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Sat Jan 1, 2022, 11:58 AM Jan 2022

Founder of 'ex-gay' Freedom March Jeffrey McCall admits to (still) sleeping with men

McCall is the founder and CEO of the group Freedom March, which describes itself as “a diverse group of Jesus followers who have been delivered from LGBTQ identities” and holds marches to oppose bans on conversion therapy. He describes himself as both a former “homosexual” and a former transgender woman.

He found fame in “ex-gay” circles after he appeared in the Netflix conversion therapy documentary Pray Away as an example of the movement enduring presence. Despite his promotion of religion as conversion therapy, McCall made a surprising – or to many, unsurprising – statement recently on his Facebook page.

McCall told his followers that he wanted “to share about my falling short of the glory of God”, and admitted to “giving [his] heart away” to a straight man he was “trying to help”.
He continued: “After denying what I wanted with him I then went on to fall sexually with a man when I felt wounded and lonely. This led to multiple falls with men over time.”

Despite his obvious hypocrisy, McCall insisted that he was still “ex-gay”, and went on: “I am just a peasant who tried to help save peoples eternal lives and point them to Jesus all while going through my own process.
“This falling short of the glory of God is not dictating my future. I have no plans or desires to return to my old life. If anything it makes me never want to fall into that sin ever again.”

https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/01/01/jeffrey-mccall-ex-gay-changed-freedom-march-pray-away/

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Founder of 'ex-gay' Freedom March Jeffrey McCall admits to (still) sleeping with men (Original Post) left-of-center2012 Jan 2022 OP
Amazing snowybirdie Jan 2022 #1
He found a good con, and he's sticking with it. CanonRay Jan 2022 #2
Grift covers a multitude of sins. IrishAfricanAmerican Jan 2022 #3
"This led to multiple falls with men over time." Haggard Celine Jan 2022 #4
I once fell in the back seat of a car left-of-center2012 Jan 2022 #5
LoL! Haggard Celine Jan 2022 #6

Haggard Celine

(16,846 posts)
4. "This led to multiple falls with men over time."
Sat Jan 1, 2022, 01:19 PM
Jan 2022

So that's what they're calling it nowadays? They fall together? I guess they fell down on the bed or the dining table or something. Now I know what to do when I see someone I like; I'll ask him if he wants to fall with me.

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