Ex-gays in schism over Hitler depection of of gay, Jewish activist

[PageOneQ]

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Ex-gay movement in schism over depiction of gay, Jewish activist as Hitler

by Michael Rogers, PageOneQ

A rare schism has evolved in the 'ex-gay' community over the refusal of archconservative and 'ex-gay' preacher DL Foster to apologize for his decision to continue to invoke images of Adolph Hitler while writing about gay, Jewish activist and founder of Truth Wins Out Wayne Besen. Foster's attacks have been attacked by Alan Chambers, head of the nation's largest 'ex-gay' organization, Exodus International, PageOneQ has found. Foster was also rebuked by well-known 'ex-gay' blogger Randy Thomas.

In an email sent to an undisclosed list, Chambers wrote that while he has "great respect and admiration for DL , his most recent posts depicting pro-gay activist Wayne Besen with a Hitler mustache is way over the top—especially considering that Wayne is Jewish." The email has been reprinted in its entirety, below.

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[saltpoint]

1. A lot of these professional hatemongers have daughters and sons and

grandchildren, don't they?

I cannot imagine what it must be like to grow up telling your friends at school that your dad or mom spend their free time -- or all day -- hating people.

[mike_c]

2. all too often they grow up just like their parents....

[saltpoint]

3. Jesus. That is NOT a very encouraging photograph.

But I hear your point.

I hope that there are as many cases as possible of kids growing up (older than the one pictured!) who grow aware of their parents' hatemongering and rebel.

A little teenage rebellion in this case would go a long way toward citizenship.

Oft times it seems the preacher's daughter or son becomes the rebelling hellion, but maybe for hatemongerparents their kids could rebel by becoming Tom Paine Democrats!