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The Advocate had a revealing article by David Luc Nguyen who had suffered through Portland Fellowship, an "ex-gay" ministry in Oregon. He says that the victimizing experience nearly made him commit suicide.
"I remember staring at my reflection in the bathroom mirror six years ago. The hot water was running. I had a razor blade in my hand, and I was prepared to do the unthinkable. I couldn't deal with the war raging inside me any longer. For as long as I could remember I had struggled with the shame and guilt instilled in me by my Christian upbringing."
"I had come out to my family a couple of years before, and they pressured me to seek help from a guy named Jason, a counselor with the Portland Fellowship, a ministry of the 'ex-gay' group Exodus International. For about three months we prayed together and read scripture, and he shared his own personal struggles with homosexuality. If I stayed in the 'homosexual lifestyle,' I would always be 'dysfunctional, never a whole person, and never know peace,' he told me. Our sessions only deepened my sense of self-hatred."
Mr. Thompson is the same dishonest man who reprehensively refuses to answer what happened to the group's former leader Phil Hobizal. Mr. Hobizal stepped down in 2003, according to Porland Fellowship's newsletter, after an "emotional entanglement" with a man. Thompson refuses to explain what this actually meant or if Hobizal is still active in ministry. He refuses to say why this example of possible failure is not mentioned in Mr. Hobizal's rosy biography.
Please e-mail Jason Thompson and tell him to stop lying about gay life, tell the truth about Phil Hobizal and refrain from putting childrens' lives in jeopardy:
Maybe he was just too ugly to be gay and that's why he wanted to commit suicide. Get a life!
posted by Anonymous, at
7/28/2006 2:26 AM
Mr. Thompson should never have accepted this client. He was not a candidate for therapy. His family needs therapy though. No one ever should be pressured into seeking therapy for changing sexuality. EVER.
posted by Anonymous, at
7/28/2006 3:16 AM
What Thompson provided was not therapy, it was an attempt at faith healing. I doubt very much that Thompson has credentials from any major psychology, social work, or counselling association.
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posted by Anonymous, at
7/28/2006 3:45 PM
Yes, John and Anne have such a lovely relationship. Their marriage is so solid that John felt the need to troll for gay sex in DC.
They will NEVER divorce, though, no matter how many men John decides to play around with on the side. I guarantee it. They would never be able to withstand the media onslaught if they did so.
I wonder which man it was that John had to fantasize about in order to get aroused enough to impregnate Anne, thereby creating those three "thriving" children.
Sounds like a wonderful life, lol!
posted by Anonymous, at
7/28/2006 6:06 PM
"I find it ironic that even in the face of a public scandel and the glare of the media, they have managed to remain married and are raising three beautiful, emotionally-triving sons."
I guess it's a good thing that Anne doesn't mind it when John drops in at a gay bar "to use the phone".
And those who are "living in relative obscurity" generally don't give anti-gay media interviews.
http://www.family.org/cforum/news/a0041211.cfm
Maybe his penance in the kithchen preparing food for Oregon's anti-gay activists is over.
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posted by Anonymous, at
7/28/2006 8:33 PM
I pity the wife. My sister was married to a gay man for three miserable years. 14...? Damn, poor woman.
posted by jekelhyde, at
7/28/2006 9:26 PM
Anon 8.33-you can bet it was a hell of a lot more times than "one moment"; that was just the time he got caught. These marriages are a total sham--stop insulting our intelligence! B Queer
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7/28/2006 9:56 PM
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posted by Anonymous, at
7/28/2006 11:35 PM
From my understanding, he wanted to commit suicide because your friend told him that to stay gay was a trip to living hell and he didn't feel any change. This is the way it works for most who try to change orientation. When change doesn't occur and people tell them that homosexuality is a horrid thing, they become dispondent and try to injure or kill themselves to relieve the pain.
Of course, I wasn't there and neither were you so we don't know what actually occurred. However, statistics show that my scenerio happens often.
posted by jekelhyde, at
7/29/2006 12:14 AM
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posted by Anonymous, at
7/29/2006 2:21 AM
Gays exaggerate everything??!!, and I'm sure you think all Jews are cheap and all Blacks are dumb criminals. Paulk was in there trying to pick up guys and if you think that was the one and only time, you're as stupid as the rest of the rapture-right. He CLAIMS he was only in there to make a phone call or use the bathroom or some other lame excuse. So why did that take long enough for one of Wayne's friends to recognize him, call Wayne, and have him come down to the bar with a camera and get a picture of his fat panic stricken ass running down the street?--back to his sham wife and their sham marriage! ps--"over exaggerating" is redundant. Bitchard Queer
posted by Anonymous, at
7/29/2006 10:24 AM
I'm not sure why you suggest emailing this guy and telling him to stop lying. Seems like a waste of time. These people have a fool proof view of everything.
If they have what they view as a success, then its all "praise Jesus" and "isn't he faithful?!".
However if something like this happens, then it reinforces the idea that Satan is powerful and that the sin of homosexuality is so strong that some people just allow themselves to become so engulfed in it that there is no escape from its evil clutches.
Either way, they can appear as faithful soldiers of the Lord. Just out there spreading his glory through their work. They can remain guiltless of having done anything that might damage another person deeply.
posted by Anonymous, at
7/29/2006 10:59 AM
It can screw up his day, that's why. Of course it won't do any good. Like when people stand outside the white house holding picket signs. It changes nothing. What it does do is halt things. It slows the pace and irritates the hell out of them and brings publicity to the cause. Consider it a protest march via internet.
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7/29/2006 11:06 AM
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posted by Anonymous, at
7/29/2006 11:40 AM
My wife of 19 years knew she was marrying a gay man, and six years into the marriage, I came out of the closet; it's now an open relationship. Because we get along so extremely well, and there was complete honesty from the start, it's a wonderful relationship. So, I can believe that John and Anne Paulk have a happy relationship and are fulfilled as parents. But, I don't believe for one nanosecond that either one of them is now heterosexual. In fact, when John was in that gay bar in DC, he specifically identified himself as being gay. I have no problem with them getting married and having kids, but I do object to their bogus "ex-gay" shtick. IMO, they're both in bondage to fear-based religious dogma that drives them to dishonesty and inauthenticity.
posted by Anonymous, at
7/29/2006 4:33 PM
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7/29/2006 8:03 PM
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7/30/2006 12:30 PM
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posted by Anonymous, at
7/30/2006 11:20 PM
Anonymous at 4:33 how nice to hear that your honest marraige is working so well. Congratulations to you both.
I agree with you about what it is that's most objectionable about "ex-gay" promises. They take your money on a promise of doing something that, on the available evidence, simply can't be done. And they do so knowingly, for the most part.
posted by Anonymous, at
7/31/2006 9:28 AM
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8/02/2006 1:26 PM
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8/02/2006 9:07 PM
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posted by Anonymous, at
8/02/2006 9:51 PM
Perhaps if you quit the anonymous BS. It is simple and costs nothing to open a blogger account. Unless you have something to hide.
posted by jekelhyde, at
8/02/2006 10:53 PM
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posted by Anonymous, at
8/02/2006 11:23 PM
Darren is my real name, and I'm not hiding from anyone. Jekelhyde is a screen name, a literary reference and a psychological interest, not that it matters. If it bothers you so much that Wayne deletes your posts, then quit posting. You are either very insecure and petty, or you have an agenda. If you are the same Anonymous who is female and "ex-gay" I think I have been fairly respectful of you. Apparently, I should have thought twice.
posted by jekelhyde, at
8/02/2006 11:31 PM
Furthermore, it does make a huge difference whether someone is anonymous. I was having a little debate with someone in another post that I thought was you, and suddenly it didn't sound like you anymore. But it was an "Anonymous." It's annoying, especially when a blogger account is so easy to open.
posted by jekelhyde, at
8/02/2006 11:50 PM
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posted by Anonymous, at
8/03/2006 12:06 AM
You can't tell the difference. You put anyone who disagrees with you in the psycho bunch. Strange little categorizing system you have.
posted by Anonymous, at
8/05/2006 12:46 PM
Dear Anonymous from the 7/28/2006 posting at 2:26 AM.
I'm the person who wrote the article.
You're right, I did feel ugly back then but it was only because I wasn't allow to be who I really was. It had nothing to do with being I'm physically disgusting.
You can't feel any self-worth when you're told that you life will be meaningless if you choose to persue happiness in "ungodly" way.
It's obvious you missed the point of the article. I just hope someone out there can learn from the mistakes I made and almost made.
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