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Charisma, California Catholic Daily and CitizenLink Cover Exodus Freedom Conference

June 23, 2010 By Randy Thomas View Comments
Pastor Clark Whitten Talks With Exodus Leaders about Grace

Today we are featured in Charisma Magazine, California Catholic Daily and CitizenLink.  Also, I haven't found the link of a television interview Jeff Buchanan did with CBN (Christian Broadcasting Network.) We also have some other major media in the works and if that all works out I will post those links when they come up. Here is the first round-up of media mentions: First from Charisma Exodus International Marks 35th Year of Freedom Conferences Around 1,000 people are expected to participate in the International Freedom Conference, which begins Wednesday and includes workshops and testimonies … [Read more...]

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Randy Thomas on Pure Passion TV

April 16, 2010 By Randy Thomas View Comments
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This interview with Pure Passion was taped five years ago. It was taped before the show went to HD and they just upgraded it to HD. I enjoyed the interview and am glad they have made it available. A *lot* of ground was covered but there are a couple of things I want to clarify. I don't believe reparative therapy model is the only answer for people who develop homosexuality and I have never been to literal "reparative therapy." However, my life circumstances fall completely in line with that theory and have been positively influenced by resources written by Dr. Nicolosi. So while that theory … [Read more...]

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The Joe Dallas Story: Freedom from Homosexuality (Video)

March 25, 2010 By Randy Thomas View Comments

The following is an episode featuring Joe Dallas on the Pure Passion television program: The Joe Dallas Story: Freedom from Homosexuality and Pornography, S2E1 from Pure Passion on Vimeo. … [Read more...]

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PBS Interview on Churches and Gay Youth

March 16, 2010 By Jeff Buchanan View Comments
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In a recent PBS Religion & Ethics segment on "Churches & Gay Youth," Pastor Bob Perdue of Old Dominion Baptist Church, an Exodus Church Association church in Bristow, VA, was interviewed by PBS correspondent Lucky Severson.  While the segment is generally unbalanced and one-sided in its perspective, Bob responds with a gracious and truthful point of view.  In preparing to post this article, I asked Bob to share a little of his personal story: I grew up in church and I grew up struggling with same sex attraction.  While the problem was not spoken about specifically, the concept of homosexuality … [Read more...]

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Media Round-Up from Love Won Out San Diego

March 9, 2010 By Randy Thomas View Comments
Terri Brown and Volunteer Staff the Information Booth

Love Won Out, San Diego, California- Exodus International hosted its first Love Won Out conference since assuming leadership of the event from Focus on the Family. Several media outlets covered the conference and while we were protested at this event, consider this story from a young man who protested a Love Won Out conference in San Diego a few years ago: "At a conference in Pasadena, a volunteer approached one of our staff and shared how Love Won Out changed his life. Several years prior, at a LWO conference in San Diego, this young man was participating in the protest outside the church … [Read more...]

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Rachel Maddow, Uganda & Me – Guest Post By Don Schmierer

December 3, 2009 By Randy Thomas View Comments
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Rachel Maddow, Uganda & Me - By: Don Schmierer Never in a million years did I expect to see my face on MSNBC. But there I was, plain as day - white hair, tanned wrinkles, looking every bit the grandfather I am- in a photo posted on Rachel Maddow's show last night. Unbeknownst to me, she had decided to discuss a conference I spoke at in Uganda several months ago. As Ms. Maddow accurately recounted, I did go to Uganda last spring to speak at a conference about my book, An Ounce of Prevention: Preventing the Homosexual Condition in Today's Youth. In fact, I've been to Uganda many times … [Read more...]

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Q & A – Where Is That Elusive Ex-gay Community? Solipsism In The Media

September 21, 2009 By Randy Thomas View Comments

Over the years, Exodus spokespeople have done many interviews.  We appreciate media attention from both the Christian and secular outlets and will do interviews with gratitude that the message of sexual redemption is getting out there. However, there are rare times when we simply have to say no.  For example, a shock jock's producer once invited me on his show. This particular show made fun of the handicapped, objectified women degraded men and exploited and celebrated seriously debased humor for hours a day every day.  While I appreciate the producer's integrity of not trying to … [Read more...]

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Religious Liberty and Artistic Integrity on One Life to Live is Punished Over Gay Storyline

September 9, 2009 By Randy Thomas View Comments
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This is kind of amazing.  From Fox News: Mauceri played the recurring role of Carlotta Vega on "OLTL" for the last 14 years. But when she objected to how the writers wanted her deeply religious character, a Latina mother, to handle a storyline involving homosexuality, she objected. And for that she claims she was fired. Mauceri, 59, a devout Christian, told FOX News that character Vega's gay-friendly dialogue was not in line with the character she helped create by drawing on her own faith. "I did not object to being in a gay storyline. I objected to speaking the truth of what that person, … [Read more...]

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