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THE DOWNFALL OF THE EX-GAY MOVEMENT

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In 2001, Alan Chambers was hired as the print of the world’s largt ex-gay mistry, Exod Internatnal. Durg the latter part of the 20th century, Exod and siar nservative groups promoted the ia that gay people uld—and should try to—bee straight.

Ex-gay lears traveled to church and appeared on televisn news programs cg a lany of exampl of happily married “former homosexuals” to monstrate that sexual orientatn is a choice and that change is Chambers would unrgo a radil change of heart. Chambers’s cisn effectively livered the athblow to the beleaguered ex-gay movement.

”As a former Exod participant who once lived a “gay liftyle” but was able to achieve a succsful straight marriage, Chambers was the perfect ndidate to lead the anizatn. And September 2000, Exod’s chairman John Plk was photographed cisg for men at a gay bar Washgton, D. ”The movement tradnalists believed would be their savg grace the fight agast LGBT rights was quickly beg their Achill’ chosen to lead Exod 2001 was like beg the ex-gay Pope followg the Catholic sex-abe sndals.

EXOD INTERNATNAL: 'GAY CURE' GROUP LEAR SHUTTG DOWN MISTRY AFTER CHANGE OF HEART

In 2005, he lled homosexualy “one of the many evils this world has to offer. ” And 2006, he lobbied for a nstutnal amendment banng gay marriage.

”Though the ex-gay lear was stewg on the si, he seemed as rolute as ever on the outsi. He advoted for California’s Proposn 8, which sought to ban gay marriage the state.

AFTER EXOD: EVANGELILS REACT AS EX-GAY MISTRY STARTS OVER

In 2009, he published a book lled Leavg Homosexualy: A Practil Gui for Men and Women Lookg for a Way Out. ”By this pot, the ex-gay movement was already shambl.

A 2013 Pew Rearch poll showed that only 36 percent of Amerins believe a gay or lbian person’s orientatn n be changed.

WHAT COM AFTER THE EX-GAY MOVEMENT? THE SAME THG THAT CAME BEFORE.

As Satcher reported, morn science had livered cshg blows to the ex-gay movement wh peer-reviewed rearch showg that s iology was bunk.

Today, even top Southern Baptist lears have nounced ex-gay therapy, and the school newspaper for the Jerry Falwell-found Liberty Universy has edorialized agast . He has voiced his support for Print Obama’s effort to ban orientatn-change therapi for mors and celebrated the Supreme Court’s cisn to legalize gay marriage. “I look at gay and lbian people who are mted relatnships and I believe they n reflect the image of God, ” Chambers says.

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