does anyone here now anyone any ex-gays

pstokely

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Tue Nov-18-03 04:11 PM
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does anyone here now anyone any ex-gays

who became straight after going to Exodous International or someplace like that?

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CO Liberal

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Tue Nov-18-03 04:12 PM
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1. The Only Ex-Gay I Know Is My First Wife

She passed away in 1998.

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sasquatch

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Tue Nov-18-03 04:13 PM
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2. No and if I did I know it'd be Bullshit

because it's never worked because they've always went back to being gay or lesbian.

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SlavesandBulldozers

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Tue Nov-18-03 04:14 PM
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3. isn't "ex-gay" like "ex-alcoholic

meaning, they haven't had the jam with a member of the same sex in a while - but they still think about it all the time?

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Demobrat

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Tue Nov-18-03 04:15 PM
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4. No. I know some ex straights though.

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soleft

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Tue Nov-18-03 04:35 PM
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6. no, you just know ex liars

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Demobrat

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Tue Nov-18-03 05:32 PM
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16. And I'm very happy for them

that they don't have to lie anymore.

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La_Serpiente

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Tue Nov-18-03 04:17 PM
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5. Do I have anything against Ex-Gays?

Edited on Tue Nov-18-03 04:18 PM by La_Serpiente

No. I just get ticked when they tell me my lifestyle is wrong. They should know better. There is a lot of discrimnation gays and lesbians face. They shouldn't be encouraging it.

But honestly, I haven't met any ex-gays in my life nor have I known any.

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elfwitch

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Tue Nov-18-03 04:54 PM
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7. ticked for you...

I'm not gay but have always been offended by the idea that gays can be "converted". Hell, I get pissed when people use the word "gay" to mean stupid or useless. A guy I work with does it all the time and I just want to pound him in to the dirt for it. I've told him many times that it is just passive-agressive gay bashing and that he should cut it out. Alas, he still does it all the time.

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bhunt70

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Tue Nov-18-03 04:56 PM
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8. I know some people who have changed sides...

but most homosexuals I know are still gay.

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Pastiche423

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Tue Nov-18-03 04:57 PM
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9. Never known a one

Maybe that's because they don't exist?

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bhunt70

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Tue Nov-18-03 05:02 PM
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11. I don't agree.

I dont think its always a religious/political/moral move. How to bi-sexuals fit into this mold?

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Pastiche423

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Tue Nov-18-03 05:04 PM
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13. I agree that it is not a

religious/political/moral move.

It's biological for gays and bi's.

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curse10

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Tue Nov-18-03 04:57 PM
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10. I think he was always more "bi"- but he dated men when I knew him

but now he's married and has a kid. :shrug:

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Jacobin

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Tue Nov-18-03 05:03 PM
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12. I know some ex-african americans:

CondiLiar Rice for one.

Who says it can't be done

/sarcasm

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rucky

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Tue Nov-18-03 05:05 PM
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14. Do brief encounters in the washroom count as "knowing"?

sorry. couldn't resist.

point is, brainwashing people against their nature doesn't count.... or work.

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Liberal Veteran

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Tue Nov-18-03 05:25 PM
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15. It's just self-loathing taken to the extreme....

...is all it is.

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mlawson

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Tue Nov-18-03 05:41 PM
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17. Several of my college buddies who were gay then, got married

later to women. Usually to high school sweethearts, etc. I asked them why, and they would shrug, "Well, it's what we are SUPPOSED to do, isn't it?" Then they grinned and said, "But I still get guys on the side..."

What-the-fuck-ever!!! At the very least, it's unfair to the women they married!! And dangerous, as well, medically speaking, although this was waaay back in the early 70s, before AIDS.

But legitimate 'ex-gays'??? No, this is somewhat different.

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John_H

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Tue Nov-18-03 08:06 PM
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18. Wasn't the head of Exodus Intl. arrested at a rest area

as per Conason's book? I guess the proof is in the pudding.

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