Exodus, the ex-gay group, has a youth division. And they've created something called "Allies, Too", in which kids who believe homosexuality is wrong but don't think their LGBT friends should be beaten up can pledge their support for safer schools.
They're piggybacking onto GLSEN's "Ally Week" this October, in which straight kids pledge support for their LGBT peers.
Is this a good thing or a scam, do you think?
I myself want to take it as a good sign, but am not sure about that "truth" thing. Their "truth" is that homosexuality is wrong and gay people can and should change.
See here:
http://groundswell2006.org/truth/resources.htm
2006-09-19 09:42:54 · 5 answers · asked by GreenEyedLilo 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender
It's a BS scam.
If you are a real ally to your friends you don't make assumptions about being able to change them.
If you are a real ally or a real friend, you don't consider your friends "wrong".
And you deffinately don't use them as political tools.
Be a real Ally, not one of those jesusfreak knockoffs.
2006-09-19 10:12:20 · answer #1 · answered by a.human 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It's a scam big time. They're trying to display their "compassion" but they don't have any. They have an agenda.
There is NO proof anyone, anywhere has ever changed their sexual orientation. There IS evidence that this therapy can lead to severe depression, substance abuse and even suicide.
You'll notice that groups like NARTH and Exodus never publish any statistics. They merely claim "thousands and thousands" have been "cured".
If they are so successful, they should have statistics available that tell how many people began their program, how many completed it, what were the recidivism rates after 6 months, 1 year, 5 years, etc., and a whole lot more.
They don't.
2006-09-19 16:53:08 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
At the risk of sounding like a repeater, it's a total scam. I have a friend who is an ex-Exodus member (he was interviewed on 60 Minutes) and undrestand that they will go through any means necessary to recruit gays into their program. This new thing sounds like a hook to get "friends" of the LGBT closer to the claws of Exodus.
The program itself is completely fraudulent and does nothing to improve the self-image or life of its particpants. The "psychologists" who purport to help these people aren't even real MD's or PhD's, just zealots. The only reason they get a grain of respectability is by giving it the "Jesus Christ Stamp of Approval," when it's really nothing but a cult.
2006-09-19 17:44:56 · answer #3 · answered by Sean 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Honestly I think it's a scam to recruit more supposed "ex-gays." It's a terribly dangerous way to inflict more confusion and trauma onto our youth!
It's terrible!
Exodus and other similar organizations cannot be trusted. They only want to get their nasty little claws into a younger group. It's dangerous beacuse these groups only intensify the feelings of confussion and depression in youth.
All this will do is create more suicide victims!
2006-09-19 16:49:07 · answer #4 · answered by DEATH 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
It's nothing but another scam.
I've seen their "truth" on exgaywatch.com.
Charlatans and vipers, the whole bunch.
2006-09-19 17:08:37 · answer #5 · answered by IndyT- For Da Ben Dan 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋