Exodus Splinter Group Provides Fresh Look At Harmful Ex-Gay Methodology
Robert Gagnon, a founding member of the Restored Hope Network. When Exodus International’s President Alan Chambers said recently that there’s no “cure” for homosexuality, one group of ex-gay therapists split off and formed their own splinter group, the Restored Hope Network, where they could continue to push the most extreme views on reparative therapy. According to Ex-Gay Watch, the Restored Hope Network has released its official doctrinal statement, providing a disturbing look at how Bible verses continue to be used to justify oppressing gays and lesbians. Here are some excerpts: 1. Sexual purity is a life-and-death matter . Sexual holiness for Christians matters to such an extent that a sexually immoral life can get even self-professed Christians excluded from the kingdom of God . 2. Jesus understood the male-female prerequisite for sexual relations established by God in Genesis 1:27 and 2:24 to be foundational for sexual ethics … Genesis 1:27 indicates that changing a male-female...