Alan Chambers, president of Exodus International, apparently has come to the conclusion that one can't pray away the gay. There are a couple of sources on this so I'll begin with the usual suspect:
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/07/us/a-leaders-renunciation-of-ex-gay-tenets-causes-a-schism.html?_r=1&pagewanted=all Quoting from the NY Times: |Alan Chambers, 40, the president, declared that there was no cure |for homosexuality and that “reparative therapy” offered false hopes |to gays and could even be harmful. His statements have led to |charges of heresy and a growing schism within the network. It's interesting to see that heresy is making a comeback. Meanwhile, over on the "official radio station of TiPS", NPR, we have a somewhat more detailed account that covers more ground than the NY Times article; see: http://www.npr.org/2012/07/06/156367287/evangelicals-fight-over-therapy-to-cure-gays What is particularly interesting is what our comrades over "on the other side" are finding. Quoting the NPR article: |Warren Throckmorton, a psychologist and professor at the |evangelical Grove City College, has heard this before. He |recently surveyed 239 men in "mixed-orientation marriages," |in which the husband is attracted to other men and the wife |is heterosexual. About half the men had been through some |conversion therapy. | |Over the course of their marriage, the men's "attractions to the |same sex ... increased" and "the attractions to their spouse |decreased," according to Throckmorton. | |Another study by Mark Yarhouse, a researcher at Regent |University — which was founded by Pat Robertson — came |to the same conclusion. Throckmorton says the research by |evangelical and secular scientists puts ex-gay ministries and |conversion therapy on the defensive. | |"They're not finding support within the professional community. |That's for certain," he says. "And they're losing support within |the evangelical community." Hmmmm, I wonder if this gives rise to the "Magic Mike Effect", that is, husbands being more enthusiastic about seeing the movie "Magic Mike" than the wives. ;-) -MIke (not necessarily Magic) Palij New York University [email protected] --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=18928 or send a blank email to leave-18928-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
