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Exodus--You've been You-Tubed

I inspired art! Daniel Gonzales over at Ex-Gay Watch took my post about Exodus' Randy Thomas on the Adam Carolla show and made a groovy cool video that he uploaded to Youtube. Randy proclaimed that Exodus does not force people to attend any of their "140" ministries here in North America.

Daniel is hip enough to envision a video like this and yet still geeky enough to make it happen.

Comments

Anonymous said…
I don't have a blog account where I can post video. How can I get a link for this instead?

Thanks
Clint
8:09 PM
Peterson Toscano said…
clint, here is the link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5HimGZA8s4

Yeah folks, feel free to let other folks know.
9:24 PM
Peterson Toscano said…
joe, that is putting it mildly. You are an absolute stalker.

yeah, he is a sweetie and intelligent too. Kinda like you, just in Twink form.
9:59 PM
Jonathan said…
Very nicely done!! I wonder if Randy will have a response (although for some reason I doubt it).
12:10 PM
Peterson Toscano said…
Jonathan,
I actually left Randy a voice mail before I blogged or shared anything, but he has yet to respond. I was hoping to talk with him first before writing about this. But, I guess he stands by his words and that is enough.

So then there is some disconnect in Exodus. You have the big heads saying one thing and the local chiefs doing something different. Perhaps Exodus doesn't have control over their member ministries.
12:15 PM
KJ said…
Don't you love it when those who oppose you condemn themselves with their own words and actions? Makes me feel sorry for them.

Just a little bit.
12:25 PM
Jonathan said…
hey peterson...

i actually wrote randy an e-mail right after the adam carolla show (i happened to catch it). i got the auto-generated response which said if i was "gay identifed" that he doesn't have on-line discussions and that even if i wasn't "gay identified" and had valid questions that he doesn't have discussions.

i see that he has now responded, although i'm not of the mind that it really clears up anything.

j.
4:55 PM
Peterson Toscano said…
Yeah, Jonathan, Randy's response was rubbish and completely missed the point. Sure, it is LEGAL for parents to force their children into Love in Action, but that doesn't make it right.

I don't regret pushing this issue, but I would have preferred a private discussion.
11:49 PM
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