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Ex-Gays Criticize the Christian Coalition

Ex-Gay Movement Financially Troubled

P-Fox Director Asks Where's $4 Million?

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Anthony Falzarano

Family values groups are "hypocritical" for not sufficiently helping the ex-gay movement, and ex-gay organizations have at most one to two years left before they're in "big trouble."

This, according to a press conference at the National Press Club this morning by Anthony Falzarano, founder of Parents and Friends of Ex-Gays (P-FOX).

If previous reports suggested a schism between the ex-gays and their fringe-right friends in the anti-gay "family values" crowd, today's National Press Club interview erased any doubt.

Falzarano, appearing as the founder of P-FOX, criticized the family values organizations, saying that while "they want to fight the gay agenda...they need to be supporting the ex-gay movement." Falzarano singled out the Christian Coalition and D. James Kennedy's Center for Reclaiming America (in Florida) for some of the harshest criticism.

Referring to the ex-gay newspaper ad campaign launched last year, Falzarano said: "[We] did that very successful newspaper campaign last year...the Christian Coalition did not send us a dime...DJ Kennedy did not send us a dime."

He continued: "All's we were asking for is possibly some money to pay for postage stamps...that's quite disturbing."

The Center for Reclaiming America is widely given credit for organizing the ex-gay ads.

Falzarano explained that the ex-gay movement saw very little if any of the rumored large quantity of money that was raised by the ad campaign.

"All the phone calls went down to DJ Kennedy's group...and guess what...all the donations went [there] to." Falzarano continued: "I had heard over four million dollars were raised....do you think they called up Exodus?"

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Referring to the disposition of the funds raised, the P-FOX founder said the situation was "outrageous," and that "this is hypocritical behavior, this graves the Lord, this must change."

Falzarano also revealed that the ex-gay movement is suffering serious financial problems. "We have lost fifteen ministries in the last years, we are not growing," Falzarano revealed at the press conference.

"I can't tell you how many of my colleagues...have had to close the doors." He continued: "I believe if something doesn't happen in the next year or two...Exodus is in big trouble."

Finally, in another indication of the trouble within the movement, Falzarano said that one of the lead "doctors" of the ex-gay movement, Elizabeth Moberly, is currently fighting with Exodus International, and that "she won't even do any speaking engagements for the Exodus movement."