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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Mon May 7, 2018, 02:54 PM May 2018

'Ex-gays' humiliated in DC when no one showed up for their big rally

By Alex Bollinger · Monday, May 7, 2018

Ex-LGBTQ activists held a rally this weekend in Washington, D.C., which was attended by 36 people.

The “Freedom March,” organized by Voice of the Voiceless, was held this past Saturday at the National Sylvan Theater. Voice of the Voiceless is an ex-LGBTQ group that has advocated for conversion therapy on college campuses.

The Freedom March was “an opportunity for those of us who have a new life with Jesus to come together in fellowship and praise Him for the love and grace available to everyone who seeks it [and] to testify publicly of the life-changing grace available to leave the LGBT identity for something greater,” said Daren Mehl, president of Voice of the Voiceless.



The rally had several speakers, including ex-transgender activist Jeffrey McCall, Pulse shooting survivor Luis Ruiz, and “Activist Mommy” Elizabeth Johnston, who claims that schools are forcing kids to learn how to have anal sex.

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https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2018/05/ex-gays-humiliated-dc-no-one-showed-big-rally/

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'Ex-gays' humiliated in DC when no one showed up for their big rally (Original Post) DonViejo May 2018 OP
Nobody likes a quitter underpants May 2018 #1
... Scurrilous May 2018 #16
Ah yes activist mommy gay texan May 2018 #2
Can't they just keep their religion and sexuality to themselves?! Proud Liberal Dem May 2018 #3
No such thing as an Ex-gay, you cannot change who you are. sunonmars May 2018 #4
Well, with all the hate and nastiness of late, thank you for this... Behind the Aegis May 2018 #5
nothing sadder than self-hatred nt HopeAgain May 2018 #6
They were never gay, justgamma May 2018 #7
Did they keep a notebook and publish their results in a journal somewhere? jberryhill May 2018 #8
Not sure justgamma May 2018 #11
I know.... jberryhill May 2018 #12
Other PPE may have been involved as well. cloudbase May 2018 #13
If you are just experimenting you don't have to admit to actually doing it. That word makes it Kirk Lover May 2018 #15
Gay people voting republican is like the chicken voting for Col. Sanders. Initech May 2018 #9
Boo Hoo Gothmog May 2018 #10
Ex-smart is more like it: Did they expect thousands to turn out? lindysalsagal May 2018 #14
 

jberryhill

(62,444 posts)
8. Did they keep a notebook and publish their results in a journal somewhere?
Mon May 7, 2018, 04:04 PM
May 2018

I'm always intrigued by this sense of the word "experimenting", used with a lot of things such as the "I don't smoke pot, but I experimented in college."

Well, heck, was it the lab section of some course I didn't know about?
 

jberryhill

(62,444 posts)
12. I know....
Mon May 7, 2018, 04:59 PM
May 2018

I just get a kick out of that casual sense of the word.

Like they all put on white lab coats and wore safety glasses or something. "Hey, we're experimentin'!"

I'm pretty sure that friction applied to the right places produces orgasm, regardless of whom it's with, but I can't say I've done extensive field research on that.

 

Kirk Lover

(3,608 posts)
15. If you are just experimenting you don't have to admit to actually doing it. That word makes it
Mon May 7, 2018, 06:51 PM
May 2018

not really count!

lindysalsagal

(20,684 posts)
14. Ex-smart is more like it: Did they expect thousands to turn out?
Mon May 7, 2018, 06:48 PM
May 2018

How many ex-gay people can there be, and which of them would want publicity?

"I'm ex-minority group, so now that I'm average, I deserve a parade?"

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