Protesters rally against group's message, say gay rights stymied

[davidinalameda]

http://www.chronicle-tribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060628/NEWS01/606280331/1002


As the annual Exodus Freedom Conference began in the Phillippe Performing Arts Center auditorium, a group of about 12 people with the Gay Liberation Network stood at Indiana Wesleyan University's main entrance in protest.

"We consider the Exodus network and other so called 'ex-gay' ministries dangerous, particularly to gay youths," said Bob Schwartz, a member of the GLN coordination committee. "They're taking the focus off of adults, where they've had one abysmal failure after another, and are moving toward youths, and we consider this child abuse."


The group of protesters traveled from Chicago on Tuesday and ended up arriving after the conference's first session was under way. They were quickly told to moveby campus security officers to IWU's main campus entrance on Adams Street, since the campus is private property.

Despite being moved far away from the Phillippe Center, the group of protesters held large signs, some of which read "Opposition to equal rights is bigotry" and "The ex-gay movement is fraud."

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

1. the child abuse charge may stand

if they can document what these "ex gays" to do the poor kids.