Mark Yarhouse
John Smid’s Stunning Admission
(Weekly Column) For decades, John Smid had been the leader of Love in Action, the infamous “ex-gay” ministry that took away the underwear of clients
Therapists Keeping People in the Closet?
There are two really interesting articles in this past Sunday’s New York Times Magazine dealing with the intersection of religion and sexuality, and both merit
Ex-Gay Therapy Promoter Yarhouse Draws A Crowd — in Branson, Mo.
Regent University’s Dr. Mark Yarhouse spoke this week at the national conference of the American Association of Christian Counselors in Branson, Missouri. According to the
The 700 Club Loves Andrew Marin
Speaks volumes, I think. And it leads me to believe that the fundies know/understand something that Marin’s water-carriers in the gay Christian community don’t. Guess
Mark Souder And The Affairs of State
(Weekly Column) We are fast approaching the point where it will only be news if an outspoken Christian conservative politician isn’t cheating on his or
Exodus’ Hired Researcher Counters Own Study’s Claim of Ex-Gay ‘Change’
In 2007, Mark Yarhouse of Pat Robertson’s Regent University co-wrote an informal study of ex-gay therapy. The study was funded by Exodus International — the
Ex-Gay Researcher Mark Yarhouse Reacts to Repudiation by Psychologists
The American Psychological Association’s newly released report on Appropriate Therapeutic Responses to Sexual Orientation evaluated peer-reviewed studies of sexual orientation change efforts that were conducted
Ex-Gay ‘Formers’ Preach Blame and Distorted Science
Debbie Thurman, of Jerry Falwell’s Thomas Road Baptist Church, has founded an ex-gay web site: theFormers.com. What, one might wonder, qualifies Thurman to mislead people
Focus on the Family Shields Public from Ex-Gay Survivors
Focus on the Family denies the existence of former ex-gays — a growing movement of hundreds of people who have discovered through personal experience that