm a Christian and walked
away from homosexuality that does not make me any better to receive more respect from people!
His argument for gay marriage is memorable, not as a cry for equal access to the covenant of marriage, but as a fervent hope that some day the stigma may be
removed from homosexuality.
Exodus International, which according to its website has ministries that «provide support for individuals who want to
recover from homosexuality,» released the app on February 15.
Cathie Adams, president of the Texas Eagle Forum said the schools leaders should have a responsibility to steer young people
away from homosexuality.
Justin expresses frustration with many of the testimonies with which he was exposed, where men spoke of being «delivered»
from homosexuality — which they tended to define not as same sex attraction, but as engaging in gay sex with multiple partners outside of marriage — only to learn that many of these men were in fact still attracted to other men.
Justin found several Web sites for organizations promising «freedom
from homosexuality.»
In your interview for The Independent, you talked about a negative experience of receiving ministry to deliver
you from homosexuality as a teenager at a summer festival.
Rationality is not on broad display in our discussion about sexuality,
from homosexuality to abortion rights and back again.
In gripping detail, David recalled spending many days and nights fasting and praying for God to «deliver»
him from his homosexuality.
As Justin enters college, he decides to try ex-gay ministries — the kind whose Web sites promised «healing» and «deliverance»
from homosexuality, complete with testimonies from «ex-gay» men and women that included pictures of them smiling with their families.
In the Wall Street Journal, the psychiatrist Paul McHugh noted that, as the book goes on, Solomon conveniently shoves everything
from homosexuality to autism, «transgenderism» to deafness, into a broad category known as «identity,» without making distinctions.
Geneticists speak of «mapping» the human genome, so that we know where genes «for» all kinds of things (
from homosexuality to manic depression) are located; a promotional video produced by the Human Genome Project asks viewers to «imagine a map that would lead us to the richest treasure in the world», with which we will know «where... every genetic inheritance of humankind is to be found».
Conversion therapy (also known as reparative therapy) is a formal attempt to change a gay person's sexual orientation,
from homosexuality to heterosexuality.