Tuesday, November 28, 2006
(Scott Davis - Alan Chambers Right Hand Man)
(Weekly Column)I am frequently asked if the big screen comedy depicting a wacky ex-gay camp, "But I'm a Cheerleader," accurately reflects these conversion groups. People are surprised to learn that the hilarity and hijinx portrayed in the movie, starring drag diva RuPaul, is not farfetched from reality. Sometimes it is hard to tell if the zany movie is art imitating life or the other way around.
For example, this week we have learned that Exodus International, the largest ex-gay organization, has partnered with a Christian group,
Ignite Student Outreach, to produce the campiest ex-gay camp America has ever seen. The featured speaker at the summer retreat is Justin Lookadoo, a peroxide blond who looks like punk rocker Billy Idol on crack.
If you click on Lookadoo's webpage, he poses bent over while
grabbing his tush. He lists among his favorite singers "Ricky Martin, when he was still Latino and Michael Jackson, when he was still black."
Lookadoo and other "wholesome" figures will lead four summer camps this summer in Florida, Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina. Ostensibly, they cater to all Christian youth, but if you delve below the surface, it appears to be a thinly-veiled front for ex-gay recruitment and the indoctrination of young Christian leaders.
What is particularly disturbing about Ignite Student Outreach is that it does not explicitly claim to be ex-gay and focuses on "close encounters" with God. However, even a cursory look at their webpage reveals that it is laced with a dangerous ex-gay message, lists Exodus Youth as its only affiliate (at least until my blog publicly revealed the camp this week) and features ex-gay speakers.
Indeed, Alan Chambers, the president of Exodus International, is scheduled to speak at the camp, as is his hunky Exodus Youth deputy,
Scott Davis.
This camp appears to be a stealth strategy for Exodus to get a foothold into summer camps and mold impressionable minds. The way they are trying to accomplish this is by appearing "cool," utilizing trendy graphics, innovative CDs and featuring hokey hipsters such as Lookadoo. The camp is also actively recruiting gay youths at colleges in the south through
targeted e-mail campaigns. (UNC Greensboro student/activist
Matt Hill Comer first reported on the camp)
While Ignite Student Outreach has lavished resources on seeming hip, has it focused the same attention on keeping out hypocrites? What measures has the camp put in place to ensure that youths are safe from predators?
Even Exodus claims no more than a 1/3-success rate and compares the transition to homosexuality as a constant "struggle." In a candid moment, Chambers told me in an interview for my book, Anything But Straight, "I don't think [change is] going from gay to straight. Just saying that doesn't sound like an accurate representation of what Exodus facilitates or proclaims."
Given the admitted failure rate, the inability to achieve complete transformation and the constant battle against "sins" of the flesh, it seems that it is exceedingly unhealthy for Exodus to be in the youth business.
We know from dealing with Catholic priests that men who try to suppress their sexuality often fail and look for easy targets to satisfy their urges - like youths in a summer camp. Given this parallel, why would a "struggling" ex-gay be admitted to lead a summer camp?
Indeed, Exodus has already encountered problems with leaders preying on vulnerable children. According to the Los Angeles Times, in 1998, one family sued Desert Stream, arguably Exodus's premier ministry, alleging that a minister had sexually abused a teenager while the youth was undergoing therapy to turn him straight. According to the article, the family settled its lawsuit for an undisclosed sum.
I'm sorry, but this is totally unacceptable behavior for an organization that is working to get into pup tents with youth in the woods. If Exodus wants to expand into camps, they must come clean on what really happened in California and explain what actions were taken against the alleged molester. They must also reveal all other such episodes that may have occurred since this incident.
There is the additional concern that Exodus will admit teens into these camps against their will. Just last week, I spoke to a distraught father whose daughter was taken from him by his ex-wife and placed in a desert bootcamp in the Southwest where she was forbidden from bathing. The father rescued her, but said he wanted to "burn her clothes" because they were so fetid.
While ex-gay groups promote theories that belong in comedies like "But I'm a Cheerleader" the damage and mental abuse perpetrated by their leaders is nothing to cheer.
18 Comments:
It is no secret that fundamentalists recruit children, and the younger the better. Studies show that 80% of all fundamentalists were brainwashed into it as a child. Those few who do accept it as adults are usually drug addicts or alcoholics. Thankfully, we live in a free society. Alan Chambers and his self-loathing crowd can have their camp; as for me, living an authentic life gives more rewards than they will ever know. It's no surprise that so many of these "ex-gays" are quite young. With age comes wisdom, and I do hope that they find it.
posted by , at
11/29/2006 8:28 AM
"Justin Lookadoo, a peroxide blond who looks like punk rocker Billy Idol on crack."
A suicide blonde--dyed by his own hand! Nyuk! Nyuk!
posted by , at
11/29/2006 10:07 AM
I saw the documentary.."Jesus Camp".
The indoctrination that goes on would scare the shit out of anyone.
Or should.
Similar places aimed at gay folks...even scarier.
posted by Regan, at
11/29/2006 10:46 AM
These places are no different than islamic madrasas that brainwash young boys into hating jews christians and anything western.
posted by , at
11/29/2006 11:33 AM
I've met drag queens who are less gay than Lookadoo is. The man couldn't be gayer if he was wearing Liberace's rings. Do they honestly think anyone, young or old, is fooled by this? I mean, I know the average American is relatively slow on the uptake, but come on.
--Johnny in Minneapolis
posted by , at
11/29/2006 2:09 PM
Well, it is a private enterprise and if they do not believe that living a homosexual lifestyle is a christian value then they have every right to say so. They also believe in celibacy before marriage. You do not have to send your children there.
posted by , at
11/29/2006 8:33 PM
Geez, who cares?? They are not even trying to make kids "ex gay" just teach about some of their views on sexuality. They do that in christian schools ALL THE TIME!!!! What is the difference - because they have a strange looking guy?? Why aren't you protesting against private schools?
posted by , at
11/29/2006 8:45 PM
Anonymous, we care. We do not accept the brainwashing and abuse of children. That is for born-again bigots.
You are human scum, if you are human at all
posted by , at
11/29/2006 11:15 PM
Children get brainwashed no matter what culture or family they are born into. My question was - why do you not protest at private schools? Which is where there is a greater population of children being indoctrinated. Why stop at these little camps??
Oh - and don't call me scum. I have never referred to gay people in that manner.
posted by , at
11/29/2006 11:51 PM
A private school that is mainstream is NOT the same as a 'little camp' that abuses children psychologically and teaches them to hate either themselves or others. And being gay is NOT a lifestyle, it's what we ARE and bigotry and discrimination are NOT Christian virtues. Christ was all about compassion and INCLUSION!!! He broke bread and hung out with the outcasts and those marginalized by society and all the other victims of a domination culture. If He had a choice between breaking bread with a bunch of hyppocritical megachurchers who are only good for waving their hands in the air and a bunch of flaming drag queens, He'd pick the drag queens! At least He would have more fun and the bread and wine would be infinately better.
Read New Testament scholar Marcus Borg's books and become a REAL Christian if that's your chosen spiritual path.
posted by , at
11/30/2006 2:52 PM
Private religious schools.
posted by , at
11/30/2006 7:17 PM
That Scott sure is hot.
Hot Scott...tee hee hee. I'm sure that stud is well behaved when he is alone.
posted by , at
11/30/2006 8:43 PM
Scott Davis is hot. I'm sure that he would do a lot of good for kids trying not to be gay. (Sarcasm for those of you that don't get it.)
posted by jekelhyde, at
11/30/2006 8:47 PM
When Scott comes out, I want to sodomize him. He looks like a god bottom. I bet all the "ex-gay" kids sign up for his class. Heck, I'd go to ex-gay camp to pitch a tent, er, share a tent with Scotty boy.
DELICIOUS!!!!!!
Mark in Maine
posted by , at
12/01/2006 8:51 AM
wow gold cheap wow gold buy wow gold world of warcraft gold wow world of warcraft wow gold WoW Warrior WoW Hunter WoW Rogue WoW Paladin WoW Shaman WoW Priest WoW Mage WoW Druid WoW Warlock power leveling powerleveling wow power leveling wow powerleveling wow guides wow tips google排名 google左侧排名 google排名服务 百度推广 百度排名 网站推广 商业吧 机床 LED灯 电池 塑料 摄像机 移民 甲醇 染料 福州热线 体育博客 股票博客 游戏博客 魔兽博客 考试博客 汽车博客 房产博客 电脑博客 powerlin518 logo design website design web design 商标设计
posted by , at
3/18/2008 10:26 PM
wow gold cheap wow gold buy wow gold world of warcraft gold wow world of warcraft wow gold WoW Warrior WoW Hunter WoW Rogue WoW Paladin WoW Shaman WoW Priest WoW Mage WoW Druid WoW Warlock power leveling powerleveling wow power leveling wow powerleveling wow guides wow tips google排名 google左侧排名 google排名服务 百度推广 百度排名 网站推广 商业吧 机床 LED灯 电池 塑料 摄像机 移民 甲醇 染料 福州热线 体育博客 股票博客 游戏博客 魔兽博客 考试博客 汽车博客 房产博客 电脑博客 powerlin518 logo design website design web design 商标设计
posted by , at
3/19/2008 10:19 AM
心中一阵不安升降机，因为我忽然又想起了那道剑光升降平台，可怕的剑光升降台，美丽的剑光登车桥。为什么那一剑是那么的美丽货架，却又那么的可怕呢集装袋？在我倒下之前我说地磅，好美的剑塑料托盘，好恨的剑塑料托盘。我倒下了仓储笼。在我失去知觉之前仓储笼，我听到他说北京货架，这叫艺术超市货架，剑的艺术北京货架。
我并没有死广州货架，原来我的心是在右边仓储货架，而是不是左边货架厂。所以在那穿胸一剑之下我并没有死南京货架。
是一阵暴雨把我冲醒了货架公司。听说雨是上天的眼泪深圳货架，也许这天又有人死在那美丽的剑光之下吧服装货架！我张开嘴巴托盘，任雨水打进我的嘴托盘，直冲我的胃塑料托盘。我的伤口又开始流血塑料托盘，但已经不痛了木托盘。试问：仓储笼一个心已经死了的人仓储笼，肉体上的疼痛又算得了什么呢仓储笼？我知道我的刀再练一百年也无法那么美丽仓储笼，那么恨托盘，而且永远别想杀了他托盘。
我退出江湖了手推车，我没有通知江湖上的朋友们静音手推车，并来一个什么金盆洗手静音手推车，因为我的朋友们差不多都被他杀了置物架。我悄悄的走了置物架，隐进了山林之中堆垛架。俨然一个世外高人的样子堆垛架，每天一壶绿茶登高车，放在身边的几上登高车，然后或盯着一朵白云超市手推车，或盯着一片树叶物流手推车，或双目紧闭物流台车。我的刀在玉盆中泡了七七四十九天角钢货架，已经没有血腥味了角钢货架。然后我把它放在我的屋顶轻型货架，任它风吹雨打轻型货架。
十年就这年过去了中型货架。为何今天天忽然想起那柄剑中型货架，那道剑光重型货架？而且内心为什么如此不安重型货架？不应该是这样的仓库货架，对于一个喝了十年绿茶的人来说服装货架，面对死上海货架，也已不再惧怕精品货架，不再不安苏州货架，但今天又为何如此呢托盘货架？
莫非是他青岛货架，和他的剑库房货架，加上他的剑光沈阳货架。我已不问江湖之事天津货架，想他十年前也应该坐上武林盟主的位子了杭州货架，一个武林中人做了武林盟主山东货架，这一生还有什么要求的呢文件柜？
我不停的喝着绿茶工具柜。绿茶静心工具柜。但此时怎么也静不下来零件柜。茶已尽工作台。平时茶尽之时工作台，正也是日落之时工作桌。
一定快有什么事情发生了工作桌。
剑还是那美丽的剑Google左侧排名，如果再加上一道剑光吹塑机，就会形成剑的艺术色带，武学的艺术电源插座。
我问反光背心：为何还来找我滚针轴承，我已在十年之前就退出江湖了夜光粉。
他说文化石：因为你没死缎带，因为我没有对手风火轮。
我说激光打标机：十年前已不是你的对手平衡机，何况现在十年未动刀大功率led。
他说磁力泵：放眼天下梯子，只有你一个人是我的对手网眼袋，也只你一个人对我的威胁无尘布。
我不再说话手摇手电筒，因为我不知道说什么手板，我知道我十年前就开始找我毛巾布，发现我没有死就开始找我磁钢。我不死促销台，他心不安模具钢材。
他说时尚配饰：拿出你的刀筛网。
我说齿轮泵：我已无刀天使花房，命托辊，亦可有可无色丁。
他盯着我广告衫，握剑的手越来越紧钢坯，我知道那道美丽的剑光可能随时发出过滤网。在那美丽过后疏水阀，我的生命将画上句号胸章。
阳光照在了刀上发热管，反射到他的脸上手机耳机。他发现了那把刀螺杆，我的刀插销，宝刀蝴蝶，没有鞘的刀工具包。
刀已在我手中点钞机，刀还是那把刀配电箱，人却已不是那个人流苏，因为心不是那颗心沙滩巾。
他为了杀我竟找了我十年氯化镁，而为了和我比武竟帮我从屋顶拿下我的刀来双面胶带，并放在我的手中碳纤维。我忽然发现排线，他也变了汽车座垫，他在后悔十年前将所有高手都杀绝珍珠奶茶。
高手的悲哀太阳伞。
我握紧了刀桥架，我看着他的眼tpr，已经不再像十年前那样明亮了钢丝。
他的剑划出柴油发电机组，划出一道美丽的剑光护栏。我想围栏，这十年他大概在不停地使自己的剑光更美围栏。
我的刀也出了隔离网。简单的动作隔离网，一刀刺进了他的胸网片。那道美丽的光忽然停止网片，停在我的衣服上南京货架。
他说北京货架：这也是艺术北京货架，杀人的艺术北京货架，想不到你十年不动刀还懂这个艺术仓储货架。
我说仓储货架：因为我不想再让你痛苦了广州货架。
他说广州货架：谢谢货架厂。
我走了货架公司。我头也不回的走了塑料托盘。没有取回我的刀塑料托盘，因为我觉得它在我身边已经没用塑料托盘，我后悔我十年前为什么不扔了它塑料托盘？我听到了尸体倒下的声音塑料托盘。我流泪了塑料托盘，我真的不想杀他仓储笼，十年前不想仓储笼，十年后也不想仓储笼，因为我下山时答应过师父仓储笼，一切让着他仓储笼。
我叹了一口气仓储笼。远去仓储笼。
posted by SEO, at
3/31/2008 11:22 PM
●●百度类●●:
代孕 淘宝刷信用
北京发票 代开发票
餐饮发票 住宿发票
广告发票 对讲机
传世私服 传奇世界私服
新开传世私服 传奇私服
天龙八部私服 天龙私服
苏州办证
手机窃听器 手机窃听器
手机窃听器
手机监听器
手机监听器
手机窃听器
代写论文 代写论文
北京办证 办证
代孕 代孕网
代孕 代孕
代孕 试管婴儿
代写论文 代写论文
代写代发 论文代写 dhl
●●Google类●●：
modern abstract art sofa manufacturer
净水器 混合机
过滤机 DHL快递 俄罗斯签证
保险箱 法兰 法兰标准
回流焊 波峰焊
免烧砖机 注册上海公司
儿童摄影 polycarbonate sheet
牛皮癣 皮肤病 制氮机
食堂售餐机 校园一卡通
学校一卡通 ic卡售饭机
食堂售饭机 深圳一卡通
广东售饭机 机电设备安装
北京发票 代开发票
餐饮发票 住宿发票
广告发票
网络电话 免费网络电话
假发 补发
织发 植发
压滤机 板框压滤机
蒸馏水机 纯蒸气发生器
上海搬家公司 上海搬场公司
大众搬家 大众搬场
张家界旅游 香港旅游
深圳旅行社 打包机
收缩机 对讲机 电源模块
血管栓塞剂
售饭机 水控机 水控器
萎缩性胃炎 neoprene laptop bags
SEO优化
SEO优化 计量泵
胃炎 胃病
冷水机 冰水机
工业冷水机
北京特价机票 北京打折计票 北京国际机票
北京机票预定 北京飞机票
北京订机票 北京机票查询
饮料机械
血糖仪 血糖仪
银杏 水培花卉
企业宣传片 空分设备
化工泵 离心机
电话交换机 程控交换机
集团电话 集装袋
混合机 混合机
混合机捏合机 捏合机
捏合机导热油炉 导热油炉
导热油炉 反应釜 反应釜
反应釜 spherical roller bearing
搬运车 搬运车
电动搬运车 油桶搬运车
堆高车 电动堆高车
半电动堆高车 堆垛车
高空作业平台车 电动叉车
平衡重叉车 前移叉车
电瓶叉车
韩国饰品批发 模块电源
X架 超薄灯箱>
易拉宝 展柜制作
代理服务器 游戏加速器
网络加速器 网通加速器
电信加速器 电信网通转换器
电信网通加速器 网通电信互转
网通电信互通 美国独享IP
网络游戏加速器
美国VPN代理 美国独享VPN
pvc ceiling panel Spherical roller bearings
SEO优化
安全鞋 劳保鞋
防砸鞋 电绝缘鞋
上海安全鞋 上海劳保鞋
江苏劳保鞋
服装软件 服装管理软件
进销存软件 进销存管理软件
服装管理系统 服装进销存软件
进销存系统 进销存管理系统
免费进销存软件 吉林中医
东北特产 打包机
阳痿 阴茎短小
阴茎增大 早泄
前列腺炎 阴茎增粗
阴茎延长
国际机票 上海国际机票
国际特价机票 国际打折机票
CRM 客户管理软件
客户关系管理 免费客户管理软件
客户管理软件下载 客户信息管理系统
销售管理系统 销售管理
CRM系统 CRM软件
客户关系管理系统 客户资料管理系统
客户关系管理软件 客户管理
客户管理系统 营销管理系统
客户资源管理 销售管理软件
客户资料管理软件 客户资源管理软件
客户信息管理软件 客户资料管理
客户资源管理 客户信息管理
客户资源管理系统 客户管理软件免费版
砂磨机 砂磨机
砂磨机 卧式砂磨机
卧式砂磨机 卧式砂磨机
三辊研磨机 三辊研磨机
三辊研磨机 混合机
混合机
混合机 锥形混合机
锥形混合机 锥形混合机
行星动力混合机 行星动力混合机
行星动力混合机 无重力混合机
无重力混合机 无重力混合机
干粉砂浆设备 干粉砂浆设备
干粉砂浆设备
捏合机 捏合机
捏合机 导热油炉
导热油炉 导热油炉
反应釜 反应釜
反应釜 搪玻璃反应釜
搪玻璃反应釜 搪玻璃反应釜
乳化机 涂料设备
干混砂浆设备 无重力混合机
胶体磨 涂料成套设备 双螺旋混合机
北京婚庆 北京婚庆公司
400电话
办证 呼吸机 制氧机
亚都 亚都加湿器 亚都净化器
亚都装修卫士
饰品批发 小饰品批发
韩国饰品 韩国饰品批发
premature ejaculation penis enlargement
破碎机 制砂机 球磨机
雷蒙磨 雷蒙磨粉机
鄂式破碎机 鄂式破碎机
免烧砖机 加气混凝土设备
反击式破碎机 选矿设备
安利产品 马来西亚留学
网站优化 网站推广
衬布
代写论文
代写论文
论文代写 代写论文
代写硕士论文 代写毕业论文
磁力泵
离心泵
化工泵
隔膜泵
螺杆泵
潜水泵
油泵
耐腐蚀泵
泵 水泵
拖链 防护罩
排屑机 塑料拖链
钢铝拖链
水泵
磁力泵
隔膜泵
离心泵
液下泵
自吸泵
多级泵
排污泵
螺杆泵
油泵
化工泵
电动隔膜泵
气动隔膜泵
自吸式磁力泵
氟塑料磁力泵
管道离心泵
导热油泵
深井泵
潜水泵
污水泵
潜水排污泵
深圳装饰 深圳装饰公司 深圳装修公司
特价机票 打折机票
国际机票 机票
新风换气机 换气机
立式新风换气机 风机箱
新风系统 能量回收机
搅拌机 混合机
乳化机 分散机
毛刷 毛刷辊
工业毛刷 刷子
钢丝刷
涂层测厚仪
硬度计
兆欧表
激光测距仪
测振仪
转速表
温湿度计
风速仪
超声波测厚仪
粗糙度仪
噪音计
红外测温仪
万用表
硬度计 万用表
美容院 美容加盟
澳洲留学
澳大利亚留学
什么是法兰
酒店预定 北京酒店预定
北京酒店 离心机
nail equipment nail products nail product nail uv lamp nail uv lamp nail uv lamps uv nail lamp nail brush
nail file nail tool nail tip nail gel curing uv lamps lights
万用表 风速仪
红外测温仪 噪音计
苗木价格 苗木信息 标牌制作 深圳标牌 北京儿童摄影 防静电鞋 淘宝刷信誉
威海凤凰湖 威海海景房 大庆密封件
打标机 淘宝刷信誉 TESOL/TEFL国际英语教师证书 英语教师进修及培训 北京快递公司 北京国际快递
posted by 潇洒光头、, at
10/20/2008 5:26 AM
<< Home
