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Seattle Gay News SEATTLE’S LGBT NEWS & ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY
Exodus International goes out of business
Leader of notorious ‘ex-Gay’ ministry apologizes to community us news and world report
by Mike Andrew SGN Staff Writer Exodus International, listed by the Southern Poverty Law Center as an anti-Gay hate group, announced on June 19 that it will shut down for good.
Directors has unanimously voted to close Exodus International and begin a new ministry, Chambers said. “This is a new season of ministry, to a new generation,” Chambers added. “Our goals are to reduce fear (reducefear.org), and
“I am sorry that I, knowing some of you so well, failed to share publicly that the Gay and Lesbian people I know were every bit as capable of being amazing parents as the straight people that I know.”
Former Exodus International President Alan Chambers
Free speech victory
“Exodus is an institution in the conservative Christian world, but we’ve ceased to be a living, breathing organism,” Exodus President Alan Chambers said in a statement on the group’s website. “For quite some time we’ve been imprisoned in a worldview that’s neither honoring toward our fellow human beings, nor biblical.” For these reasons, the Board of
come alongside churches to become safe, welcoming, and mutually transforming communities.” Founded in 1976, Exodus was the world’s largest “ex-Gay” organization, with branches in a number of countries. It was one of the U.S. Christian organizations participating in the 2009 conference see exodus page 23
Can’t find an apartment?
New HUD study says anti-Gay Feds can’t force AIDS groups to oppose prostitution, Supreme Court says discrimination may be to blame
by Mike Andrew SGN Staff Writer The U.S. Supreme Court ruled on June 20 that the federal government may not require AIDS groups to oppose legalized prostitution in exchange for federal money. In a 6-2 decision written by Chief Justice John Roberts, the court struck down part of the 2003 Leadership Act, requiring feder-
ally funded HIV/AIDS prevention organizations to adopt policies “explicitly opposing prostitution and sex trafficking.” The law also forbids any federal grant money being used to “promote or advocate the legalization or practice of prostitution or sex trafficking,” which it says are ways the diseases are sometimes spread. This part of the law was not at issue in the case and remains
in force.
receive significantly fewer responses to e-mail inquiries about advertised units than heterosexual Same-sex couples experience couples,” HUD said in a statement significant discrimination when released June 18. they try to rent housing, a new LAWS NOT A CURE-ALL study by the U.S. Department of According to HUD, “Study reHousing and Urban Development sults in jurisdictions with state(HUD) shows. “The primary form of adverse see free speech page 30 treatment is that same-sex couples see hud page 21
A MATTER OF TRUST While it is U.S. government policy to combat sex trafficking, many AIDS activists say laws against prostitution actually impede efforts to prevent HIV infection, because prostitutes may be reluctant to seek out medical ad-
by Mike Andrew SGN Staff Writer