Watchdog group
warns of faulty "ex-gay" study

A gay rights advocacy group has contacted several news outlets to warn of a fallacious report being released this year citing the supposed success of "ex-gay" therapy. The report, titled "The Thomas Project," is being published by psychology provost Stanton Jones of Wheaton College, a conservative university, according to Truth Wins Out.

The five-year study centers on Exodus International clients and will include handpicked testimonials from "ex-gay" lobbyists and ministry leaders. According to Truth Wins Out, there is no physical, scientific evidence to support the study, and no sign of verification by the No Lie MRI, a truth-detecting brain scan.

"Any 'ex-gay' study that does not include physical components that measure truth are essentially meaningless," the group's executive director, Wayne Besen, said in a statement. "We challenge Dr. Stanton Jones to submit his so-called ex-gay subjects to the No Lie MRI because we believe that ex-gay ministries are consumer fraud and his reported study may be invalid." (The Advocate)