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Ray Comfort

2016-04-04T20:34:11Z

Achilles:

[[File:Ray Comfort Promo Picture.jpg|right|thumbnail|200px|Ray Comfort]]
'''Ray Comfort''' (born December 5, 1949) is a leading [[Christian]] apologist. He has written large numbers of books on [[evolution]] and [[theology]], including ''Evolution: A Fairy Tale for Grownups'', and ''How to Know God Exists: Scientific Proof of God''. His latest book, ''You Can Lead an Atheist to Evidence, But You Can't Make Him Think'' knocked [[Richard Dawkins|Richard Dawkins']] book ''The God Delusion'' off the number 1 spot in the atheism category at Amazon.com<ref>http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=89453</ref>. He has also written a foreword to [[Charles Darwin|Darwin's]] ''On the Origin of Species'' <ref>http://www.amazon.com/Origin-Species-Anniversary-Charles-Darwin/dp/0882709194/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1256938714&sr=8-2</ref> Since then, certain atheists have shown their bias against him by writing negative reviews of the books, even though most of them have never read them.

==180 Documentary==
In 2011, Ray made a short documentary on [[abortion]] and the [[Holocaust]] called ''180''. In it, he expressed concern that a generation was forgetting the existence of Adolf Hitler and his actions. The documentary included street interviews with people who were asked on their thoughts of the Holocaust. After hearing their reasons, Ray went on to ask the people's views on abortion. By demonstrating people's inconsistencies in their reasoning, he persuaded some of them to change their minds and oppose it. The documentary won a 2011 Telly Bronze Award for film/video.<ref>http://heartchanger.com/faq.php Project Heart Changer - Frequently Asked Questions</ref>

== Books ==

*[[How to Win Souls and Influence People]]
*[[How To Know God Exists: Scientific Proof Of God]]
*[[You Can Lead an Atheist to Evidence, But You Can't Make Him Think]]
*[[Evolution: A Fairy Tale for Grownups]]
*[[God Doesn't Believe in Atheists]]
== See also ==

*[[The Way of the Master]]
*[[Thunderf00t - Ray Comfort discussion]]

==References==
<references/>

==External Links==
*[http://www.livingwaters.com/ Ray Comfort's Living Waters website]
*[http://www.180movie.com/ Ray Comfort's "180" documentary]

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Ray Comfort

2016-04-04T20:33:40Z

Achilles:

[[File:Ray Comfort Promo Picture.jpg|right|thumbnail|200px|Ray Comfort]]
'''Ray Comfort''' (born December 5, 1949) is a leading [[Christian]] apologist. He has written large numbers of books on [[evolution]] and [[theology]], including ''Evolution: A Fairy Tale for Grownups'', and ''How to Know God Exists: Scientific Proof of God''. His latest book, ''You Can Lead an Atheist to Evidence, But You Can't Make Him Think'' knocked [[Richard Dawkins|Richard Dawkins']] book ''The God Delusion'' off the number 1 spot in the atheism category at Amazon.com<ref>http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=89453</ref>. He has also written a foreword to [[Charles Darwin|Darwin's]] ''On the Origin of Species'' <ref>http://www.amazon.com/Origin-Species-Anniversary-Charles-Darwin/dp/0882709194/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1256938714&sr=8-2</ref> Since then, certain atheists have shown their bias against him by writing negative reviews of the books, even though most of them have never read them.

==180 Documentary==
In 2011, Ray made a short documentary on [[abortion]] and the [[Holocaust]] called ''180''. In it, he expressed concern that a generation was forgetting the existence of Adolf Hitler and his actions. The documentary included street interviews with people who were asked on their thoughts of the Holocaust. After hearing their reasons, Ray went on to ask the people's views on abortion. By demonstrating people's inconsistencies in their reasoning, he persuaded some of them to change their minds and oppose it. The documentary won a 2011 Telly Bronze Award for film/video.<ref>http://heartchanger.com/faq.php Project Heart Changer - Frequently Asked Questions</ref>

== Books ==

*[[How to Win Souls and Influence People]]
*[[How To Know God Exists: Scientific Proof Of God]]
*[[You Can Lead an Atheist to Evidence, But You Can't Make Him Think]]
*[[Evolution: A Fairy Tale for Grownups]]
*[[ God Doesn't Believe in Atheists]]
== See also ==

*[[The Way of the Master]]
*[[Thunderf00t - Ray Comfort discussion]]

==References==
<references/>

==External Links==
*[http://www.livingwaters.com/ Ray Comfort's Living Waters website]
*[http://www.180movie.com/ Ray Comfort's "180" documentary]

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[[category:Authors]]
[[category:Christian Apologists]]

God Doesn't Believe in Atheists

2016-04-04T20:29:28Z

Achilles:

'''God Doesn't Believe in Atheists''' is a book written by [[New Zealand]]er [[evangelist]] [[Ray Comfort|Ray Comfort]]. It aims to disprove atheists, and it does so in a good way, with plenty of charm and humour. It encourages others to marvel at the work of God, and as is usual for [[Ray Comfort|Ray Comfort]], this book helps others to witness.
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God Doesn't Believe in Atheists

2016-04-04T20:27:31Z

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How To Know God Exists: Scientific Proof Of God

2016-04-04T20:06:45Z

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'''How To Know God Exists: Scientific Proof Of God ''' is a book written by [[New Zealand]]er [[evangelist]] [[Ray Comfort|Ray Comfort]]. The book shows proof that God exists, using science. It does this in an effective way and it also helps with disproving the false theory of evolution.

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How To Know God Exists: Scientific Proof Of God

2016-04-04T20:05:12Z

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'''How To Know God Exists: Scientific Proof Of God ''' is a book written by [[New Zealand]]er [[evangelist]] [[Ray Comfort|Ray Comfort]]. The book shows proof that God exists, using science. It does this in a effective way and also helps with disproving the false theory of evolution.

How To Know God Exists: Scientific Proof Of God

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'''How To Know God Exists: Scientific Proof Of God ''' is a book written by [[New Zealand]]er [[evangelist]] [[Ray Comfort|Ray Comfort]]. The book shows proof that God exists, using science. It does this in a brilliant way and also helps with disproving evolution.

You Can Lead an Atheist to Evidence, But You Can't Make Him Think

2016-04-04T19:45:30Z

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'''You Can Lead an Atheist to Evidence, But You Can't Make Him Think''' is a book written by [[New Zealand]]er [[evangelist]] [[Ray Comfort|Ray Comfort]]. It debunks the arguments used by atheists, and also helps provide support to people who want to convert atheists to Christianity. This enlightening book lays it all out in a easy-to-follow style.

Evolution: A Fairy Tale for Grownups

2016-04-04T18:12:23Z

Achilles:

'''Evolution: A Fairy Tale for Grownups''' is a book written by [[New Zealand]]er [[evangelist]] [[Ray Comfort|Ray Comfort]]. In this book, famous [[evolutionist]]s reveal in their own words the unscientific nature of [[evolution]], in which they have so sadly and blindly put their [[faith]].

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Evolution: A Fairy Tale for Grownups

2016-04-04T18:10:19Z

Achilles:

'''Evolution: A Fairy Tale for Grownups''' is a book written by New Zealander evangelist [[Ray Comfort|Ray Comfort]]. In this book, famous evolutionists reveal in their own words the unscientific nature of evolution, in which they have so blindly put their faith.

[[Category:Books]]

How to Win Souls and Influence People

2016-04-04T18:09:11Z

Achilles:

'''How to Win Souls and Influence People''' is a book written by New Zealander evangelist [[Ray Comfort|Ray Comfort]]. The book aims to teach you how to convince the most avid skeptic of the reality of God. It also aims to encourage people to do something for God, namely witnessing and preaching, which can only do good.

How to Win Souls and Influence People

2016-04-04T18:06:28Z

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How to Win Souls and Influence People is a book written by New Zealander evangelist [[Ray Comfort|Ray Comfort]]. The book aims to teach you how to persuade the most avid skeptic of the reality of God. It also aims to encourage people to do something for God, namely witnessing and preaching.

Evolution: A Fairy Tale for Grownups

2016-04-04T17:57:43Z

Achilles: Sorry for all of this, just like tweaking this article, fixing it.

Evolution: A Fairy Tale for Grownups is a book written by New Zealander evangelist [[Ray Comfort|Ray Comfort]]. In this book, famous evolutionists reveal in their own words the unscientific nature of evolution, in which they have so blindly put their faith.

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Evolution: A Fairy Tale for Grownups

2016-04-04T17:55:43Z

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Evolution: A Fairy Tale for Grownups

2016-04-04T17:52:45Z

Achilles:

Evolution: A Fairy Tale for Grownups is a book written by New Zealander evangelist [[Ray Comfort|Ray Comfort]]. Famous evolutionists reveal in their own words the unscientific nature of evolution, in which they have so blindly put their faith. After reading this book, the reader will be in the position to make a informed decision about the widely accepted, however not proven, theory of evolution.

Evolution: A Fairy Tale for Grownups

2016-04-04T17:49:43Z

Achilles:

Evolution: A Fairy Tale for Grownups is a book written by New Zealander evangelist [[Ray Comfort|Ray Comfort]]. It asks over 101 questions that disprove evolution, and exposes it as a fairy tale for grownups. It aims to shake faith in the theory of evolution, which it does very well.

Evolution: A Fairy Tale for Grownups

2016-04-04T17:47:56Z

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Evolution: A Fairy Tale for Grownups is a book written by New Zealander evangelist [[Ray Comfort|Ray Comfort]]. It asks over 101 questions that disprove evolution, and exposes it as a fairy tale. It aims to shake faith in the theory of evolution.

Hell's Best Kept Secret

2016-04-04T17:33:18Z

Achilles:

Hell's Best Kept Secret is a book written by New Zealander evangelist [[Ray Comfort|Ray Comfort]]. It gives examples of the right and wrong ways to go about witnessing. It also studies why some converts to Christianity fall away from the faith, and what can be done to stop that from happening.

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Hell's Best Kept Secret

2016-04-04T17:29:46Z

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Hell's Best Kept Secret is a book written by New Zealander evangelist [[Ray Comfort|Ray Comfort]]. It gives examples of the right and wrong ways to go about witnessing. It also studies how many converts to Christianity fall away from the faith, and what can be done to stop that from happening.

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Talk:Cross dressing

2016-04-04T17:08:43Z

Achilles:

? is this the same as Transvestite ? if so, reference or link to that ?
sorry, didnt see the redirect. [[User:Markr|Markr]]

== Liberal Trait? ==

Does that mean J. Edgar was a liberal? [[User:AlexWD|AlexWD]] 23:43, 19 January 2010 (EST)
:Five myths about J. Edgar Hoover, ''Washington Post'':

:"The story that Hoover, a lifelong bachelor, participated in cross-dressing, all-male sex parties in New York hotel rooms, as reported by British writer Anthony Summers in a 1993 biography, has been widely debunked by historians. The story’s source, the wife of a businessman and Hoover confidante, had a grudge from a contested divorce, and other investigations of the story came up empty." [https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/five-myths-about-j-edgar-hoover/2011/11/07/gIQASLlo5M_story.html]

:There is no solid historical evidence that J. Edgar Hoover was a cross dresser.

:Why are liberals so gullible and so apt to fall for myths? :) [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] ([[User talk:Conservative|talk]]) 12:57, 4 April 2016 (EDT)

I have no idea, myself. Maybe it is a product of the liberal media, which is run much like a tabloid, all too happy to say lies about people they disagree with.

In any case: you have disproved this silly myth. Now anyone who goes here will learn the TRUTH, Conservative. Thanks for exposing this myth

Leo Kanner

2016-04-04T15:14:32Z

Achilles:

Leo Kanner (born June 13, 1894 – died April 3, 1981) was an Austrian-American psychiatrist and physician well known for his work related to autism. In 1943, Kanner published a paper, "Autistic Disturbances of Affective Contact" describing 11 children who were highly intelligent but displayed "a massive desire for aloneness" and "an obsessive insistence on sameness". Because of this he is referred as the "father of child psychiatry". He is one of the most influential American clinical psychiatrists of the 20th century.

Cross dressing

2016-04-04T15:10:54Z

Achilles:

The act of '''cross dressing''' consists of dressing up in [[clothing]] and accessories typically associated with the [[gender]] opposite that of the person cross dressing. In many cases there is ambiguity on what exactly constitutes cross dressing. The majority of crossdressers are men. This may merely be that women dressed in casual mens clothing are less apparent, and they are allowed to do so without much judgement, in contrast to male crossdressers. It is unfair, as God has decreed that cross-dressing at all is a sin.

Mild examples may be carrying an item of the opposite sex, like a lipstick or hanky while major examples would include shaving of arms and legs as well as padded bras and makeup and wigs to appear as a member of the opposite sex, which is called passing, a term often used by crossdressers and transsexuals.

Crossdressing may be an indicator of [[gender confusion]] or a fetish. It is considered a psychiatric disorder. (Fetishistic Transvestism).

It is a required stage before gender reassignment surgery is considered.

Some brave, strong souls can resist cross-dressing, contrary to the common view that one cannot resist cross-dressing for long and will give in. They are merely trying to excuse their sin. It IS possible to resist it, contrary to what these people say.

==Theater==
Cross-dressing (also known as 'drag') has been associated with the [[theater]] for hundreds of years. In [[Shakespeare]]'s [[England]], women were not allowed to appear on stage, so female roles were played by boys dressed in women's costume. In [[Spanish]] theater at the same time, women were allowed to perform, and the plots of playwrights such as [[Tirso de Molina]] and [[Lope de Vega]] often called for female characters to disguise themselves as men, particularly in [[comedy|comedies]].

In the present day, cross-dressing is still a feature of some traditional theatrical forms such as [[pantomime]], where dames are played by men in exaggerated female costume<ref>[http://www.its-behind-you.com/pantodames.html Pantomime Dames]</ref> and leading male roles are often played by women as well (eg the eponymous hero in ''[[Dick Whittington]]'').

==Religious Views==
Cross dressing is an [[abomination]] in the eyes of God.<ref>'''Deut.22:5''': The woman shall not wear that which pertaineth unto a man, neither shall a man put on a woman's garment: for all that do so are abomination unto the LORD thy God.</ref>

==References==
<references />
* Handbook of Psychiatry By Michael Shepherd

{{homosexualityb}}
[[Category:Sin]]
[[Category:Homosexuality]]
[[Category:Liberal Traits]]

Cross dressing

2016-04-04T15:03:12Z

Achilles:

Cross dressing

2016-04-04T14:54:34Z

Achilles:

The act of '''cross dressing''' consists of dressing up in [[clothing]] and accessories typically associated with the [[gender]] opposite that of the person cross dressing. In many cases there is ambiguity on what exactly constitutes cross dressing. The majority of crossdressers are men. This may merely be that women dressed in casual mens clothing are less apparent, and also they are allowed to do so without much judgement, in contrast to male crossdressers. It is unfair, as God has decreed that cross-dressing at all is a sin.

Mild examples may be carrying an item of the opposite sex, like a lipstick or hanky while major examples would include shaving of arms and legs as well as padded bras and makeup and wigs to appear as a member of the opposite sex, which is called passing.

Crossdressing may be an indicator of [[gender confusion]] or a fetish. It is considered a psychiatric disorder. (Fetishistic Transvestism).

It is a required stage before gender reassignment surgery is considered.

Some brave, strong souls can resist cross-dressing, contrary to the common view that one cannot resist cross-dressing for long and will give in. They are merely trying to excuse their sin. It IS possible to resist it, contrary to what these people say.

==Theater==
Cross-dressing (also known as 'drag') has been associated with the [[theater]] for hundreds of years. In [[Shakespeare]]'s [[England]], women were not allowed to appear on stage, so female roles were played by boys dressed in women's costume. In [[Spanish]] theater at the same time, women were allowed to perform, and the plots of playwrights such as [[Tirso de Molina]] and [[Lope de Vega]] often called for female characters to disguise themselves as men, particularly in [[comedy|comedies]].

In the present day, cross-dressing is still a feature of some traditional theatrical forms such as [[pantomime]], where dames are played by men in exaggerated female costume<ref>[http://www.its-behind-you.com/pantodames.html Pantomime Dames]</ref> and leading male roles are often played by women as well (eg the eponymous hero in ''[[Dick Whittington]]'').

==Religious Views==
Cross dressing is an [[abomination]] in the eyes of God.<ref>'''Deut.22:5''': The woman shall not wear that which pertaineth unto a man, neither shall a man put on a woman's garment: for all that do so are abomination unto the LORD thy God.</ref>

==References==
<references />
* Handbook of Psychiatry By Michael Shepherd

{{homosexualityb}}
[[Category:Sin]]
[[Category:Homosexuality]]
[[Category:Liberal Traits]]

Cross dressing

2016-04-04T14:49:22Z

Achilles:

The act of '''cross dressing''' consists of dressing up in [[clothing]] and accessories typically associated with the [[gender]] opposite that of the person cross dressing. In many cases there is ambiguity on what exactly constitutes cross dressing. The majority of crossdressers are men. This may merely be that women dressed in casual mens clothing are less apparent, and also they are allowed to do so without much judgement, in contrast to male crossdressers. It is unfair, as God has decreed that cross-dressing at all is a sin.

Mild examples may be carrying an item of the opposite sex, like a lipstick or hanky while major examples would include shaving of arms and legs as well as padded bras and makeup and wigs to appear as a member of the opposite sex, which is called passing.

Crossdressing may be an indicator of [[gender confusion]] or a fetish. It is considered a psychiatric disorder. (Fetishistic Transvestism).

It is a required stage before gender reassignment surgery is considered.

Some brave, strong souls can resist cross-dressing, contrary to the common view that one cannot resist cross-dressing for long and will give in. They are merely trying to excuse their sin.

==Theater==
Cross-dressing (also known as 'drag') has been associated with the [[theater]] for hundreds of years. In [[Shakespeare]]'s [[England]], women were not allowed to appear on stage, so female roles were played by boys dressed in women's costume. In [[Spanish]] theater at the same time, women were allowed to perform, and the plots of playwrights such as [[Tirso de Molina]] and [[Lope de Vega]] often called for female characters to disguise themselves as men, particularly in [[comedy|comedies]].

In the present day, cross-dressing is still a feature of some traditional theatrical forms such as [[pantomime]], where dames are played by men in exaggerated female costume<ref>[http://www.its-behind-you.com/pantodames.html Pantomime Dames]</ref> and leading male roles are often played by women as well (eg the eponymous hero in ''[[Dick Whittington]]'').

==Religious Views==
Cross dressing is an [[abomination]] in the eyes of God.<ref>'''Deut.22:5''': The woman shall not wear that which pertaineth unto a man, neither shall a man put on a woman's garment: for all that do so are abomination unto the LORD thy God.</ref>

==References==
<references />
* Handbook of Psychiatry By Michael Shepherd

{{homosexualityb}}
[[Category:Sin]]
[[Category:Homosexuality]]
[[Category:Liberal Traits]]

Cross dressing

2016-04-04T14:44:23Z

Achilles:

The act of '''cross dressing''' consists of dressing up in [[clothing]] and accessories typically associated with the [[gender]] opposite that of the person cross dressing. In many cases there is ambiguity on what exactly constitutes cross dressing. The majority of crossdressers are men. This may merely be that women dressed in casual mens clothing are less apparent, and also they are allowed to do so without much judgement, in contrast to male crossdressers.

Mild examples may be carrying an item of the opposite sex, like a lipstick or hanky while major examples would include shaving of arms and legs as well as padded bras and makeup and wigs to appear as a member of the opposite sex, which is called passing.

Crossdressing may be an indicator of [[gender confusion]] or a fetish. It is considered a psychiatric disorder. (Fetishistic Transvestism).

It is a required stage before gender reassignment surgery is considered.

==Theater==
Cross-dressing (also known as 'drag') has been associated with the [[theater]] for hundreds of years. In [[Shakespeare]]'s [[England]], women were not allowed to appear on stage, so female roles were played by boys dressed in women's costume. In [[Spanish]] theater at the same time, women were allowed to perform, and the plots of playwrights such as [[Tirso de Molina]] and [[Lope de Vega]] often called for female characters to disguise themselves as men, particularly in [[comedy|comedies]].

In the present day, cross-dressing is still a feature of some traditional theatrical forms such as [[pantomime]], where dames are played by men in exaggerated female costume<ref>[http://www.its-behind-you.com/pantodames.html Pantomime Dames]</ref> and leading male roles are often played by women as well (eg the eponymous hero in ''[[Dick Whittington]]'').

==Religious Views==
Cross dressing is an [[abomination]] in the eyes of God.<ref>'''Deut.22:5''': The woman shall not wear that which pertaineth unto a man, neither shall a man put on a woman's garment: for all that do so are abomination unto the LORD thy God.</ref>

==References==
<references />
* Handbook of Psychiatry By Michael Shepherd

{{homosexualityb}}
[[Category:Sin]]
[[Category:Homosexuality]]
[[Category:Liberal Traits]]

User talk:Achilles

2016-04-04T14:26:03Z

Achilles:

:Hi, thanks for editing Conservapedia.

:As far as this article [[Blanchard's transsexualism typology]], make sure you put category tags on your new articles and link to the new articles you create from one or more articles. Otherwise, you content will be very hard to find in the future.

:Again, thanks for editing Conservapedia. [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] ([[User talk:Conservative|talk]]) 10:21, 4 April 2016 (EDT)

Oh, I see. Sorry for that, I didn't know I had to do that.

Thanks for telling me, Conservative.

Transsexual

2016-04-04T13:54:29Z

Achilles:

A '''transsexual''' is a person who has had, or plans to obtain, a [[sex change]], and many are involved in [[transgender activism]].

Biologically, a transsexual can be defined as a person who has a [[gender identity]] that differs from their own [[primary sex characteristics]]. In order to obtain a [[sex change]], established international medical standards require someone to be treated for [[gender identity disorder]] for at least one year, with unsuccessful resolution of the medical disorder without surgical means, and it is intended to stop insane people and crossdressers from getting SRS, as it would cause harm to their mental health. It is intended to be used only as a last resort, when all other therapies have failed. <ref>http://www.wpath.org/Documents2/socv6.pdf</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External Links==
*[http://www.oregonlive.com/metro/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/news/1203474312300211.xml&coll=7 Transsexual inmate loses sex-change surgery lawsuit], Ashbel Green, ''The Oregonian'', February 20, 2008

[[Category:Medicine]]
[[Category:Psychology]]

Blanchard's transsexualism typology

2016-04-04T13:51:38Z

Achilles: I know people who are trans in RL, I disagree with what they are doing, but they are on the whole lovely people, even though they have fallen into sin.

Blanchard's transsexualism typology is a psychological typology of male-to-female (MtF) transsexualism created by Ray Blanchard through the 1980s and 1990s, building on the work of his colleague, Kurt Freund. Blanchard divided trans women into two different groups: homosexual transsexuals, whom Blanchard says seek sex reassignment surgery to romantically and sexually attract (ideally heterosexual) men, and "autogynephilic transsexuals" who purportedly are sexually aroused at the idea of having a female body. The typology suggests distinctions between MtF transsexuals, but does not speculate on the causes of transsexualism. The distinction is a recurring theme in scholarly literature on transsexualism.

Every Child Ministries

2016-04-04T13:37:21Z

Achilles: Undoing edits by troll

'''Every Child Ministries''' is a [[Christian]] charity and mission agency that specializes in uplifting African children. The charity is specially known for its advocacy on behalf of neglected, downtrodden, and marginalized groups of African children.<ref>2007 Christian Ministry Sourcebook, “Mission Agencies—International Focus”, 2007, p. 159.</ref> It was first incorporated in the US in the state of Indiana in 1985, but is now incorporated and recognized as an NGO in numerous African countries.<ref>Every Child Ministries Annual Report 2008, “Growing Strong”, c. 2008, p. 1</ref>

==Programs <ref>
Every Child Ministries Annual Report, “Growing Strong”, ECM Publications, Hebron, IN, 2008, p.2-16.</ref>==

Initiative against shrine slavery ([[ritual servitude]])(Ghana, Togo, Benin)<ref>The Christian Post, www.christianpost.com, January 22, 2004, "Christian Group Helps Release Fetish Slaves in Ghana"</ref>

Initiative for street children (DR Congo, Ghana)<ref>The Street Children of Kinshasa, www.drcongochildren.org/?page_id=3</ref>

Vocational apprenticeship for street youth (DR Congo, Ghana)

Haven of Hope Children’s Home/Orphanage (Ghana)<ref name="Kathie Godfrey 2003, p.3">"Couple Helps African Street Children Get a Christmas Home", Kathie Godfrey, The News, Merrillville, IN, Dec. 26, 2003,p.3.</ref><ref name="christianpost.com">The Christian Post, www.christianpost.com, December 2, 2003, "Haven of Hope in Ghana Celebrates First Anniversary"</ref>

Haven of Hope Academy (Ghana)<ref>"Finding a Good Fit, Couple plans their return to missionary work in Ghana, The Times, Merrillville, IN, May 23, 2008.</ref>

Educational assistance for orphans & vulnerable children through sponsorship (DR Congo, Uganda, Ghana)<ref>"Childhood Lost in Uganda", Mission Network News Quarterly Newsletter, Spring 2008, Cornerstone University, Grand Rapids, MI.</ref><ref>"Mission to Africa", Susan Lorimor, Post-Tribune of NW Indiana, Feb. 25, 2001.</ref> and educational gift sets <ref>"Giving Every Child a Chance to Excel", Mike Ssegawa, Daily Monitor, PO Box 12141, Kampala, Uganda, October 13, 2008</ref><ref>"Every child should feel God's love", Mike Ssegawa, Sunday Monitor, Kampala, Uganda, Nov. 2, 2008</ref>

Special helps programs for [[albinos]] (Uganda)<ref>Action Plan for Uganda Gulu District published by Every Child Ministries,2008</ref>

Training for teachers of children and youth (DR Congo, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Uganda, New Sudan)<ref>"The Forgotten Children", John W. Kennedy, Power for Living, July 6, 2008, SP Publications, Colorado Springs, CO</ref>

Intensive 9-month training for “teachers of teachers” (Spécialisation en Education Chrétienne) DR Congo

Leadership training (DR Congo, Ghana, Nigeria)

Teachers’ resource libraries (DR Congo, Ghana)

Development & publication of uplifting literature on health themes, education, literacy, and spiritual values (DR Congo, Togo, Benin, Uganda)

Kids’ Clubs & Sunday Schools for children (DR Congo, Ghana, Uganda, Sudan, Togo, Benin)<ref>"Catching the Global Vision", Kurt Jarvis, K! Magazine, KidzMatter,Inc., Jan-Feb 2008, p. 57.</ref>

Health services (DR Congo, Uganda)

Initiative vs. child trafficking (Ghana, Uganda)and child sacrifice (Uganda)<ref>"Yumbula ne Drake Sekele, Feb 2012 series, WBS TV, Uganda</ref>

Restoration of underage victims of commercial sexual exploitation (Ghana)

"The Way Home"--"forever" homes and other assistance for AIDS orphans and grandmothers rearing them (Uganda)

==Main fields of service <ref>Every Child Ministries Annual Report, “Growing Strong,” ECM Publications, Hebron, IN, 2008, p. 1.</ref>==

DR Congo (formerly Zaire) since 1985

Ghana since 1999

Uganda since 2006

New (southern) Sudan since 2007

Togo since 2006

Benin since 2006

ECM training has also reached Rep. of Congo Brazzaville, Angola, Nigeria, and Central African Republic through nationals trained in ECM programs.

==History <ref>Summarized from Every Child Ministries’ main organizational website, www.ecmafrica.org, 2008.</ref>==

Every Child Ministries (ECM, sometimes called ECMAfrica) was founded by John and Lorella Rouster in 1985 after serving three years in what was then Zaire with another evangelical mission. John had an agricultural background and later earned a Biblical studies certificate from [[Moody Bible Institute]]. Lorella was a teacher, Christian educator, and journalist, also an alumna of [[Moody Bible Institute]], [[Tri-State University]](B.A.)and Covington Theological Seminary (M.R.E.)<ref>"The Rousters Saw the Need to Teach Children About God", Agnieska Zielinksa,Student Union, Moody External Studies, Moody Bible Institute, 1999, Issue 3, p. 1.</ref> The Rousters served a total of nine years in Zaire (now DR Congo)—a little more than three before founding ECM (1981-Spring 1984) and six with ECM (1990–1996).<ref>"Family Plans Teaching Mission", Cedar Lake Journal,
Cedar Lake, IN March 15, 1989</ref><ref>Family Makes a Difference" Neighbors, Post-Tribune of NW IN, Merrillville, IN, Dec. 31, 1989</ref> During this time Lorella wrote numerous books in the African [[Kituba]] language, translated songs, Gospel and health booklets, which were published by ECM. She also developed an extensive training manual for teachers of children. This book was later published in seven languages spoken in Africa: [[Kituba]], [[Lingala]], [[Tshiluba]], French, English, Spanish, Portuguese.<ref>Four of these languages (Kituba, Lingala, Tshiluba and French)were published in DR Congo, CEDI, BP 11398 Kinshasa 1, DR Congo, Depot Legal No. 3.0921-7571-7MSC-98. The original version, in [[Kituba]], was called, "Ecole du Dimanche, Kulonga Bantu na Niveau na Bo" (Sunday School--Teaching People on their Level", 1998).</ref>

From 1985 to 1998, Every Child Ministries served only in DR Congo and was mainly limited to Christian education, training of teachers, development of literature, and health services. In 1985 ECM was featured in the "Mission Explorers Video Series"<ref>http://www.kidstalkaboutgod.org/?TabId=64 Mission Explorers Video Series</ref> with Carey Kinsolving. These ministries have continued and expanded under national leadership.<ref>"Fighting is over, training for outreach underway", [[Mission Network News]],March 9, 2007</ref><ref>"ECM celebrates the growth of children's programs", [[Mission Network News]], March 28, 2005</ref>

Since 1999 three tendencies have been noticeable: 1. Rapid expansion into other African countries, and 2. A growing tendency to focus on the needs of what the organization deems as the most marginalized and neglected children, 3. A growing emphasis on [[Child sponsorship]].<ref>One example is "Helping orphans...in Congo", [[Mission Network News]], June 29, 2006</ref>

In 1997 the Rousters returned from Congo. Floyd Bertsch had served as International Director while the Rousters were in Congo, but upon their return they again took the position of International Director, sharing the duties as co-directors.

In 1999 an evaluatory trip was made to Ghana. As a result, several initiatives were established there including the Initiative against shrine slavery [[ritual servitude]]<ref>"Mission Against Slavery, Sandi O'Brien, Post-Tribune of NW Indiana, March 13, 2003</ref> and the Initiative for Street children.<ref>"Street Children in Crisis Around the World", Lorella Rouster, SST/GH Summer 2008, UGP, Cleveland, OH, p. 58-59.</ref><ref>"Ministry helps unite families in poverty-stricken Africa", [[Mission Network News]], April 9, 2007</ref>

In 2001 ECM initiated a program called "Character Building from the Bible" in some of the public schools of Ghana.<ref>"Ghana's public schools embrace Bible-based teaching", [[Mission Network News]], Aug. 31, 2006</ref>

In November 2002 Haven of Hope Home/orphanage was founded. Forty-five children now find a safe haven there. Many were homeless street children, some are orphans, abandoned children, former shrine slaves and children of former slaves.<ref name="Kathie Godfrey 2003, p.3"/><ref name="christianpost.com"/> The home now includes a school, Haven of Hope Academy, offering Nursery through Class 6.<ref>http://www.ecmafrica.org/36238.ihtml Haven of Hope Academy</ref>

In January 2003 Every Child Ministries held its first liberation of shrine slaves known as [[trokosi]], cooperating with International Needs Ghana.<ref>"Fetish slaves freed in Ghana" [[Mission Network News]], Jan. 22, 2004</ref><ref>http://www.ecmafrica.org/36289.ihtml</ref> This was followed by another liberation in January 2004 in cooperation with FESLIM (Fetish Slaves Liberation Movement),<ref>"Fighting Child Slavery in West Africa", Lorella Rouster, SST/GH Fall 2007, p.30-31.</ref><ref>"Hugs open the hearts of hurting women", [[Mission Network News]], May 19, 2004</ref><ref>http://www.ecmafrica.org/36208.ihtml</ref> a third in December 2005,<ref>http://www.ecmafrica.org/165357.ihtml</ref> and another in March 2010.<ref>African Jewels, 2nd Quarter 2010.</ref> ECM has been very active in advocating for the abolition of the practice and the liberation of existing slaves.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.modernghana.com/news/84379/1/126-trokosi-slaves-to-be-freed.mgl| title=126 Trokosi Slaves to Be Freed|date=August 17, 2005 |work=Ghanaian Chronicle |accessdate=2008-09-30}}</ref><ref>"Couple's Mission Is to Help Children in Africa", The Indianapolis Star, March 11, 2001</ref><ref>"The Harvest Show", Jan. 25, 2007, [[LeSEA]] Broadcasting, South Bend, IN</ref> In 2007 they released a DVD for their anti-slavery project called "Stomp Out Slavery" to help raise public awareness.<ref>"ECM offers new resource on modern-day slavery", [[Mission Network News]], June 12, 2007</ref> In January 2008, ECM issued a "Prayer Guide against Modern Slavery" in celebration of the 150th anniversary of the [[Emancipation Proclamation]]<ref>"Ministry calls for prayer on anniversary of 150th Anniversary of [[Emancipation Proclamation]], [[Mission Network News]], Jan. 4, 2008</ref>

In 2003 ECM expanded its ministry to street children to include DR Congo, ministering to children living on Kinshasa's streets with meals twice a week, vocational training, literacy classes, sports teams, gardening and Bible classes.<ref>"Congo's homeless children building new lives", [[Mission Network News]], Sept. 29, 2006</ref><ref>"Soccer program helps draw street kids to the Gospel", [[Mission Network News]], Jan.3, 2005.</ref><ref>"Despite the war in the DRC, ministry to children is a top priority" [[Mission Network News]], Oct. 29, 2003</ref>

The same year they introduced an in-depth method of teaching the Bible. Called "Step by Step, Slowly", the approach teaches Bible passages phrase by phrase involving a four step process—Read, Question, Act it out, Sing and Dance.<ref>"Active teaching enlivens Sunday School in Congo", [[Mission Network News]], March 16, 2004</ref>

In 2006 ECM made investigatory trips into Togo, Benin, Uganda, and New Sudan,<ref>"Every Child Ministries offers hope to New Sudan", [[Mission Network News]], Jan. 12, 2007</ref> and conducted training for children’s teachers in Uganda and New Sudan.<ref>http://www.ecmafrica.org/1000728.ihtml</ref>

This was followed by training for children’s teachers in Togo in 2007<ref>http://www.ecmafrica.org/165404.ihtml</ref> and in Benin in 2008,<ref>"Ministry works to change mindset against children in Benin", [[Mission Network News]],June 12, 2008</ref> and by the establishment of a main base of operations with numerous projects in Uganda in 2007-2008.<ref>http://www.ecmafrica.org/270003.ihtml</ref><ref>"Giving Children a Second Chance", Veronica Vennah Kagona,Daily Monitor, Kampala, Uganda, July 28, 2008, http://www.monitor.co.ug/artman/publish/nie/Giving_children_a_second_chance_68907.shtml</ref><ref>"Children Devastated by War", Lorella Rouster, SST/Gospel Herald, Fall 2008, Union Gospel Press, Cleveland Ohio, p. 8-9.</ref>

Current projects in Uganda include summer day camps and holiday parties for children in IDP camps,<ref>"Ministry team brings hope to Uganda", [[Mission Network News]],August 20, 2008.</ref><ref>educational assistance through child sponsorship, "Ministry headway made in Uganda's civil war", [[Mission Network News]], December 12, 2006</ref> an initiative to help albino children and improve public acceptance of them,<ref>"Blessing for albino children in Uganda", [[Mission Network News]], October 6, 2008.</ref> and "The Way Home" Project targeting AIDS orphans. "The Way Home" project began in 2010 with assistance to "grannies" raising several grandchildren who were orphaned due to AIDS.<ref>"The Way Home", 2010, Every Child Ministries</ref>

In 2015, Mark Luckey was named as successors to the Rousters as International Director, while the Rousters continue to serve as missionary consultants, project coordinators and communication specialists.

==Missiological distinctives==
Every Child Ministries is a nonsectarian Christian mission of evangelical persuasion.<ref>Mission Handbook 2007-2009, USA & Canadian Ministries Overseas, Ed. By Linda J. Weber & Dotsey Welliver, , EMIS (Evangelical Missions Information Service), Billy Graham Center, Wheaton College, Wheaton, IL, 2007.</ref> Its members come from many different Christian churches. It is a hands-on type mission making extensive use of volunteers<ref>"Many hands take the message of hope to Africa", [[Mission Network News]], May 31, 2006</ref><ref>http://www.volunteermatch.org</ref> and involving people from many different backgrounds. As a mission agency ECM sends both career and short-term missionaries<ref>Summer of Service 2005, "Ben Pitzen-Every Child Ministries Ghana", Northwestern College, Orange City, IA</ref> and widely supports the work of African nationals.<ref>http://www.ecmafrica.org/36196.ihtml</ref>

==Memberships and affiliations==
Every Child Ministries has been a member of the [[Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability]] since 1987.,<ref>ECFA 2006 Member List, ECFA, Winchester, VA, 2006, p. 13.</ref> the [[Better Business Bureau]] Wise Giving Alliance,<ref>http://charityreports.bbb.org/public/Report.aspx?CharityID=3937&bureauID=9999
</ref> and [[Mission Network News]].<ref>http://www.mnnonline.org</ref> It is also a member of STEER, a group that involves agriculturalists in mission support.<ref>http://www.steerinc.com</ref>
Since 1997, ECM has participated in the triennial [[Urbana (convention)]] Student Missions Conference, where Co-Director Lorella Rouster taught a 2006 seminar on “Healing the Children of War.”<ref>http://www.urbana.org [[Urbana (convention)]] Student Missions Conference</ref> The organization has also regularly participated in the Greater Chicago Sunday School Association, where they have presented many workshops for teachers.<ref>Greater Chicago Sunday School Association, 2006 Convention Program, "Preparing God's People to Serve" and 2005 Convention Program, "Dynamically Using Our Gifts to Serve God", where Lorella Rouster of Every Child Ministries is listed as presenting several workshops. GCSSA, Elmhurst, IL</ref> In 2005 they were the featured international ministry at the Children's Pastor's Conferences sponsored by the International Network of Children's Ministry.<ref>http://www.incm.org</ref>

==References==

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==External links==
*[http://www.ecmafrica.org/ ECM Official website]
*[http://www.teachingforafrica.com/ ECM Teaching Resources for African Churches & Teachers]
*[http://www.thewayhomeafrica.com/ The Way Home Project website]

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Every Child Ministries

2016-04-04T13:33:51Z

Achilles: Yet again, you lie. Disgusting troll

Chris Christie

2016-04-04T13:31:09Z

Achilles: Mr. Holmes, stop joking around here.

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'''Christopher Christie''' (born September 6, 1962, in Newark, New Jersey) is the 55th and current Governor of [[New Jersey]], having won in the 2009 election by a 49%-45% margin over incumbent [[Democrat]] [[Jon Corzine]]. A [[Republican]], Christie previously served as U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey.

Christie declined to run for president in 2012, but endorsed [[Mitt Romney]] early and at a pivotal time, when Romney was struggling with [[evangelical]] statements against him. But Christie was passed over by Romney in his selection of a candidate for Vice President, despite how Christie might have attracted [[Catholic]] voters nationwide, as well as Irish and Italian American voters, and helped carry nearby [[Pennsylvania]]. Instead, Christie was picked to deliver the keynote address at the [[Republican National Convention]]. However, Christie earned the ire of [[conservative]]s with his fervent embrace of [[Barack Hussein Obama]] at a critical moment, likely costing Romney the election.

Christie caved into the [[homosexual agenda]] by prohibiting [[conversion therapy]] for minors, which is a shocking infringement on liberty and parental rights. This probably rendered Christie unelectable as a candidate for the Republican nomination for president. Christie's nominations to the New Jersey Supreme Court have also been astoundingly liberal and even included a break with tradition in order not to renominate the existing conservatives on that bench.

Other other issues, Christie has wandered between [[conservative]] values and [[RINO]] positions. Christie has vetoed same-sex marriage bills and other socially [[liberal]] legislation. He pardoned a man who received an absurdly long sentence for peaceful gun possession, but Christie has also been criticized for sometimes supporting of [[gun control]]. Conservatives have also criticized him for his stance on immigration reform.<ref>http://americasvoiceonline.org/blog/chris_christies_immigration_record/</ref> He believes in the liberal hoax known as [[global warming]], <ref>http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0511/55793.html</ref> and has supported the [[Obamacare]] [[Medicaid]] expansion.

On the important [[abortion]] issue, Christie is a bit of a [[PLINO]] - pro-life in name only. Christie has occasionally espoused [[pro-life]] views, but since early 2010 he has done almost nothing for unborn children. The [[abortion]] rate in [[New Jersey]] remains among the highest in the nation. Still, it is unlikely that Christie would run ads in support of abortion in certain cases, as Romney did in 2012.

After promoting a key part of the [[homosexual agenda]] by signing into law a ban on [[conversion therapy]] for minors, Christie then ran for reelection without significant opposition by [[liberal]] donors. Christie easily won reelection in 2013, winning in a landslide against Democrat Barbara Buono.

On June 30, 2015, Christie announced his candidacy for the Republican nomination in the [[2016 presidential election]].<ref>http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2015/06/30/christie-announces-2016-bid-for-white-house-becomes-14th-gop-hopeful/</ref>

==Biography==
Prior to his election as governor, Christie's only elected experience was serving on the Morris County board of Freeholders from 1995-1998. His colleagues praised him as effective, such as requiring as policy that the freeholder board go out for three quotations even on no-bid contracts. They also noted that he was unusually ambitious, when he unsuccessfully ran for State Assembly just two months into his term. <ref>http://www.politickernj.com/max/26275/political-career-three-parts-chris-christie-freeholder</ref> During his tenure in office county taxes decreased by 6.6%. <ref>http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2009/05/gop_candidate_chris_christie_l.html</ref>

After serving as a top fundraiser for [[George W. Bush]]'s 2000 presidential campaign, the [[Bush administration]] appointed Christie as U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey and served from 2002-2008. He was also one of the 17 U.S. Attorneys on [[Attorney General]] [[Alberto Gonzales]]'s advisory commitee. Christie's most high profile prosecutions included State Senator and [[Newark]] Mayor Sharpe James for mail fraud, wire fraud, and conspiring to rig the sale of nine city lots to his mistress. <ref>[http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2008/04/newark_ex_mayor_sharpe_james_convicted.html] Mayor James convicted</ref> He also led the felony conviction of State Senator Wayne Brant of mail and wire fraud, and bribery for soliciting a job at the School of Osteopathic Medicine. <ref>http://www.nj.com/news/ledger/topstories/index.ssf/2008/11/exlawmaker_bryant_guilty_of_br.html</ref> As attorney, Christie won convictions or guilty pleas from over 130 public officials, without losing a single case.

Christie's service as a prosecutor had an influence in [[national security]], when he led the team that prosecuted Hemant Lakhani, who had the desire to broker the sale of shoulder-fired missiles to shoot down American passenger jets. <ref>http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/article-6229181-details/%27Del+Boy%27+trader+on+arms+charge/article.do;jsessionid=2F40D75F1AFD0FA79E8E876DCB944F88 {{dead link}}</ref> When leaving office in December 2008 he was praised by every major newspaper in New Jersey. The Philadelphia Inquirer editorialized "Christie has already done more good for New Jersey than some previous governors." The [[New York Times]] wrote that Christie "won widespread admiration for his aggressive fight against political corruption." <ref>http://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=14677&ShowAllPoll=Y</ref>

Even Governor Corzine, Christie's opponent in the gubernatorial election praised Christie in 2005, saying "I have supported Chris Christie as being our U.S. attorney, fought for his ability to be that, endorsed what he's doing...There have been as many Republicans as Democrats who have been brought to justice because of Chris Christie. I think he's doing a great job." <ref>http://www.christiefornj.com/images/negativeattacks.pdf</ref>

==2009 Gubernatorial Campaign==
[[Image:Christiemap.jpg|thumb|right|250px|2009 Election Results]]
In the Republican primary, Christie defeated former mayor [[Steve Lonegan]].

Although a Democratic state, Christie was elected while advocating the need to downsize state [[government]] and reduce property taxes. New Jersey had faced a weakened economy, high budget deficit and a high tax burden, reslting in Corzine's defeat.

In July, Christie endorsed [[Barack Hussein Obama|President Obama]]'s nomination of [[Sonia Sotomayor]] to the [[U.S. Supreme Court]], saying "Elections have consequences. One of those consequences are judicial appointments. While Judge Sotomayor would not have been my choice, President Obama has used his opportunity to fill a seat on the Supreme Court by choosing a nominee who has more than proven her capability, competence and ability." <ref>http://www.nj.com/politics/index.ssf/2009/07/gop_gov_candidate_chris_christ_3.html</ref>

Christie is pro-life:
:"I believe in the sanctity, dignity and inherent value of all human life. Hearing the heartbeat of my unborn daughter 14 years ago had a profound effect on me. I am pro-life because I believe her life and the life of every child is precious." <ref>http://www.christiefornj.com/questions-for-chris {{dead link}}</ref>

===Notable Endorsements===
*Former [[New York City]] [[Mayor]] [[Rudy Giuliani]]
*Former [[Massachusetts]] Governor [[Mitt Romney]]
*Former New Jersey Governor [[Thomas H. Kean]]
*Economist [[Steve Forbes]]
*New Jersey Right to Life Committee <ref>http://www.lifenews.com/state4512.html</ref>

==Record as Governor==
On Christie's first day as governor he signed eight executive orders and froze several government regulations. He gave a nod to casinos, signing an order saying that their employees are essential state workers and will not have to close in any future state government shutdown, as they were in 2006. Christie also added unions to the list of groups who cannot receive state contracts of more than $17,500 if they have donated more than $300 to a campaign for governor or county political committee in the previous 18 months.<ref>http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/news/press/new_jersey/article_63a14ff8-8038-591a-8f1a-7503e1bbcbcc.html</ref>

In February, Christie announced that he would immediately freeze all state spending. Saying New Jersey is on the verge of bankruptcy, Christie declared a fiscal emergency, announcing drastic cuts. <ref>http://wcbstv.com/local/governor.christie.freezes.2.1487727.html {{dead link}}</ref>

On March 16, 2011, Christie announced major cuts to education to help balance the budget bloat caused by years under Democratic governors. <ref>http://www.dailyprincetonian.com/2010/03/22/25559/</ref> The New Jersey Education Association hotly contested these vital cuts, as they would almost certainly require the firing of non-tenured teachers to balance local school budgets, a problem the teacher's union created in the first place. Recently, the cuts have been challenged by the Supreme court, despite there being no link between New Jersey's relatively large amount of educational spending and increased statewide academic success. <ref>http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2011/03/christies_school_aid_cuts_left.html</ref>

In August 2011, Christie raised controversy by dismissing legitimate concerns voters and members of the New Jersey state legislature had raised concerning his appointment of Sohail Mohammed, a Muslim attorney with a history of defending Muslims after [[September 11, 2001 attacks|9/11]], as a judge on the state bench. Christie used profanity in referring to concerns that Mohammed would institute [[Sharia law]] from his position as state judge, and called citizens concerned about the Islamization of America "crazies."<ref>http://nation.foxnews.com/chris-christie/2011/08/04/christie-defends-appointing-muslim-judge-sharia-law-business-crap</ref>

Governor Christie has endorsed a plan to to merge part of the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ) with Rutgers University. The plan would include UMDNJ’s New Brunswick-Piscataway campus — Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, the School of Public Health and the Cancer Institute of New Jersey. The change would help raise Rutgers’ profile and draw more research dollars to the state, according to the recommendations. <ref>[http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2011/09/umdnj-rutgers_partial_merger_r.html Gov. Christie strongly endorses partial merger of Rutgers and UMDNJ]</ref> Rutgers, one of the few state universities without its own medical school, has been lobbying for a merger since another state task force headed by former New Jersey Gov. [[Thomas H. Kean]] first suggested the idea in January 2011. The reorganization has an “aggressive” target date of July 1, 2012. By adding a medical school, Rutgers’ rank among universities in spending on research and development would rise dramatically<ref>[http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2011/12/no_time_wasted_creating_rutger.html No time is being wasted creating Rutgers medical school]</ref>

He has also failed in getting the New Jersey Grand Prix ready for 2013, it will now be held in 2014.

==Controversy==
Christie's administration allegedly used "thug tactics"<ref> http://www.breitbart.com/InstaBlog/2014/01/08/Christie-Staff-Using-Thug-Tactics</ref> to shut down a bridge in New Jersey as retaliation against a Democrat who would not endorse Christie. The resulting traffic delays led to the death of an elderly woman and a number of investigations are ongoing. Numerous comparisons with [[Richard Nixon]] and [[Watergate]] have been drawn, even by former allies and supporters.<ref>http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702303754404579310952856880802</ref><ref> http://www.nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2014/01/nixon-christie-bridgegate.html</ref><ref> http://www.mediaite.com/online/glenn-beck-finds-the-good-news-in-christies-fat-furious-bridgegate-scandal/</ref>

According to RedState, "I have had Congressmen, Governors, and the staffers of Congressmen and Governors tell me horror stories about dealing with Christie’s people. All of them seem to dread it."<ref> http://www.redstate.com/2014/01/08/the-politics-of-a-holes/</ref> The Daily Caller elaborates: "But style aside, why should Republicans trust a candidate who has been openly antagonistic to them?"<ref> http://dailycaller.com/2014/01/08/bedford-the-myth-of-chris-christie-exposed/</ref> Even some [[RINO]]s such as Lindsay Graham have begun to question Christie<ref>http://hotair.com/archives/2014/01/09/the-first-big-name-republican-to-attack-christie-over-bridgegate-is-lindsey-graham/</ref> although most are avoiding the issue. <ref>http://www.wnd.com/2014/01/rush-limbaugh-rinos-like-wildebeests/?cat_orig=politics</ref>

==External Links==
*[http://www.state.nj.us/governor/ Governor of New Jersey Official Site]
*[https://www.chrischristie.com/ Chris Christie 2016 campaign site]

===Videos===
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICIa-KJeUtM&feature=related Governor Christie: Style]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Evtt-R7Rmdw&feature=related Governor Christie: Day of Reckoning]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iVccFQLFmUo&feature=related Conservative Governor on his "confrontational tone"]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZlzA9dgZ1qM&feature=related Rush Limbaugh: Governor Chris Christie Slaughters a Liberal Reporter]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TeXBlZdPENU&feature=related Governor Chris Christie For President 2012]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljIVr0dVgww&feature=related Christie Slams Teacher Unions]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yuri7p_9pm4&feature=related Chris Christie vs. Teachers Unions]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ksLlAi3iIc&feature=related Governor Christie: Not About Teachers]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vkv6uo5nZDM&feature=related Governor Christie on Hannity]

==References==
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Carly Fiorina

2016-04-04T13:29:44Z

Achilles: That's not true, Mr. Holmes.

[[File:Carly Fiorina 1.jpg|150px|right]]

'''Carly Fiorina''' (born September 6, 1954) was president and chief executive officer of [[Hewlett-Packard]] Company, one of the largest global technology companies in the world, from 1999 to 2005. Previously she held senior leadership positions at [[AT&T]] and [[Lucent Technologies]] for nearly 20 years. ''[[Fortune]]'' magazine ranked her the most powerful woman in American business <ref>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1998/10/12/249284/index.htm</ref> and ''[[Time magazine|Time]]'' listed her as one of the top 100 most influential people in the world. <ref>http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2005/time100-0413.html</ref> She is a graduate of [[Stanford University]] and holds a master of science degree from [[MIT]]'s Sloan School.

Carly Fiorina has [[conservative]] [[Republican]] leanings, though she has shown an unusual amount of sympathy for the [[pro-choice]] movement.<ref>http://www.lifenews.com/state4377.html</ref> She actively supported [[John McCain]] and [[Mitt Romney]] for president in 2008 and 2012, respectively. She was the Republican candidate for the United States Senate from California in the election of 2010 but lost to incumbent Democratic Senator Barbara Boxer. On May 4, 2015, Fiorina formally launched a campaign for the Republican nomination for president of the United States in the [[2016 presidential election|2016 election.]]<ref>http://www.wsj.com/articles/carly-fiorina-im-running-for-president-1430739879</ref>

On February 20, 2009, Fiorina was diagnosed with breast cancer. She underwent surgery at Stanford Hospital on March 2, 2009, followed by chemotherapy, which caused her to lose her hair, and radiation therapy. She has been given an excellent prognosis for a full recovery.<ref>http://www.cnet.com/news/carly-fiorina-treated-for-breast-cancer/</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.carlyfiorina.com/ Carly Fiorina Enterprises]
*[https://carlyforpresident.com Carly Fiorina 2016 campaign website]

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African Americans

2016-04-04T13:28:36Z

Achilles: NONSENSE THIS IS.

[[image:Freddouglas.jpg|225px|thumb|[[Frederick Douglass]], historic [[Abolitionism|abolitionist]] activist, historic member of the [[Republican Party]] of the United States.]]

'''African American''' is a [[politically correct]] term some use to describe the ethnic background of Americans with [[Africa]]n ancestry. The great majority of African Americans are descended from Africans brought to North America as [[slavery|slaves]] beginning four centuries ago. Others (like [[Colin Powell]]) were twentieth century immigrants from the [[West Indies]] or Africa. Many American [[conservative]]s believe that the use of terms such as "African-American" or "Mexican-American," collectively referred to as "[[hyphenated American|hyphenated Americanism]]," make the mistake of "putting America second" and emphasize racial differences over common national identity <ref>http://www.americanthinker.com/2010/05/on_becoming_an_unhyphenated_am.html</ref>

==Terms==
The preferred terminology changes constantly. Currently "black" and "African American" are in favor, and "Afro-American" and "Negro" are out of favor. The situation before 1960 was just the reverse. "Colored" was popular until the 1950s, but now is generally out of favor except among some [[leftist]] groups.

==History==
see [[Black history]]

Blacks were originally brought to America to serve as slaves in southeastern states on large-scale plantations. During the [[Civil War]], all slaves were freed by [[Abraham Lincoln]] though the [[Emancipation Proclamation]], the [[Thirteenth Amendment]], and some state actions. During [[Reconstruction]] the Freedmen (freed slaves) gained citizenship and civil and political rights, including the right to marry, move about, and keep their wages.

The system of [[Sharecropper|sharecropping]] instituted after the end of the war left most Freedmen poor, while the [[Jim Crow]] policies of racial [[segregation]] that were implemented after the end of [[Reconstruction]] limited their civic and political rights.

Blacks left the rural south in two waves, the first around 1915-20, the second coming after [[World War II]] when machinery ended the need for large numbers of people to pick cotton by hand. The migrants headed to the large cities of the North and West, and also in the South, moving from very poorly paid farm work to wage labor.

==Politics==
Blacks tended to support the [[Republican Party]] from the 1860s to the 1960s, but few who lived in the South voted--some states even stopped people of African ancestry voting by the use of literacy tests, poll taxes and other measures. The [[New Deal]] provided large-scale relief for blacks during the [[Great Depression]]. Some black Republican organizations, as in Chicago, switched overnight to the [[Democrat]]s. This sudden change is often attributed to the leftist sentiments that were growing in the late twentieth century. The [[15th Amendment]] allowed blacks to vote, but despite vigorous enforcement in the South prior to the [[Voting Rights Act]], minority voter registration was still much lower than white voter registration.<ref>Issacharoff, Samuel; Karlan, Pamela S.; Pildes, Richard H. (2012). ''The Law of Democracy: Legal Structure of the Political Process'' (4th ed.). New York, NY: Foundation Press. ISBN 1-59941-935-1, p. 514</ref><ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20040806055436/http://www.justice.gov/crt/voting/intro/intro_a.htm</ref> After the Voting Rights Act, black turnout increased substantially. Since 1964, blacks have voted 85% to 95% for Democrat presidential candidates, with an occasional black Republican elected to state office.

==Religion==
[[Image:President Barack Obama.jpg|thumb|150px|Barack Obama, the first President with black ancestry]]

Among African-Americans, religiosity is very high, and the standard practice since [[Reconstruction]] is for black ministers to be community spokespersons, and political power brokers; they often run for office. The great majority of African Americans are [[Protestant]]s, with their own [[Baptist]], [[Pentecostal]], and [[Methodist]] churches. A few are [[Muslim]]s.<ref>The Pluralism Project at Harvard University[http://www.pluralism.org/resources/statistics/tradition.php#Islam] Twenty-four percent of American Muslims are black, according to American Muslim Council's Zogby poll of August 2000.</ref>

==Racial registration and anti-miscegenation laws==
In the early 20th century some states, not only in the South, adopted racial registration policies and implemented laws against the mixing of black and white people. These "anti-miscegenation" laws were only finally ended in the federal case [[Loving v. Virginia]], when a mixed race couple successfully challenged all laws against mixed marriage in the states.

[[File:RosaParks.jpg|thumb|left|[[Rosa Parks]].]]

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==References==
<references/>
* [http://www.adherents.com/rel_USA.html National Survey of Religious Identification (NSRI)]

==See also==
[[File:Richmond Garrick, Hope.jpg|thumb|Richmond Garrick, Hope, 2008.]]
* [[Black History]]
* [[Civil Rights]]
* [[Jim Crow]]
* [[Race]]
* [[Black Republican]]
* [[Black unemployment]]
* [[Kwanzaa]]

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2016-04-04T13:27:27Z

Achilles: Stop it, Mr. Holmes. You project your own disgusting homosexual thoughts on others.

I am a conservative who lives in the United States of America.
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Ex-homosexuals

2016-04-04T13:24:14Z

Achilles: No thanks. I have no interest in sex at all. Thank God for that. Vaginas and penises both look gross and horrible to me. That's the TRUTH.

{{homosexuality}}
[[Image:St Paul Preaching.jpg|left|thumb|200px|St. [[Paul]] defends his preaching (Giovanni Ricco)]]
In regards to the question of whether or not [[homosexuality]] is a permanent condition, one of the earliest historical records regarding of the existence of [[ex-homosexuals]] is a letter of the [[Paul|Apostle Paul]] to the [[Corinth]]ian [[Christianity|Christian]] church.

The [[Saint Paul|Apostle Paul]] wrote:
{{cquote|Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived; neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor [a]effeminate, nor homosexuals, nor thieves, nor the covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers, will inherit the kingdom of God. '''''Such were some of you; but you were washed, but you were sanctified, but you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and in the Spirit of our God'''''. - I Corinthians 6:9-11 (NASB), emphasis added.}}

Today people still report leaving homosexuality and becoming heterosexual through their [[Christianity|Christian]] faith.<ref>
*[http://www.christianitytoday.com/le/2013/fall/leaving-my-lesbian-past.html Leaving my lesbian past]
*[http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=56481 'Gay'-rights leader quits homosexuality - Rising star in movement says God liberated him from lifestyle]
*[http://www.bpnews.net/bpnews.asp?ID=19650 Documentary features stories of those who left homosexuality], ''Baptist News''
*[http://americansfortruth.com/news/ex-lesbian-yvette-schneider-testifies-to-complete-and-permanent-change.html Ex-Lesbian Yvette Schneider Testifies to ‘Complete’ and Permanent Change]
*[http://www.witnessfortheworld.org/founder.html About DL Foster]
*[http://www.christianpost.com/news/christian-group-releases-ex-gay-documentary-such-were-some-of-you-123754/ Christian Group Releases Ex-Gay Documentary, 'Such Were Some of You']
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XUXhKbHMGJg Trailer of the ex-homosexual documentary 'Such Were Some of You']
*[http://americansfortruth.com/2007/09/16/landmark-study-change-for-homosexuals-is-possible/ Landmark Study: Change for Homosexuals Is Possible]
</ref>

[[Peter LaBarbera]] is the President of [[Americans for Truth]] which is a organization which counters the [[homosexual agenda]]. LaBarbera stated the following regarding Christian ex-homosexuals who reported being transformed by the power of God:
{{cquote|Another factor from my experience as a close observer of the “ex-gay” phenomenon is that many former homosexuals do not linger in “[[reparative therapy]]” programs, or participate in them at all. They attribute their dramatic and (relatively) rapid transformation to the power of God, and likely would not show up in a study of this kind. In fact, these “unstudied” overcomers would appear to be the most successful ex-homosexuals because they’ve moved on with their lives — as “reborn” Christians move on after overcoming any besetting sin.<ref>http://www.americansfortruth.com/news/landmark-study-change-for-homosexuals-is-possible.html</ref>}}

Peter LaBarbera's statement above concerning [[Overcoming Homosexuality|overcoming homosexuality]] certainly has some evidence supporting it. For example, in 1980 a study was published in the ''American Journal of Psychiatry'' and eleven men participated in this study. The study reported that eleven homosexual men became heterosexuals "without explicit treatment and/or long-term psychotherapy" through their participation in a [[Pentecostalism|Pentecostal]] church.<ref>[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7435713 E.M. Pattison and M.L. Pattison, "'Ex-Gays': Religiously Mediated Change in Homosexuals," American Journal of Psychiatry, Vol. 137, pp. 1553-1562, 1980]</ref> The [[Apostle Paul]] in a letter to the church of [[Corinth]] indicated that [[Christianity|Christians]] were able to overcome being drunkards through the power of [[Jesus Christ]] (I Corinthians 6:9-11).

Missouri Senator [[Bob Dixon]] is an ex-homosexual who is running for governor in 2016.

== Abundant cases of ex-homosexuals in the sexology literature ==

Dr. Neil Whitehead is a research scientist and [[biochemistry|biochemist]] from [[New Zealand]] and his wife Briar Whitehead is a writer.<ref>[http://www.narth.com/docs/mygenes.html Book Review: My Genes Made Me Do It: A Scientific Look at Sexual Orientation
by Neil and Briar Whitehead]</ref> Dr. Whitehead coauthored a book with with his wife entitled ''My Genes Made Me Do it - a scientific look at sexual orientation'' which argues that there is no [[gene]]tic determinism in regards to homosexuality and that there is abundant documentation that individuals are able to leave homosexuality and become heterosexuals.<ref>http://www.mygenes.co.nz/download.htm</ref>

Dr. Whitehead and Briar Whitehead state in their aforementioned book the following regarding [[Homosexuality Research|studies involving homosexuals]] becoming ex-homosexuals:
{{cquote|The sexology literature reports a huge number of examples of change of all degrees from homosexuality to or toward heterosexuality. These studies have been so numerous that West (a gay man) in 1977 took an entire chapter in his classic book, Homosexuality Re-examined, to review them, and commented: “Although some militant homosexuals find such claims improbable and unpalatable, authenticated accounts have been published of apparently exclusive and long-standing homosexuals unexpectedly changing their orientation.”

West mentions one man who was exclusively homosexual for eight years, then became heterosexual...

Another well known author in the field, Hatterer, who believes in sexual orientation change, said, “I’ve heard of hundreds of... men who went from a homosexual to a heterosexual adjustment on their own.”<ref>[http://www.mygenes.co.nz/Ch12.pdf From the book My Genes Made Me Do it - a scientific look at sexual orientation by Dr Neil Whitehead and Briar Whitehead -Chapter 12]</ref>}}

== Denials that ex-homosexuals exist ==

''See also:'' [[Denials that ex-homosexuals exist]]

Commonly homosexual activists fallaciously argue that ex-homosexuals “must never have been really gay at all” (see: [[No true Scotsman]] fallacy) or is “just deluding himself.” <ref>[http://lastresistance.com/4063/ex-gay-controversy-highlights-extreme-breach-gay-debate/ Ex-Gay Controversy Highlights Extreme Breach in “Gay” Debate]</ref> For example, when the alleged homosexual, male penguin "Harry" mated with a female penguin (see: [[Homosexuality in animals myth]]), the homosexual activist [[Wayne Besen]] angrily exclaimed "“There is no ‘ex-gay’ sexual orientation. Harry is simply in denial. He’s living what I call the ‘big lie.’”<ref>[http://americansfortruth.com/2009/07/15/gay-penguin-flies-straight/ Gay penguin flies straight]</ref> In [[Madison]], [[Wisconsin]] an ex-homosexual was forced to do 50 hours of community service and undergo "tolerance training" (or face jail time and fines) due to a discussion he had with a homosexual (see: [[Hate Crime Law Misapplied to Ex-homosexual]]).

The denial that [[Homosexuality and choice|homosexuality is a choice]] by homosexual activists and [[liberal]]s is similar to the behavior of [[fat acceptance movement]] activists who insist that being overweight is never a choice and ostracize ex-overweight people (see: [[fat acceptance movement]] for details).

== Matthew Henry on forgiveness of ex-homosexuals by God ==

The classic biblical commentator [[Matthew Henry]] wrote the following regarding the forgiveness and sanctification in Christ for those who [[repentance|repent]] of the above sins listed in the letter of Paul to the Corinthians (which includes the sin of homosexuality):
{{cquote|How glorious a change does grace make! It changes the vilest of men into saints and the children of [[God]]. Such were some of you, but you are not what you were. You are washed, you are sanctified, you are justified in the name of [[Jesus Christ|Christ]], and by the [[Holy Spirit|Spirit of our God]]. Note, The wickedness of men before conversion is no bar to their [[regeneration]] and reconciliation to God. The blood of Christ, and the washing of regeneration, can purge away all guilt and defilement. Here is a rhetorical change of the natural order: You are sanctified, you are justified. Sanctification is mentioned before justification: and yet the name of Christ, by which we are justified, is placed before the Spirit of God, by whom we are sanctified. Our justification is owing to the merit of Christ; our sanctification to the operation of the [[Holy Spirit|Spirit]]: but both go together.<ref>http://blueletterbible.org/Comm/mhc/1Cr/1Cr006.html</ref>}}

== Ex-gay term ==

[[Lesbianism|Female homosexuals]] and male homosexuals who leave homosexuality and become ex-homosexuals are often referred to as "ex-gays," and the [[Ex-Gay Movement|ex-gay movement]] became well known in the [[United States]] in the 1970s.<ref name="xtoday">http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2007/october/6.48.html</ref>

==Ex-Homosexual Quotes==
[[Image:Schnieders.jpg‎|thumb|225px|Yvette Cantu Schneider and family]]
*Homosexuality is death, and I choose life. - Ex-Homosexual and ex-"gay rights" leader [[Michael Glatze]]

*I came out of homosexuality after a powerful encounter with [[Jesus Christ]] and a desire to serve and obey Him. I can say with complete honesty that I NEVER have homosexual desires of any sort - physical or emotional. - Ex-[[Lesbianism|lesbian]] Yvette Cantu Schneider<ref>[http://americansfortruth.com/news/ex-lesbian-yvette-schneider-testifies-to-complete-and-permanent-change.html Ex-Lesbian Yvette Schneider Testifies to ‘Complete’ and Permanent Change]</ref>
===Testimony of Charlene Cothran===
In regards to female homosexuals leaving homosexuality, below is the tesimony ex-lesbian Charlene Cothran:
{{cquote|Over the past 29 years of my life I have been an aggressive, creative and strategic supporter of gay and lesbian issues. I’ve organized and participated in countless marches and various lobbying efforts in the fight for equal treatment of gay men and lesbians. I have kept current on the issues and made financial contributions to those organizations doing work about which I was most passionate.

As the publisher of a 13 year old periodical which targets Black gays and lesbians, I have had the opportunity to publicly address thousands, influencing closeted people to ‘come out’ and stand up for them selves, which is particularly difficult in the African-American community.

But now, I must come out of the closet again. I have recently experienced the power of change that came over me once I completely surrendered to the teachings of Jesus Christ. As a believer of the word of God, I fully accept and have always known that same-sex relationships are not what God intended for us.<ref>[http://www.aggressivechristianity.net/articles/charlene%20cothran.htm Charlene Cothran testimony]</ref>}}

==2006 Survey Finds Men Seek to Become Ex-homosexuals Often Do So to Heal Emotional Pain or For Spiritual Reasons==
A 2006 survey finds men [http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2006/jul/06071302.html seek to leave homosexual lifestyle to heal emotional pain and for spiritual reasons rather than outside pressure.] In addition, there is [[Homosexuality and Mental Health|other data]] that supports the above 2006 survey findings.

==Reparative Therapy==
There have been several studies regarding homosexuals becoming ex-homosexuals. For example, on September 13, 2007 [[Christianity Today]] published an article entitled ''An Older Wiser Ex-Gay Movement'' and below is an excerpt from that article which focuses on [[Reparative Therapy|reparative therapy]]:
{{cquote|Since its beginnings in the 1970s, the ex-gay movement has engaged gay advocates in a battle of testimonies. Transformed ex-gay leaders are the best argument for their movement. Likewise, those who've left the ex-gay movement in despair and disgust are the best counterargument. The debate continued this June, when Exodus International held its 32nd annual conference in Irvine, California, featuring dozens of speakers and seminar leaders who have quit homosexuality. Down the road outside the Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Center, a news conference featured three former Exodus leaders saying "ex-gay" is a delusion.

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 name="xtoday" />}}

The study started out with 98 people with 72 of them being men and 26 of them being women.<ref name="bp26429">http://www.bpnews.net/bpnews.asp?ID=26429</ref> Some of the participants 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 name="bp26429" /> As a result, 73 subjects completed the study.<ref name="bp26429" />

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."; and malfunctions in the taping of the interviews accounts for the remaining 5 percent. <ref name="bp26429" />

Previously, Dr. [[Robert Spitzer]] published a study in the journal ''Archives of Sexual Behavior'' performed using reparative therapy had some subjects experiencing change.<ref>http://www.narth.com/docs/evidencefound.html</ref>
===Conservative Criticism of Reparative Therapy===
Although many conservatives approve of reparative therapy there are many that do not which will be elaborated on shortly. Conservative Christians believe that a homosexual can choose to become an ex-homosexual, however, the point of difference is whether it was chosen in the first place. The Pew Research Center states the following regarding Americans' views on how homosexuality first originates:
{{cquote|Asked why some people are homosexual, 42% say it is "just the way that some people prefer to live," compared with 30% who think homosexuality is something people are born with and 14% who believe it develops because of the way people are brought up. The view that homosexuality is innate is more prevalent now than in 1985, when 20% believed that homosexuality is something people are born with.<ref>http://people-press.org/reports/display.php3?PageID=764</ref>}}

Author and ex-lesbian Alma Kramer takes the position that [[Homosexuality and Choice|homosexuality is a sin and sin is a choice]] when she wrote the following:
{{cquote|I made a choice in my life that put me in bondage for 20 years. While it is true that there were certain things in my childhood that happened or didn't happen that influenced my choice, I still made a choice.

I Corinthians 6:9-11 proves that sin is a choice and that you can change. The New International version says, "Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor male prostitutes nor homosexual offenders nor thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God. And that is what some of you were. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God." WOW!! I am so glad we can change. I can remember the time when I thought that there was no way out.<ref>http://www.setfree1.com/2.html</ref>}}

Dr. [[James Dobson]] and other advocates of reparative therapy do not believe that homosexuality first originates as a result of choice.<ref>http://www.truthdig.com/avbooth/item/20061125_james_dobson_identifies_homosexuality/</ref>

==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 people supposedly being "[[Homosexuality and Genetics|born homosexuals]]":
{{cquote|On thing we have learned about homosexuality: it produces acute rudis indigestaque moles in some people. When Heche and Degeneres appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show to discuss their newfound relationship, Heche stunned everyone (including Oprah) by stating, "I was not gay before I met her." You know Oprah; she was just going to be Color Purple honest. "That confuses me," she quickly confessed. Considering the amount of time and energy gay activists put into pressing "born gay" templates, I'm sure that's not exactly what Oprah was expecting to hear. She was so baffled by the remark that she dedicated her next show to whether or not gays can change....

Heche has now chosen to be heterosexual and to prove it she got married on last Thursday to Coleman Laffron, a Hollywood cameraman she met while working on a project with then lover Ellen. Was she secretly dreaming of a white, heterosexual Christmas while she was with Ellen? If she was, then can we theorize that many gay people really do want to be straight, but just haven't found the right cameraman/woman yet?<ref>http://www.witnessministries.org</ref>}}

==Ex-Homosexuals and Former Sexual Abuse==
The are studies which suggest that [[Sexual Abuse Being a Contributing Factor for Homosexuality|homosexuals are sexually abused disproportionately in their childhood compared to heterosexuals]] Dr. Whitehead and Briar Whitehead state in their previously mentioned book:
{{cquote|“Ex-gay” support groups...report that between 50 percent and 60 percent of homosexual men coming for help have been abused sexually. This is confirmed by various researchers.... Ex-gay groups report high levels of male sexual abuse (up to 85 percent) in female homosexuals who come for help.<ref>[http://www.mygenes.co.nz/Ch3.pdf From the book My Genes Made Me Do it - a scientific look at sexual orientation by Dr Neil Whitehead and Briar Whitehead - Chapter 3]</ref>}}

==Religious Liberty Versus Exgayphobia==
[[Image: PstrDLF1.jpg‎|thumbnail|225px|right|Pastor Darryl L. Foster]]
Pastor Darryl L. Foster, a former homosexual, states the following regarding Christian ex-homosexuals and their duty to speak out:
{{cquote|We can step out and advocate for our beliefs (which is our right as taxpaying citizens) or we can remain silent and hidden, thereby giving credence to a false idea that there are no former homosexuals. The problem with the last option is our spiritual mandate to share our faith and our experience of change to the glory of God. In the church, we have yet to adopt a unified expression which identifies us in a non threatening way.<ref>Former article at [http://www.witnessfortheworld.org Witness for the World website] entitled Understanding Exgay: People or Politics?</ref>}}

The African American ex-homosexual Christian ministry of Witness for the World declares in a press release:
{{cquote|Gay activist, Wayne Besen, who suddenly found himself at the epicenter of a new career playing CIA with the lives of formerly gay men and women, says the book which features first person testimonies by former homosexuals urges gays to “go back into the closet.”....

“Wayne Besen is the nation’s foremost carrier of a debilitating social disease I call exgayphobia," said Pastor Darryl Foster of Atlanta. “It seems his entire life has been consumed by a fear that Americans will hear the true stories of change by former homosexuals like myself and bring an end to his phobic-laden gravy train.”

Foster, who wrote the foreword to Closing the Closet heads Powerful Change Ministry Group International, a fellowship of 14 national and international ministries to homosexuals in communities of color who seek change from unwanted homosexuality...<ref>Press release at [http://www.witnessfortheworld.org Witness for the World website]</ref>}}

The Witness for the World Press release also states regarding homosexual activists Wayne Besen the following:
{{cquote|“This man is borderline lunatic, he has become so obsessed in his fear,” said Foster. “If the book is about exgays, why would you use anyone else but an exgay? Besen should know better. As a Jew, he should know that the Nazis hated the testimonies of the Jews who escaped from the death camps. Their first hand testimonies of the atrocities heaped upon them were the only links the world had to the truth. Likewise, our stories and experiences as homosexuals are true. We tell them because we want people to know what happened to us, how we escaped and what others can do to get out. It’s absolutely ludicrous for Besen to say that my story is a lie when I am the one who lived it. He seems to have forgotten his own history.”

Exgayphobic homosexuals like Besen fear that the message of exgays, when it finally reaches the average American will make sense and people will support the choice for change for homosexuals. What that means says Foster is that the grinding money machine mental health professionals have been making off victimized gays for decades will come to a screeching halt. Besen is simply a cog in that well oiled wheel. For such professionals who give big money to homosexual rights organizations in exchange for their "professional" opinions about homosexuals, keeping exgays silent and hidden has become an obsession.ries to homosexuals in communities of color who seek change from unwanted homosexuality...<ref>Press release at [http://www.witnessfortheworld.org Witness for the World website]</ref>}}

==Ex-Homosexuals and the Documentary ''I Do Exist''==
The Baptist Press wrote the following regarding the ex-homosexual documentary ''I Do Exist'':
{{cquote|Can homosexuals change? A new documentary says "yes" and includes interviews with people who say they've made the switch.

The 48-minute video, dubbed ''I Do Exist'', is intended for use as a discussion-starter in churches, schools and universities. It includes the stories of five homosexuals -- three women and two men -- who once were involved in homosexuality but are now heterosexual. Along the way, psychologists and psychiatrists give their thoughts as to why they believe change is possible.}}

==Supporters of Homosexuality Are Doing Harm==
Pastor Darryl L. Foster, a former homosexual, states the supporters of homosexuality are doing harm:
{{cquote|As I have said many times before gays and their lovestruck supporters are masters at changing and refining everything that convicts them. This is no surprise as the [[Apostle Paul]] taught us that they would even redefine the very image of God. They need a "god" who is "okay" with their wayward and disobedient sexuality. Flunder works hard to help people kick the drug habit, yet hypocritically allows gays and lesbians to continue in a [[Homosexuality and Health|proven path of destructive living]].<ref>http://www.witnessfortheworld.org</ref>}}

==Regarding Ex-Homosexuals Falling Back Into Homosexuality==
[[Image:Peter.jpg|right|thumb|150px|[[Peter LaBarbera]]]]
[[Peter LaBarbera]] states the following regarding ex-homosexuals falling back into homosexuality:
{{cquote|To homosexual and gender-bending activists, any ex-”gay” testimony threatens their central propaganda myth that some people are intrinsically (born) “gay,” bisexual or “transgender.” Some homosexual activists like Wayne Besen and the fellows at “Ex-Gay Watch” have dedicated themselves to discrediting ex-”gay” change by hyping the cases of people who have returned back to homosexual behavior. (Yes, change is difficult, but why focus exclusively on failed attempts? Imagine if someone tried to “prove” that overcoming drug addiction was impossible by popularizing only those cases of addicts who tried to go clean but fell back into their drug-abusing lifestyle.)

As you read on, give thanks that high school student “John” was transformed by Jesus Christ (rather than by modern secular psychiatrists) and will not have to suffer the severe emotional confusion and deep loneliness inherent to “transgender” delusion. “John” is truly free now — to experience gratitude for his body, to fall in love with a woman, to enjoy sex in marriage, to accept the natural blessing of children and grandchildren, to worship and serve his God, to know joy.<ref>http://americansfortruth.com/news/why-we-need-americans-for-truth.html</ref>}}

==Hostility Towards Ex-Homosexuals and Ex-Homosexual Groups==
Homosexual activists and [[liberal]]s have become angered in regards to ex-homosexual events and activities. Below are some incidents that have taken place.
===Matt Ott===
In addition, the Center for Reclaiming America cited the following account of how a [[hate crime]] statute was egregiously applied to an ex-homosexual:
{{cquote|In Madison, Wisconsin, a recovered homosexual who had left the “gay” lifestyle to start a family got into a heated discussion with an open homosexual about homosexuality at a gas station. The ex-“gay” man, David Ott, was holding his child in his arms during the entire incident, and neither man touched the other. The homosexual activist later told police he had felt threatened by Ott, and local prosecutors charged the man with “disorderly conduct” with a “hate crimes” enhancement.

The “hate crime” aspect, stemming from Ott’s belief that homosexuality is morally wrong, raised the potential fine from $1,000 to $10,000, and jail time went up from a possible 90 days to one year. Fearing the possibility of substantial jail time, Ott settled, and received 50 hours of community service plus a mandatory attendance at “tolerance” sessions conducted by [[lesbianism|lesbians]] at the [[University of Wisconsin at Madison]]. A ground rule for the session was the premise that homosexual behavior is not immoral.

The entire process cost Ott almost $7,000 in legal fees.<ref>[http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=56702 Report now found at Worldnetdaily]</ref>}}

===Parents and Friends of Ex-Gays (PFOX) - Arlington County Fair Incident===
[[Image:Rev. Louis P. Sheldon Photo.jpg|thumb|right|140px|Reverend [[Louis Sheldon]], Chairman of the [[Traditional Values Coalition]] and author of ''The Agenda: The Homosexual Plan to Change America'']]
The [[Traditional Values Coalition]] reported the following:
{{cquote|Parents and Friends of Ex-Gays & Gays (PFOX) hosted a booth at the Arlington County Fair in Arlington, Virginia. PFOX has had an exhibit at this fair for the past four years.

And, every year, intolerant homosexual activists have done everything they could to disrupt PFOX’s display. This year, they screamed obscenities, threw PFOX materials on the ground and demanded that PFOX leave the fair. One PFOX volunteer was hit because he is an ex-homosexual.

Eventually, PFOX had to call in a police officer to eject one activist who was harassing their volunteers. According to PFOX, “This is not the first time that PFOX has had to summon the police for protection from gay activists."<ref>http://www.traditionalvalues.org/modules.php?sid=3129</ref>}}

===Parents and Friends of Ex-Gays (PFOX) - Virginia School Counselors Incident ===
The [[Traditional Values Coalition]] also reported the following Incident:
{{cquote|Parents and Friends of Ex-gays and Gays (PFOX) was booted from a Virginia School Counselors Association annual convention last weekend. PFOX had been officially registered at the convention and had set up a booth to distribute materials showing that homosexuals can change.

The head of the counselor’s group asked to meet with PFOX leader Regina Griggs and told her that several of the items in the booth were offensive to school counselors. Among them was NARTH President Dr. Joseph Nicolosi’s book, A Parent’s Guide To Preventing Homosexuality. After offering to remove any offensive materials from the booth, Griggs was told that PFOX should leave anyway because it wasn’t worth their time to only distribute two brochures at the convention.

Griggs told [[WorldNetDaily]]: “Some members didn’t want us there at all. They didn’t want an alternative opinion to the teaching they were having that afternoon.”<ref>http://www.traditionalvalues.org/modules.php?sid=2666</ref>}}

==Existence of Ex-Homosexuals is an Argument that "Gay Rights" Does Not Achieve Civil Rights Status==
[[Image:Alvedaking.jpg‎|right|thumb|200px|Dr. [[Alveda King]]]]
Dr. [[Alveda C. King]] is the founder of [[King for America]], Inc. which is a faith based organization. <ref name="king">http://www.kingforamerica.com/index.htm</ref> Dr. Alveda C. King is the daughter of the late slain civil rights activist Rev. [[A. D. King]].<ref name="king" />

Dr. Alveda C. King stated the following to the Massachusetts General Assembly regarding the existence of ex-homosexuals is an argument that "gay rights" does not achieve civil rights status:
{{cquote|Thirty-nine years ago, my great-uncle, Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., delivered to mindful citizens of America a prophetic dream which envisaged all of this great nation's people living in the full exercise of all rights granted to them by the U.S. Constitution. My forebear's dream was deeply rooted in the American dream wherein the Founders of our Union saw every lawful citizen standing in dignity outfitted by unalienable rights from God to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness free from the tyrannies of personal whim and ideology handed down by kings, dictators, political groups, and yes, some institutions of democratic government....

Yet, there is a larger body of science represented even by the above scientists that agrees that mature behavior patterns rely much more on social shaping and choices than genetic predisposition, such that these behaviors may be successfully modified by a variety of means. The food addict may eat responsibly, the alcoholic may drink responsibly or not at all, and the homosexual may live according to a wide range of choices as well. Thus, binge drinking, overeating, cocaine abuse and other behaviors do not have to be granted public latitude as a matter of right in this great nation. Certainly, these and other mutable behaviors may be practiced; they may be under constitutional protection in fact (under our privacy clauses), but they may not be granted civil rights or public protection.

Again, if behavior or other aspects of personhood may be altered, then those aspects fail to meet civil rights status. Homosexual practice clearly falls into this category. As my mother, Alveda C. King has said, "I have met many ex-homosexuals just as I have met many ex-husbands, ex-wives, ex-drug addicts and ex-lawyers. Yet I have never met an ex-Negro, ex-Caucasian or ex-Native American." The politics of preference does not jibe with civil rights legitimacy...<ref>http://www.kingforamerica.com/jrellis-testimony.htm</ref>}}

In short, the distinction is between characteristics that may be altered, and that thus do not merit civil-rights protection, and immutable characteristics, which do merit civil-rights protection. This is why sexual orientation does not merit civil-rights protection, while characteristics such as race, sex, and religion do.

==Senator John Kerry Comment Insults Ex-Homosexuals==
[[Image:John-kerry.jpg‎|right|thumb|160px|[[John Kerry]]]]
[[Cybercast News Service]] stated the following regarding Senator [[John Kerry]] comment which insulted ex-Homosexuals:
{{cquote|Sen. John Kerry's declaration Wednesday that homosexuals don't have a choice about their sexual orientation has enraged individuals who identify themselves as "ex-gays."...

Shortly after Kerry made the remark Wednesday, reaction started pouring into [[Warren Throckmorton]], a professor at Grove City College in Pennsylvania. Throckmorton said ex-homosexuals expressed outrage to him about Kerry's comment.

"Kerry's views, unfortunately, present a view of homosexuality that science does not support," Throckmorton said. "Bush, wisely, has reserved judgment and his views are closer to where science has progressed to at this point. I'm concerned that Kerry misled the country."

Throckmorton, considered an authority on sexual orientation research, recently released his own documentary, "I Do Exist," which chronicles the lives of ex-homosexuals.<ref>http://www.cnsnews.com/ViewCulture.asp?Page=%5CCulture%5Carchive%5C200410%5CCUL20041015b.html</ref>}}
==Judge Prohibits Public Schools from Implementing Anti-ex-homosexual Curriculum==
The organizaion [[Parents and Friends of Ex-Gays & Gays]] (PFOX) reported the following:
{{cquote|Montgomery County, Maryland – A United States District Court has granted the request of Parents and Friends of Ex-Gays & Gays (PFOX.org) for a temporary injunction prohibiting the Montgomery County, Maryland public schools from implementing an anti-ex-gay sex ed curriculum.

U.S. District Court Judge Alexander Williams, Jr. ruled that the curriculum threatened PFOX's constitutional rights, including the First Amendment freedom of speech.

In his opinion, Judge Williams noted some of the curriculum's biased statements against ex-gays, including statements claiming that `[t]rying to change one's sexual response to straight or gay is usually unsuccessful,' and that `[i]n fact, it is often societal homophobia that forces people to attempt to change.'<ref>http://www.pfox.org/phpbb/viewtopic.php?p=41&sid=3f6326facd8169669d328749f4c1cbe8</ref>}}

==Notable examples==
*Petra Grimber and Simon Th.Dijkstra who have experienced liberation from homosexual life style.<ref>{{cite web |author=Petra Grimber |title=Schrei nach Liebe: Brennpunkt Homosexualität : Erfahrungsberichte, Was sagt die Bibel?, Ursachen und Therapie |publisher=Schwengeler Verlag |isbn=9783856660529 |url=http://www.amazon.de/Schrei-nach-Liebe-Brennpunkt-Homosexualit%C3%A4t/dp/3856660526/ref=sr_1_fkmr2_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1375742247&sr=8-1-fkmr2&keywords=schrei+nach+liebe+schwengeler+verlag |language=German}}</ref>
*[[Jozef Demjan]] who had experienced abuse as a child what according to him caused him to become addicted to homosexuality. Later he managed to quit homosexual life style and marry Júlia.<ref>{{cite web |title=Svadba bez pretvárky, ale plná kontroverznosti! Róm s homosexuálnou minulosťou sa oženil s nerómkou, baptistkou! (Romany young lad with homosexual past has married non-romany babtist girl) |publisher=markiza.sk |date=05. September 2012 |url=http://modrezneba.markiza.sk/clanok/svadba-bez-pretvarky-ale-plna-kontroverznosti.html |accessdate=August 6, 2013|language=Slovak}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Oslobodený z homosexuality - Príbeh Jozefa a Júlie Modré z Neba (Set free from sexuality: The story of Jozef and Júlia)|url=http://en.gloria.tv/?media=330027}}</ref>
*[[Lisa Miller]], ex-lesbian who was effectively forced to flee the country due to attempt of society governed by LGBT ideology to take her own biological child and give it to her lesbian ex-partner who has no biological connection to child and is unable to pass the parental genetic test.<ref>{{cite web |title=Lisa Miller |url=http://www.lifesitenews.com/tag/lisa+miller}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=BookTV: Rena Lindevaldsen, "Only One Mommy" |url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vv5z7Ek_ULc |accessdate=August 32, 2013}}</ref>
*[[Christopher Yuan]]. He has co-authored with his mother a book ''Out of a Far Country: A Gay Son's Journey to God, A Broken Mother's Search for Hope''. As child, he was exposed to pornography and when he was sixteen years old, he had a sexual relationship with a thirty-year-old man who abused him. Later, while attending dental school, he began visiting gay bars, living promiscuously as a homosexual and experimenting with illicit drugs. Within a few years, he was expelled from dental school, imprisoned for drug dealing and discovered that he was HIV positive.<ref>{{cite web |title=christopheryuan |year=2011 |url=http://www.christopheryuan.com/main/index.html}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Christopher Yuan's story |publisher=CBN |url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwmUNqrirO4}}</ref>

== Christian video testimonies of ex-homosexuals ==

*[http://gcmwatch.com/exhomosexual-videos/ 225 Ex-homosexual video testimonies]

==See Also==
*[[Resources on becoming a Christian]]
*[[Overcoming Homosexuality]]
*[[Causes of Homosexuality]]
*[[Homosexuality and Choice]]
*[[Teen Homosexuality]]
*[[Homosexuality]]
[[Category:Homosexuality]]
[[Category:Ex-Homosexuals| ]]
== External links ==

'''Video:'''
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUW-AvGnhf0 Ex-homosexual Pastor DL Foster]

==References==
{{reflist|2}}

User:Achilles

2016-04-04T13:22:28Z

Achilles: It IS possible to pray away the homosexual urges, but I've never needed to do that, since I'm NOT GAY

Ex-homosexuals

2016-04-04T13:20:31Z

Achilles: No, you didn't. You would have better chance luring ME into it than JESUS. And I fancy only LADIES

User:JDano

2016-04-04T13:17:42Z

Achilles: You are a troll with nothing better to do, eh? In that case, YOU ARE NOT WELCOME. GO AWAY.

I am a conservative who lives in the United States of America.
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Ex-homosexuals

2016-04-04T13:16:07Z

Achilles: Stop doing this. Jesus ISN'T GAY, ALTHOUGH YOU MOST LIKELY ARE. Gay people try to lure others into their sin.

User:Achilles

2016-04-04T13:14:11Z

Achilles: Stop this, Mr. Holmes. I'm not gay. Nor was Jesus. Learn some history and wisdom. Gay people have fallen into sin. That's the TRUTH.

Ex-homosexuals

2016-04-04T13:11:48Z

Achilles: You think I'm gay, eh? I'm not.

User:Achilles

2016-04-04T13:09:36Z

Achilles: How OFTEN DO I have to say this? I'm NOT GAY OR HOMOSEXUAL. So there. That's the truth.

User:JDano

2016-04-04T13:07:57Z

Achilles: Sherlock Holmes you aren't.

I am a conservative who lives in the United States of America.
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Ex-homosexuals

2016-04-04T13:05:50Z

Achilles: Again. Stay away, liar. Jesus isn't GAY. Nor am I.

User:Achilles

2016-04-04T13:03:58Z

Achilles: You spelled it wrong. Also, I'm not gay/homosexual at all. I fight against their evil lies.

Ex-homosexuals

2016-04-04T12:58:46Z

Achilles: Reverting nonsense. Jesus ISN'T gay. That's the TRUTH.

{{homosexuality}}
[[Image:St Paul Preaching.jpg|left|thumb|200px|St. [[Paul]] defends his preaching (Giovanni Ricco)]]
In regards to the question of whether or not [[homosexuality]] is a permanent condition, one of the earliest historical records regarding of the existence of [[ex-homosexuals]] is a letter of the [[Paul|Apostle Paul]] to the [[Corinth]]ian [[Christianity|Christian]] church.

The [[Saint Paul|Apostle Paul]] wrote:
{{cquote|Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived; neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor [a]effeminate, nor homosexuals, nor thieves, nor the covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers, will inherit the kingdom of God. '''''Such were some of you; but you were washed, but you were sanctified, but you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and in the Spirit of our God'''''. - I Corinthians 6:9-11 (NASB), emphasis added.}}

Today people still report leaving homosexuality and becoming heterosexual through their [[Christianity|Christian]] faith.<ref>
*[http://www.christianitytoday.com/le/2013/fall/leaving-my-lesbian-past.html Leaving my lesbian past]
*[http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=56481 'Gay'-rights leader quits homosexuality - Rising star in movement says God liberated him from lifestyle]
*[http://www.bpnews.net/bpnews.asp?ID=19650 Documentary features stories of those who left homosexuality], ''Baptist News''
*[http://americansfortruth.com/news/ex-lesbian-yvette-schneider-testifies-to-complete-and-permanent-change.html Ex-Lesbian Yvette Schneider Testifies to ‘Complete’ and Permanent Change]
*[http://www.witnessfortheworld.org/founder.html About DL Foster]
*[http://www.christianpost.com/news/christian-group-releases-ex-gay-documentary-such-were-some-of-you-123754/ Christian Group Releases Ex-Gay Documentary, 'Such Were Some of You']
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XUXhKbHMGJg Trailer of the ex-homosexual documentary 'Such Were Some of You']
*[http://americansfortruth.com/2007/09/16/landmark-study-change-for-homosexuals-is-possible/ Landmark Study: Change for Homosexuals Is Possible]
</ref>

[[Peter LaBarbera]] is the President of [[Americans for Truth]] which is a organization which counters the [[homosexual agenda]]. LaBarbera stated the following regarding Christian ex-homosexuals who reported being transformed by the power of God:
{{cquote|Another factor from my experience as a close observer of the “ex-gay” phenomenon is that many former homosexuals do not linger in “[[reparative therapy]]” programs, or participate in them at all. They attribute their dramatic and (relatively) rapid transformation to the power of God, and likely would not show up in a study of this kind. In fact, these “unstudied” overcomers would appear to be the most successful ex-homosexuals because they’ve moved on with their lives — as “reborn” Christians move on after overcoming any besetting sin.<ref>http://www.americansfortruth.com/news/landmark-study-change-for-homosexuals-is-possible.html</ref>}}

Peter LaBarbera's statement above concerning [[Overcoming Homosexuality|overcoming homosexuality]] certainly has some evidence supporting it. For example, in 1980 a study was published in the ''American Journal of Psychiatry'' and eleven men participated in this study. The study reported that eleven homosexual men became heterosexuals "without explicit treatment and/or long-term psychotherapy" through their participation in a [[Pentecostalism|Pentecostal]] church.<ref>[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7435713 E.M. Pattison and M.L. Pattison, "'Ex-Gays': Religiously Mediated Change in Homosexuals," American Journal of Psychiatry, Vol. 137, pp. 1553-1562, 1980]</ref> The [[Apostle Paul]] in a letter to the church of [[Corinth]] indicated that [[Christianity|Christians]] were able to overcome being drunkards through the power of [[Jesus Christ]] (I Corinthians 6:9-11).
Missouri Senator [[Bob Dixon]] is an ex-homosexual who is running for governor in 2016.

== Abundant cases of ex-homosexuals in the sexology literature ==

Dr. Neil Whitehead is a research scientist and [[biochemistry|biochemist]] from [[New Zealand]] and his wife Briar Whitehead is a writer.<ref>[http://www.narth.com/docs/mygenes.html Book Review: My Genes Made Me Do It: A Scientific Look at Sexual Orientation
by Neil and Briar Whitehead]</ref> Dr. Whitehead coauthored a book with with his wife entitled ''My Genes Made Me Do it - a scientific look at sexual orientation'' which argues that there is no [[gene]]tic determinism in regards to homosexuality and that there is abundant documentation that individuals are able to leave homosexuality and become heterosexuals.<ref>http://www.mygenes.co.nz/download.htm</ref>

Dr. Whitehead and Briar Whitehead state in their aforementioned book the following regarding [[Homosexuality Research|studies involving homosexuals]] becoming ex-homosexuals:
{{cquote|The sexology literature reports a huge number of examples of change of all degrees from homosexuality to or toward heterosexuality. These studies have been so numerous that West (a gay man) in 1977 took an entire chapter in his classic book, Homosexuality Re-examined, to review them, and commented: “Although some militant homosexuals find such claims improbable and unpalatable, authenticated accounts have been published of apparently exclusive and long-standing homosexuals unexpectedly changing their orientation.”

West mentions one man who was exclusively homosexual for eight years, then became heterosexual...

Another well known author in the field, Hatterer, who believes in sexual orientation change, said, “I’ve heard of hundreds of... men who went from a homosexual to a heterosexual adjustment on their own.”<ref>[http://www.mygenes.co.nz/Ch12.pdf From the book My Genes Made Me Do it - a scientific look at sexual orientation by Dr Neil Whitehead and Briar Whitehead -Chapter 12]</ref>}}

== Denials that ex-homosexuals exist ==

''See also:'' [[Denials that ex-homosexuals exist]]

Commonly homosexual activists fallaciously argue that ex-homosexuals “must never have been really gay at all” (see: [[No true Scotsman]] fallacy) or is “just deluding himself.” <ref>[http://lastresistance.com/4063/ex-gay-controversy-highlights-extreme-breach-gay-debate/ Ex-Gay Controversy Highlights Extreme Breach in “Gay” Debate]</ref> For example, when the alleged homosexual, male penguin "Harry" mated with a female penguin (see: [[Homosexuality in animals myth]]), the homosexual activist [[Wayne Besen]] angrily exclaimed "“There is no ‘ex-gay’ sexual orientation. Harry is simply in denial. He’s living what I call the ‘big lie.’”<ref>[http://americansfortruth.com/2009/07/15/gay-penguin-flies-straight/ Gay penguin flies straight]</ref> In [[Madison]], [[Wisconsin]] an ex-homosexual was forced to do 50 hours of community service and undergo "tolerance training" (or face jail time and fines) due to a discussion he had with a homosexual (see: [[Hate Crime Law Misapplied to Ex-homosexual]]).

The denial that [[Homosexuality and choice|homosexuality is a choice]] by homosexual activists and [[liberal]]s is similar to the behavior of [[fat acceptance movement]] activists who insist that being overweight is never a choice and ostracize ex-overweight people (see: [[fat acceptance movement]] for details).

== Matthew Henry on forgiveness of ex-homosexuals by God ==

The classic biblical commentator [[Matthew Henry]] wrote the following regarding the forgiveness and sanctification in Christ for those who [[repentance|repent]] of the above sins listed in the letter of Paul to the Corinthians (which includes the sin of homosexuality):
{{cquote|How glorious a change does grace make! It changes the vilest of men into saints and the children of [[God]]. Such were some of you, but you are not what you were. You are washed, you are sanctified, you are justified in the name of [[Jesus Christ|Christ]], and by the [[Holy Spirit|Spirit of our God]]. Note, The wickedness of men before conversion is no bar to their [[regeneration]] and reconciliation to God. The blood of Christ, and the washing of regeneration, can purge away all guilt and defilement. Here is a rhetorical change of the natural order: You are sanctified, you are justified. Sanctification is mentioned before justification: and yet the name of Christ, by which we are justified, is placed before the Spirit of God, by whom we are sanctified. Our justification is owing to the merit of Christ; our sanctification to the operation of the [[Holy Spirit|Spirit]]: but both go together.<ref>http://blueletterbible.org/Comm/mhc/1Cr/1Cr006.html</ref>}}

== Ex-gay term ==

[[Lesbianism|Female homosexuals]] and male homosexuals who leave homosexuality and become ex-homosexuals are often referred to as "ex-gays," and the [[Ex-Gay Movement|ex-gay movement]] became well known in the [[United States]] in the 1970s.<ref name="xtoday">http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2007/october/6.48.html</ref>

==Ex-Homosexual Quotes==
[[Image:Schnieders.jpg‎|thumb|225px|Yvette Cantu Schneider and family]]
*Homosexuality is death, and I choose life. - Ex-Homosexual and ex-"gay rights" leader [[Michael Glatze]]

*I came out of homosexuality after a powerful encounter with [[Jesus Christ]] and a desire to serve and obey Him. I can say with complete honesty that I NEVER have homosexual desires of any sort - physical or emotional. - Ex-[[Lesbianism|lesbian]] Yvette Cantu Schneider<ref>[http://americansfortruth.com/news/ex-lesbian-yvette-schneider-testifies-to-complete-and-permanent-change.html Ex-Lesbian Yvette Schneider Testifies to ‘Complete’ and Permanent Change]</ref>
===Testimony of Charlene Cothran===
In regards to female homosexuals leaving homosexuality, below is the tesimony ex-lesbian Charlene Cothran:
{{cquote|Over the past 29 years of my life I have been an aggressive, creative and strategic supporter of gay and lesbian issues. I’ve organized and participated in countless marches and various lobbying efforts in the fight for equal treatment of gay men and lesbians. I have kept current on the issues and made financial contributions to those organizations doing work about which I was most passionate.

As the publisher of a 13 year old periodical which targets Black gays and lesbians, I have had the opportunity to publicly address thousands, influencing closeted people to ‘come out’ and stand up for them selves, which is particularly difficult in the African-American community.

But now, I must come out of the closet again. I have recently experienced the power of change that came over me once I completely surrendered to the teachings of Jesus Christ. As a believer of the word of God, I fully accept and have always known that same-sex relationships are not what God intended for us.<ref>[http://www.aggressivechristianity.net/articles/charlene%20cothran.htm Charlene Cothran testimony]</ref>}}

==2006 Survey Finds Men Seek to Become Ex-homosexuals Often Do So to Heal Emotional Pain or For Spiritual Reasons==
A 2006 survey finds men [http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2006/jul/06071302.html seek to leave homosexual lifestyle to heal emotional pain and for spiritual reasons rather than outside pressure.] In addition, there is [[Homosexuality and Mental Health|other data]] that supports the above 2006 survey findings.

==Reparative Therapy==
There have been several studies regarding homosexuals becoming ex-homosexuals. For example, on September 13, 2007 [[Christianity Today]] published an article entitled ''An Older Wiser Ex-Gay Movement'' and below is an excerpt from that article which focuses on [[Reparative Therapy|reparative therapy]]:
{{cquote|Since its beginnings in the 1970s, the ex-gay movement has engaged gay advocates in a battle of testimonies. Transformed ex-gay leaders are the best argument for their movement. Likewise, those who've left the ex-gay movement in despair and disgust are the best counterargument. The debate continued this June, when Exodus International held its 32nd annual conference in Irvine, California, featuring dozens of speakers and seminar leaders who have quit homosexuality. Down the road outside the Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Center, a news conference featured three former Exodus leaders saying "ex-gay" is a delusion.

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 name="xtoday" />}}

The study started out with 98 people with 72 of them being men and 26 of them being women.<ref name="bp26429">http://www.bpnews.net/bpnews.asp?ID=26429</ref> Some of the participants 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 name="bp26429" /> As a result, 73 subjects completed the study.<ref name="bp26429" />

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."; and malfunctions in the taping of the interviews accounts for the remaining 5 percent. <ref name="bp26429" />

Previously, Dr. [[Robert Spitzer]] published a study in the journal ''Archives of Sexual Behavior'' performed using reparative therapy had some subjects experiencing change.<ref>http://www.narth.com/docs/evidencefound.html</ref>
===Conservative Criticism of Reparative Therapy===
Although many conservatives approve of reparative therapy there are many that do not which will be elaborated on shortly. Conservative Christians believe that a homosexual can choose to become an ex-homosexual, however, the point of difference is whether it was chosen in the first place. The Pew Research Center states the following regarding Americans' views on how homosexuality first originates:
{{cquote|Asked why some people are homosexual, 42% say it is "just the way that some people prefer to live," compared with 30% who think homosexuality is something people are born with and 14% who believe it develops because of the way people are brought up. The view that homosexuality is innate is more prevalent now than in 1985, when 20% believed that homosexuality is something people are born with.<ref>http://people-press.org/reports/display.php3?PageID=764</ref>}}

Author and ex-lesbian Alma Kramer takes the position that [[Homosexuality and Choice|homosexuality is a sin and sin is a choice]] when she wrote the following:
{{cquote|I made a choice in my life that put me in bondage for 20 years. While it is true that there were certain things in my childhood that happened or didn't happen that influenced my choice, I still made a choice.

I Corinthians 6:9-11 proves that sin is a choice and that you can change. The New International version says, "Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor male prostitutes nor homosexual offenders nor thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God. And that is what some of you were. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God." WOW!! I am so glad we can change. I can remember the time when I thought that there was no way out.<ref>http://www.setfree1.com/2.html</ref>}}

Dr. [[James Dobson]] and other advocates of reparative therapy do not believe that homosexuality first originates as a result of choice.<ref>http://www.truthdig.com/avbooth/item/20061125_james_dobson_identifies_homosexuality/</ref>

==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 people supposedly being "[[Homosexuality and Genetics|born homosexuals]]":
{{cquote|On thing we have learned about homosexuality: it produces acute rudis indigestaque moles in some people. When Heche and Degeneres appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show to discuss their newfound relationship, Heche stunned everyone (including Oprah) by stating, "I was not gay before I met her." You know Oprah; she was just going to be Color Purple honest. "That confuses me," she quickly confessed. Considering the amount of time and energy gay activists put into pressing "born gay" templates, I'm sure that's not exactly what Oprah was expecting to hear. She was so baffled by the remark that she dedicated her next show to whether or not gays can change....

Heche has now chosen to be heterosexual and to prove it she got married on last Thursday to Coleman Laffron, a Hollywood cameraman she met while working on a project with then lover Ellen. Was she secretly dreaming of a white, heterosexual Christmas while she was with Ellen? If she was, then can we theorize that many gay people really do want to be straight, but just haven't found the right cameraman/woman yet?<ref>http://www.witnessministries.org</ref>}}

==Ex-Homosexuals and Former Sexual Abuse==
The are studies which suggest that [[Sexual Abuse Being a Contributing Factor for Homosexuality|homosexuals are sexually abused disproportionately in their childhood compared to heterosexuals]] Dr. Whitehead and Briar Whitehead state in their previously mentioned book:
{{cquote|“Ex-gay” support groups...report that between 50 percent and 60 percent of homosexual men coming for help have been abused sexually. This is confirmed by various researchers.... Ex-gay groups report high levels of male sexual abuse (up to 85 percent) in female homosexuals who come for help.<ref>[http://www.mygenes.co.nz/Ch3.pdf From the book My Genes Made Me Do it - a scientific look at sexual orientation by Dr Neil Whitehead and Briar Whitehead - Chapter 3]</ref>}}

==Religious Liberty Versus Exgayphobia==
[[Image: PstrDLF1.jpg‎|thumbnail|225px|right|Pastor Darryl L. Foster]]
Pastor Darryl L. Foster, a former homosexual, states the following regarding Christian ex-homosexuals and their duty to speak out:
{{cquote|We can step out and advocate for our beliefs (which is our right as taxpaying citizens) or we can remain silent and hidden, thereby giving credence to a false idea that there are no former homosexuals. The problem with the last option is our spiritual mandate to share our faith and our experience of change to the glory of God. In the church, we have yet to adopt a unified expression which identifies us in a non threatening way.<ref>Former article at [http://www.witnessfortheworld.org Witness for the World website] entitled Understanding Exgay: People or Politics?</ref>}}

The African American ex-homosexual Christian ministry of Witness for the World declares in a press release:
{{cquote|Gay activist, Wayne Besen, who suddenly found himself at the epicenter of a new career playing CIA with the lives of formerly gay men and women, says the book which features first person testimonies by former homosexuals urges gays to “go back into the closet.”....

“Wayne Besen is the nation’s foremost carrier of a debilitating social disease I call exgayphobia," said Pastor Darryl Foster of Atlanta. “It seems his entire life has been consumed by a fear that Americans will hear the true stories of change by former homosexuals like myself and bring an end to his phobic-laden gravy train.”

Foster, who wrote the foreword to Closing the Closet heads Powerful Change Ministry Group International, a fellowship of 14 national and international ministries to homosexuals in communities of color who seek change from unwanted homosexuality...<ref>Press release at [http://www.witnessfortheworld.org Witness for the World website]</ref>}}

The Witness for the World Press release also states regarding homosexual activists Wayne Besen the following:
{{cquote|“This man is borderline lunatic, he has become so obsessed in his fear,” said Foster. “If the book is about exgays, why would you use anyone else but an exgay? Besen should know better. As a Jew, he should know that the Nazis hated the testimonies of the Jews who escaped from the death camps. Their first hand testimonies of the atrocities heaped upon them were the only links the world had to the truth. Likewise, our stories and experiences as homosexuals are true. We tell them because we want people to know what happened to us, how we escaped and what others can do to get out. It’s absolutely ludicrous for Besen to say that my story is a lie when I am the one who lived it. He seems to have forgotten his own history.”

Exgayphobic homosexuals like Besen fear that the message of exgays, when it finally reaches the average American will make sense and people will support the choice for change for homosexuals. What that means says Foster is that the grinding money machine mental health professionals have been making off victimized gays for decades will come to a screeching halt. Besen is simply a cog in that well oiled wheel. For such professionals who give big money to homosexual rights organizations in exchange for their "professional" opinions about homosexuals, keeping exgays silent and hidden has become an obsession.ries to homosexuals in communities of color who seek change from unwanted homosexuality...<ref>Press release at [http://www.witnessfortheworld.org Witness for the World website]</ref>}}

==Ex-Homosexuals and the Documentary ''I Do Exist''==
The Baptist Press wrote the following regarding the ex-homosexual documentary ''I Do Exist'':
{{cquote|Can homosexuals change? A new documentary says "yes" and includes interviews with people who say they've made the switch.

The 48-minute video, dubbed ''I Do Exist'', is intended for use as a discussion-starter in churches, schools and universities. It includes the stories of five homosexuals -- three women and two men -- who once were involved in homosexuality but are now heterosexual. Along the way, psychologists and psychiatrists give their thoughts as to why they believe change is possible.}}

==Supporters of Homosexuality Are Doing Harm==
Pastor Darryl L. Foster, a former homosexual, states the supporters of homosexuality are doing harm:
{{cquote|As I have said many times before gays and their lovestruck supporters are masters at changing and refining everything that convicts them. This is no surprise as the [[Apostle Paul]] taught us that they would even redefine the very image of God. They need a "god" who is "okay" with their wayward and disobedient sexuality. Flunder works hard to help people kick the drug habit, yet hypocritically allows gays and lesbians to continue in a [[Homosexuality and Health|proven path of destructive living]].<ref>http://www.witnessfortheworld.org</ref>}}

==Regarding Ex-Homosexuals Falling Back Into Homosexuality==
[[Image:Peter.jpg|right|thumb|150px|[[Peter LaBarbera]]]]
[[Peter LaBarbera]] states the following regarding ex-homosexuals falling back into homosexuality:
{{cquote|To homosexual and gender-bending activists, any ex-”gay” testimony threatens their central propaganda myth that some people are intrinsically (born) “gay,” bisexual or “transgender.” Some homosexual activists like Wayne Besen and the fellows at “Ex-Gay Watch” have dedicated themselves to discrediting ex-”gay” change by hyping the cases of people who have returned back to homosexual behavior. (Yes, change is difficult, but why focus exclusively on failed attempts? Imagine if someone tried to “prove” that overcoming drug addiction was impossible by popularizing only those cases of addicts who tried to go clean but fell back into their drug-abusing lifestyle.)

As you read on, give thanks that high school student “John” was transformed by Jesus Christ (rather than by modern secular psychiatrists) and will not have to suffer the severe emotional confusion and deep loneliness inherent to “transgender” delusion. “John” is truly free now — to experience gratitude for his body, to fall in love with a woman, to enjoy sex in marriage, to accept the natural blessing of children and grandchildren, to worship and serve his God, to know joy.<ref>http://americansfortruth.com/news/why-we-need-americans-for-truth.html</ref>}}

==Hostility Towards Ex-Homosexuals and Ex-Homosexual Groups==
Homosexual activists and [[liberal]]s have become angered in regards to ex-homosexual events and activities. Below are some incidents that have taken place.
===Matt Ott===
In addition, the Center for Reclaiming America cited the following account of how a [[hate crime]] statute was egregiously applied to an ex-homosexual:
{{cquote|In Madison, Wisconsin, a recovered homosexual who had left the “gay” lifestyle to start a family got into a heated discussion with an open homosexual about homosexuality at a gas station. The ex-“gay” man, David Ott, was holding his child in his arms during the entire incident, and neither man touched the other. The homosexual activist later told police he had felt threatened by Ott, and local prosecutors charged the man with “disorderly conduct” with a “hate crimes” enhancement.

The “hate crime” aspect, stemming from Ott’s belief that homosexuality is morally wrong, raised the potential fine from $1,000 to $10,000, and jail time went up from a possible 90 days to one year. Fearing the possibility of substantial jail time, Ott settled, and received 50 hours of community service plus a mandatory attendance at “tolerance” sessions conducted by [[lesbianism|lesbians]] at the [[University of Wisconsin at Madison]]. A ground rule for the session was the premise that homosexual behavior is not immoral.

The entire process cost Ott almost $7,000 in legal fees.<ref>[http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=56702 Report now found at Worldnetdaily]</ref>}}

===Parents and Friends of Ex-Gays (PFOX) - Arlington County Fair Incident===
[[Image:Rev. Louis P. Sheldon Photo.jpg|thumb|right|140px|Reverend [[Louis Sheldon]], Chairman of the [[Traditional Values Coalition]] and author of ''The Agenda: The Homosexual Plan to Change America'']]
The [[Traditional Values Coalition]] reported the following:
{{cquote|Parents and Friends of Ex-Gays & Gays (PFOX) hosted a booth at the Arlington County Fair in Arlington, Virginia. PFOX has had an exhibit at this fair for the past four years.

And, every year, intolerant homosexual activists have done everything they could to disrupt PFOX’s display. This year, they screamed obscenities, threw PFOX materials on the ground and demanded that PFOX leave the fair. One PFOX volunteer was hit because he is an ex-homosexual.

Eventually, PFOX had to call in a police officer to eject one activist who was harassing their volunteers. According to PFOX, “This is not the first time that PFOX has had to summon the police for protection from gay activists."<ref>http://www.traditionalvalues.org/modules.php?sid=3129</ref>}}

===Parents and Friends of Ex-Gays (PFOX) - Virginia School Counselors Incident ===
The [[Traditional Values Coalition]] also reported the following Incident:
{{cquote|Parents and Friends of Ex-gays and Gays (PFOX) was booted from a Virginia School Counselors Association annual convention last weekend. PFOX had been officially registered at the convention and had set up a booth to distribute materials showing that homosexuals can change.

The head of the counselor’s group asked to meet with PFOX leader Regina Griggs and told her that several of the items in the booth were offensive to school counselors. Among them was NARTH President Dr. Joseph Nicolosi’s book, A Parent’s Guide To Preventing Homosexuality. After offering to remove any offensive materials from the booth, Griggs was told that PFOX should leave anyway because it wasn’t worth their time to only distribute two brochures at the convention.

Griggs told [[WorldNetDaily]]: “Some members didn’t want us there at all. They didn’t want an alternative opinion to the teaching they were having that afternoon.”<ref>http://www.traditionalvalues.org/modules.php?sid=2666</ref>}}

==Existence of Ex-Homosexuals is an Argument that "Gay Rights" Does Not Achieve Civil Rights Status==
[[Image:Alvedaking.jpg‎|right|thumb|200px|Dr. [[Alveda King]]]]
Dr. [[Alveda C. King]] is the founder of [[King for America]], Inc. which is a faith based organization. <ref name="king">http://www.kingforamerica.com/index.htm</ref> Dr. Alveda C. King is the daughter of the late slain civil rights activist Rev. [[A. D. King]].<ref name="king" />

Dr. Alveda C. King stated the following to the Massachusetts General Assembly regarding the existence of ex-homosexuals is an argument that "gay rights" does not achieve civil rights status:
{{cquote|Thirty-nine years ago, my great-uncle, Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., delivered to mindful citizens of America a prophetic dream which envisaged all of this great nation's people living in the full exercise of all rights granted to them by the U.S. Constitution. My forebear's dream was deeply rooted in the American dream wherein the Founders of our Union saw every lawful citizen standing in dignity outfitted by unalienable rights from God to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness free from the tyrannies of personal whim and ideology handed down by kings, dictators, political groups, and yes, some institutions of democratic government....

Yet, there is a larger body of science represented even by the above scientists that agrees that mature behavior patterns rely much more on social shaping and choices than genetic predisposition, such that these behaviors may be successfully modified by a variety of means. The food addict may eat responsibly, the alcoholic may drink responsibly or not at all, and the homosexual may live according to a wide range of choices as well. Thus, binge drinking, overeating, cocaine abuse and other behaviors do not have to be granted public latitude as a matter of right in this great nation. Certainly, these and other mutable behaviors may be practiced; they may be under constitutional protection in fact (under our privacy clauses), but they may not be granted civil rights or public protection.

Again, if behavior or other aspects of personhood may be altered, then those aspects fail to meet civil rights status. Homosexual practice clearly falls into this category. As my mother, Alveda C. King has said, "I have met many ex-homosexuals just as I have met many ex-husbands, ex-wives, ex-drug addicts and ex-lawyers. Yet I have never met an ex-Negro, ex-Caucasian or ex-Native American." The politics of preference does not jibe with civil rights legitimacy...<ref>http://www.kingforamerica.com/jrellis-testimony.htm</ref>}}

In short, the distinction is between characteristics that may be altered, and that thus do not merit civil-rights protection, and immutable characteristics, which do merit civil-rights protection. This is why sexual orientation does not merit civil-rights protection, while characteristics such as race, sex, and religion do.

==Senator John Kerry Comment Insults Ex-Homosexuals==
[[Image:John-kerry.jpg‎|right|thumb|160px|[[John Kerry]]]]
[[Cybercast News Service]] stated the following regarding Senator [[John Kerry]] comment which insulted ex-Homosexuals:
{{cquote|Sen. John Kerry's declaration Wednesday that homosexuals don't have a choice about their sexual orientation has enraged individuals who identify themselves as "ex-gays."...

Shortly after Kerry made the remark Wednesday, reaction started pouring into [[Warren Throckmorton]], a professor at Grove City College in Pennsylvania. Throckmorton said ex-homosexuals expressed outrage to him about Kerry's comment.

"Kerry's views, unfortunately, present a view of homosexuality that science does not support," Throckmorton said. "Bush, wisely, has reserved judgment and his views are closer to where science has progressed to at this point. I'm concerned that Kerry misled the country."

Throckmorton, considered an authority on sexual orientation research, recently released his own documentary, "I Do Exist," which chronicles the lives of ex-homosexuals.<ref>http://www.cnsnews.com/ViewCulture.asp?Page=%5CCulture%5Carchive%5C200410%5CCUL20041015b.html</ref>}}
==Judge Prohibits Public Schools from Implementing Anti-ex-homosexual Curriculum==
The organizaion [[Parents and Friends of Ex-Gays & Gays]] (PFOX) reported the following:
{{cquote|Montgomery County, Maryland – A United States District Court has granted the request of Parents and Friends of Ex-Gays & Gays (PFOX.org) for a temporary injunction prohibiting the Montgomery County, Maryland public schools from implementing an anti-ex-gay sex ed curriculum.

U.S. District Court Judge Alexander Williams, Jr. ruled that the curriculum threatened PFOX's constitutional rights, including the First Amendment freedom of speech.

In his opinion, Judge Williams noted some of the curriculum's biased statements against ex-gays, including statements claiming that `[t]rying to change one's sexual response to straight or gay is usually unsuccessful,' and that `[i]n fact, it is often societal homophobia that forces people to attempt to change.'<ref>http://www.pfox.org/phpbb/viewtopic.php?p=41&sid=3f6326facd8169669d328749f4c1cbe8</ref>}}

==Notable examples==
*Petra Grimber and Simon Th.Dijkstra who have experienced liberation from homosexual life style.<ref>{{cite web |author=Petra Grimber |title=Schrei nach Liebe: Brennpunkt Homosexualität : Erfahrungsberichte, Was sagt die Bibel?, Ursachen und Therapie |publisher=Schwengeler Verlag |isbn=9783856660529 |url=http://www.amazon.de/Schrei-nach-Liebe-Brennpunkt-Homosexualit%C3%A4t/dp/3856660526/ref=sr_1_fkmr2_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1375742247&sr=8-1-fkmr2&keywords=schrei+nach+liebe+schwengeler+verlag |language=German}}</ref>
*[[Jozef Demjan]] who had experienced abuse as a child what according to him caused him to become addicted to homosexuality. Later he managed to quit homosexual life style and marry Júlia.<ref>{{cite web |title=Svadba bez pretvárky, ale plná kontroverznosti! Róm s homosexuálnou minulosťou sa oženil s nerómkou, baptistkou! (Romany young lad with homosexual past has married non-romany babtist girl) |publisher=markiza.sk |date=05. September 2012 |url=http://modrezneba.markiza.sk/clanok/svadba-bez-pretvarky-ale-plna-kontroverznosti.html |accessdate=August 6, 2013|language=Slovak}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Oslobodený z homosexuality - Príbeh Jozefa a Júlie Modré z Neba (Set free from sexuality: The story of Jozef and Júlia)|url=http://en.gloria.tv/?media=330027}}</ref>
*[[Lisa Miller]], ex-lesbian who was effectively forced to flee the country due to attempt of society governed by LGBT ideology to take her own biological child and give it to her lesbian ex-partner who has no biological connection to child and is unable to pass the parental genetic test.<ref>{{cite web |title=Lisa Miller |url=http://www.lifesitenews.com/tag/lisa+miller}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=BookTV: Rena Lindevaldsen, "Only One Mommy" |url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vv5z7Ek_ULc |accessdate=August 32, 2013}}</ref>
*[[Christopher Yuan]]. He has co-authored with his mother a book ''Out of a Far Country: A Gay Son's Journey to God, A Broken Mother's Search for Hope''. As child, he was exposed to pornography and when he was sixteen years old, he had a sexual relationship with a thirty-year-old man who abused him. Later, while attending dental school, he began visiting gay bars, living promiscuously as a homosexual and experimenting with illicit drugs. Within a few years, he was expelled from dental school, imprisoned for drug dealing and discovered that he was HIV positive.<ref>{{cite web |title=christopheryuan |year=2011 |url=http://www.christopheryuan.com/main/index.html}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Christopher Yuan's story |publisher=CBN |url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwmUNqrirO4}}</ref>

== Christian video testimonies of ex-homosexuals ==

*[http://gcmwatch.com/exhomosexual-videos/ 225 Ex-homosexual video testimonies]

==See Also==
*[[Resources on becoming a Christian]]
*[[Overcoming Homosexuality]]
*[[Causes of Homosexuality]]
*[[Homosexuality and Choice]]
*[[Teen Homosexuality]]
*[[Homosexuality]]
[[Category:Homosexuality]]
[[Category:Ex-Homosexuals| ]]
== External links ==

'''Video:'''
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUW-AvGnhf0 Ex-homosexual Pastor DL Foster]

==References==
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Essay:Ex-gay

2016-04-04T12:54:08Z

Achilles:

Fair use:
{{quotation|Silo has become perhaps the world's first documented ex-gay penguin. He has moved out of his nest with Roy and taken up with Scrappy, a hot little bird who recently moved in from Sea World Zoo in San Diego. I guess he was wishing for a California girl.

For those who have pointed to Roy and Silo as models for us all, these developments must be disappointing. Some gay activists might actually be angry.

With Silo and Scrappy picking out curtains together, will gay rights groups now acknowledge that sexual orientation changes? [http://www.catholiceducation.org/articles/homosexuality/ho0101.html] }}

==Notes==
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Leo Kanner

2016-04-04T12:46:30Z

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Leo Kanner (born June 13, 1894 – died April 3, 1981) was an Austrian-American psychiatrist and physician well known for his work related to autism. In 1943, Kanner published a paper, "Autistic Disturbances of Affective Contact" describing 11 children who were highly intelligent but displayed "a massive desire for aloneness" and "an obsessive insistence on sameness". He later names their condition "early infantile autism" Because of this he is referred as the "father of child psychiatry". He is considered to be one of the most influential American clinical psychiatrists of the 20th century.