On Alan Chambers' big announcement

Alan Chambers, longtime president of Exodus International, has announced that the "ex-gay" ministry is closing its doors. This is not news to me. In fact, I've known about this for months.

Since January of this year, Alan and I have been chatting about everything that is playing out now. I knew he was very disenchanted with his movement, that he was ready to step up and repudiate the harms he has caused and/or emboldened, and that he saw a need to end the operation with which his professional...