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Suicide Rates Among Gay Community Increase

August 9, 2010 By Randy Thomas

From Deseret News: SALT LAKE CITY — As the number of suicides among lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender populations continues to increase across the nation, concern among the Utah LGBT community has begun to push the issue into the spotlight. In July, Utah's LGBT community lost at least three members to suicide, including a 28-year-old man whose death was mourned by more than 300 people during a candlelight vigil on the steps of the state Capitol. Two other suicides of well-known members of the LGBT community, also gay men, have occurred in the past month. Though the problem is … [Read more...]

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Eighteen Years and Counting

July 23, 2010 By Randy Thomas

This is cross-posted on the ETC Blog. Here is an audio file (embedded at the end of this post as well.) *** Today is the day that I remember the actual moment in which I turned away from my gay worldview and began my Christian post-gay journey. This is *not* the day I became a Christian. I was born again before I turned away from homosexuality. The anniversary of accepting Christ as Lord and Savior is in the last week of May. So yes, I considered myself a "gay Christian" for the whole two months between May and July of 1992. During a prayer time 18 years ago the Lord (no … [Read more...]

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British Comedienne, and Former Lesbian, Becomes Happily Married Mother of Four

July 12, 2010 By Randy Thomas

From How I Went from Committed Lesbian to a Happily Married Mother of Four: Looking at my four children racing around the garden with their father, it seems almost impossible to believe that only a few years ago I never imagined having a family. Or rather, when I did stop to think of myself as becoming a mother, I imagined the only way I'd do so would be through an anonymous sperm donor. Today, with five-year-old triplets, Thady, Frank and Orla, and a seven-year-old daughter, Saoirse, a husband and a home in a leafy London suburb, I could be viewed as the archehtypal wife and mother, … [Read more...]

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Charisma, California Catholic Daily and CitizenLink Cover Exodus Freedom Conference

June 23, 2010 By Randy Thomas

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 … [Read more...]

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Of Elton And Rush – We Don’t Have to Care But We Might Choose To Do So Anyway

June 10, 2010 By Randy Thomas

I am not exaggerating, when I heard that some of the gay or pro-gay community are furious with Elton John for performing at Rush Limbaugh's wedding, I was shocked. I thought they would be excited that the highest profile conservative in America would invite one of the world's highest profile gay men to sing at his wedding. The disparity of what I would expect between their reaction led me, on a whim, to conduct a poll on my personal blog. I put it there and not here because I wasn't sure where and if I was even going to blog about this. As I got public and private feedback, plus a … [Read more...]

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Statement from Alan Chambers, President of Exodus International on the Criminalization of Homosexuality, 2009 Uganda Conference and Beyond

June 8, 2010 By Alan Chambers

Criticism is easy to come by at Exodus. We are a large and diverse organization made up of many members. Our growth over the years has caused us to not always know what the hand or foot are doing, which sometimes causes us to look like we are “all butt”. That’s humanity for you, even Christian humanity. That said, and without a wordy explanation or excuse, this public post is way overdue and I sincerely hope it clears up any speculation about how I really feel about gay and lesbian people, Ugandan or otherwise, the criminalization of homosexuality, Exodus’s connection to the … [Read more...]

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Disney Ordered to Include Ex-Gays in Shareholder Resolution

January 13, 2010 By Randy Thomas

Sidenote: PFOX is no longer a part of the Exodus Member Ministry network. The separation occurred last summer and was amicable. The PFOX Press Release (most of it) parsed with my comments: Disney Ordered to Include Ex-Gays in Shareholder Resolution BURBANK, Calif., Jan. 13 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Security and Exchange Commission (SEC) has directed the Walt Disney Company to accept a shareholder resolution requesting the inclusion of ex-gays in Disney's sexual orientation policies and corporate diversity programs. Disney had opposed the ex-gay resolution and asked the SEC for … [Read more...]

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Free Speech and Common Sense Wins In England

November 13, 2009 By Randy Thomas

Lord Waddington has been championing free speech in England for people who do not hold the politically correct pro-gay ideological view and want to speak into the public discourse concerning the topic of homosexuality. Some were saying that there is a tolerance for free speech but many who do not hold a pro-gay view were being harassed and intimidated into silence. Last Monday Lord Waddington wrote the Times Online: Some might say it (his free speech ammendment) is so moderate that it merely states the obvious and is therefore unnecessary. But those who say that are closing their eyes to … [Read more...]

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Transparency In The Midst of Questions & Persecution

August 31, 2009 By Randy Thomas

This first appeared on my old blog Everyday Thoughts Collected. I have done some slight editing and updated for here. *** A supporter of Exodus asks ... I want to be transparent, but I find myself having to battle some false and serious allegations. This causes me to have to end up in defensive mode but unable to prove innocence. How do you handle false damaging attacks? There is a lot that could be said with regard to this but what I always come back to is the example Christ set during his trial which eventually led Him to be tortured and crucified. In that poignant moment you see … [Read more...]

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Suicide Rates Among Gay Community Increase

Eighteen Years and Counting

British Comedienne, and Former Lesbian, Becomes Happily Married Mother of Four

Charisma, California Catholic Daily and CitizenLink Cover Exodus Freedom Conference

Of Elton And Rush – We Don’t Have to Care But We Might Choose To Do So Anyway

Statement from Alan Chambers, President of Exodus International on the Criminalization of Homosexuality, 2009 Uganda Conference and Beyond

Disney Ordered to Include Ex-Gays in Shareholder Resolution

Free Speech and Common Sense Wins In England

Transparency In The Midst of Questions & Persecution

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