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New research may change the terms of debate. Psychologists Stanton Jones of Wheaton College and Mark Yarhouse of [[Regent University]] released today a book detailing their findings from the first three years of an ongoing study. They are investigating participants in 16 different ex-gay programs associated with Exodus, the largest ex-gay ministry group.<ref>http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2007/october/6.48.html</ref>}}
New research may change the terms of debate. Psychologists Stanton Jones of Wheaton College and Mark Yarhouse of [[Regent University]] released today a book detailing their findings from the first three years of an ongoing study. They are investigating participants in 16 different ex-gay programs associated with Exodus, the largest ex-gay ministry group.<ref>http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2007/october/6.48.html</ref>}}
The study started out with 98 people with 72 of them being men and 26 of them being women.<ref>http://www.bpnews.net/bpnews.asp?ID=26429</ref> Some of the partipants quit the study because they believe they had positively changed and didn't see a need to continue while others quit because they decided they didn't want to change from a homosexual to a ex-homosexual. <ref>http://www.bpnews.net/bpnews.asp?ID=26429</ref> As a result, 73 subjects completed the study.<ref>http://www.bpnews.net/bpnews.asp?ID=26429</ref>
According to the Baptist Press here are the results:
- 15 percent of subjects experienced substantial change
- "23 percent said their conversion was successful and that homosexual attraction was either missing or "present only incidentally or in a way that does not seem to bring about distress." They were labeled "success: chastity." "
- 29 percent of subjects experienced modest success
- 15 percent of subjects experienced no change and were undecided about what to do next
- "4 percent had not changed and had quit the change process, but had not embraced the "gay identity." "
- "8 percent had not changed, had quit the process and had embraced the "gay identity." "
(Malfunctions in the taping of the interviews accounts for the remaining 5 percent) <ref>http://www.bpnews.net/bpnews.asp?ID=26429</ref>
==Oprah Winfrey and the Claim of "Born Gay"==
==Oprah Winfrey and the Claim of "Born Gay"==
Pastor [[Darryl L. Foster]] of [[Atlanta]], [[Georgia]], a former homosexual, states the following regarding Oprah Winfrey and the issue of supposedly being "[[Homosexuality and Genetics|born gay]]":
Pastor [[Darryl L. Foster]] of [[Atlanta]], [[Georgia]], a former homosexual, states the following regarding Oprah Winfrey and the issue of supposedly being "[[Homosexuality and Genetics|born gay]]":