Exodus International
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Category: Homophobe organizations
Exodus International is probably the largest "ex-gay" organization. Founded in 1976, as an interdenominational organization which, according to its own description, "has grown to include over 100 local ministries in the USA and Canada" and is "linked with other Exodus world regions outside of North America, totaling over 135 ministries in 17 countries."
Exodus International had its biggest scandal in 1979 when Michael Bussee (one of the co-founding members who had helped organize the 1976 conference that led to Exodus ' inception) left the group to be with Gary Cooper, also a co-organizer of that conference and a staff member at the local Exodus ministry where they both worked. Later they held a homosexual commitment ceremony. Their story is one of the focuses of the documentary One Nation Under God (1993), directed by Teodoro Maniaci and Francine Rzeznik.
In 2000, Exodus International chairman and Newsweek cover boy John Paulk was photographed leaving a DC gay bar. He initially lied that he was only there to use the bathroom, but then admitted he missed the "camraderie" of the gay community. He was drummed out of Exodus and is another example of the astonishingly high turnover rate of the ex-gay racket. His "ex-lesbian" wife Anne later admitted that she had been strongly attracted to men and was never a lesbian, much less a former one.
In spite of much publicity and boasting of success, Exodus International continues to make under $1 million per year in revenue, much of that likely generated from EI's close association with Focus on the Family and their ex-gay subsidiary "Love Won Out".
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Related articles
- Prominent anti-gay groups
External Links
- Exodus International - official site
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