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Can Sexual Orientation be Changed?
Aired April 15, 2011 - 21:00 ET
DR. DREW PINSKY, HOST: Warning: today`s show about homosexuality is highly controversial. Using prayer to transform someone from gay to straight is a contentious issue.
This show and every show we do is here to help you better understand the human condition, not to hurt anyone. But nothing is taboo. I don`t want to avoid a subject just because it`s difficult. Our goal is to elevate the conversation and to inform.
So let`s get started.
There are estimated to be approximately nine million lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people in the U.S. Those are the just-released numbers from the Williams Institute at the UCLA`s School of Law. Some people who once identified as gay say they are now straight, and they credit faith-based organizations like Exodus International for this transformation.
So, can sexual orientation be changed? This is a polarizing debate.
Please watch this.
PINSKY (voice-over): On one side, those who say homosexuality is natural.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: It is an emotional and a psychological issue, not a spiritual or religious issue.
PINSKY: On the other, groups who say it`s a sin. One of those organizations is Exodus International. Its mission, to lead people out of homosexuality.
Exodus president Alan Chambers was having sex with men when he joined the group 20 years ago. Now he believes homosexuality is wrong. He`s been married for 13 years. He and his wife Leslie (ph) have two children. It`s the lifestyle he believes is ideal in God`s eyes, and he says prayer got him there.
PINSKY: Joining me now is Alan Chambers. He is the president of Exodus International and the author of "God`s Grace and the Homosexual Next Door."
Dr. Alicia Salzer is a physician and a psychiatrist. She is deeply opposed to the idea that homosexuality is something that can be changed. She is watching and listening from New York, and I`m going to be hearing from her shortly.
But before we begin, consider this: In 1973, the American Psychiatric Association removed homosexuality from the "Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders." This is the primary tool used by psychiatrists, psychologists and physicians to identify mental illnesses, mental disorders, mental conditions. So the medical community says homosexuality is not an illness, not a disease, not a disorder, nothing that needs any sort of treatment or cure.
So my question from Alan is, why you think it is -- or do you think it is?
ALAN CHAMBERS, PRESIDENT, EXODUS INTERNATIONAL: I don`t think it is. I don`t think it`s a mental illness. I don`t think it`s something that we should be seeking "to cure." But there are people who are conflicted because of their faith, and I think there are options out there for them.
PINSKY: Why does not -- why is it not the case that being gay fits into God`s plan?
CHAMBERS: Well, according to the bible, there is a narrow window for what is and what isn`t a part of God`s creative intent. And we adhere to the scriptures literally, that the bible is the inherent word of God, and that it talks about marriage between a man and a woman being the creative intent for human sexuality.
PINSKY: Tell me your story. I mean, what happened to you? How did this evolve? Where did you start? Tell me the story.
CHAMBERS: Well, you know, my story is like anyone`s story.
I grew up in a home. I have a mom and a dad. I came from a Christian family.
And about the age of 9 or 10, I realized I was dealing with something that I had heard a little about, attractions that I didn`t ask for, I didn`t choose. Very clearly, I didn`t choose that. And yet, I was struggling to make those attractions to men, yes.
PINSKY: OK. And then what happened?
CHAMBERS: And I freaked out. As a kid who grew up in church, who knew what I had been taught, knew what I was hearing --
PINSKY: How come you didn`t go to the clergy or your parents?
CHAMBERS: Well, I was afraid.
PINSKY: Afraid you were going to hell?
CHAMBERS: I was afraid I was going to hell. And I was afraid, based upon the climate and the culture that I was living in, that I would be rejected. And I stayed silent like so many people do.
PINSKY: Did you have any other experiences along the way?
CHAMBERS: Experiences with people of the same sex or --
PINSKY: Yes.
CHAMBERS: Yes. In middle school, that became something that I experimented with, a little bit in high school as well.
PINSKY: I read a biography. I don`t know if this is from you or where it came from, but it talked about you having been sexually abused as a child.
CHAMBERS: That was part of my experience. When I was 9 or 10, there was a neighbor boy --
PINSKY: So, sexual abuse, was that repeated, was it chronic?
CHAMBERS: It was once. One episode in time.
PINSKY: And then you began acting out with males your own age later?
CHAMBERS: Yes. Being sexually abused didn`t make me gay, but it certainly taught me things about sex. And so for me, looking for love, affirmation, acceptance from men, I realized I could get it in a sexual way.
PINSKY: Is there a reason you didn`t step forward to your parents and say something happened with a neighbor kid?
CHAMBERS: That kid said, "This is your fault as well, you`ll get in trouble. We might have AIDS." You know, that was on the news at that point and I was freaked out. I was a little kid.
PINSKY: So, having been an object of sexual trauma, sexual abuse, you were terrorized.
CHAMBERS: I was. It was something that I didn`t understand, I didn`t ask for. But I felt like, hey, maybe I bear some responsibility in this, so I`m not going to share it.
PINSKY: And was there some sort of epiphany when you did change?
CHAMBERS: Related to?
PINSKY: Well, again, I read some material where I guess you were in church as a high school senior and a clergy said something that really resonated with you.
CHAMBERS: Yes. When I was about 18 or 19 years old, I went to a conference. There were 10,000 kids there.
It wasn`t a conference related to homosexuality at all. But in the midst of that, I was given an opportunity to talk to a counselor, someone who said something that transformed my life. And that was, "God loves you."
PINSKY: No matter what?
CHAMBERS: No matter what. And there`s hope and there`s -- this is not something new.
PINSKY: This is what is confusing to me. If God loves you no matter what, why can`t you be gay and have God love you?
CHAMBERS: Well, God loves you even if you are gay. There is no dispute over that.
PINSKY: And you went through a period where you tried to reconcile these two things, right?
CHAMBERS: I did.
PINSKY: Where you were still a homosexual male, and you thought, God loves you.
CHAMBERS: I knew God loved me.
PINSKY: God loved you. And so why change?
CHAMBERS: Well, because I believed that, regardless of whether God loves us or not, there is a creative intent. There is a standard. And so for human sexuality, if you don`t have the option to fit into that standard of a relationship, a marriage relationship between a man and a woman for a lifetime then --
PINSKY: You have to forgive me. I didn`t quite get that. So, for you as an individual, you had to reproduce in order to feel like --
CHAMBERS: No, but I believe that the bible is very clear. I`m a Christian, and so everything that I do, I live my life through the filter of my faith, and not through the filter of my sexuality.
And we`re all people who deal with sexuality in some way. As a Christian, what we believe is that sexual expression is reserved for a marriage relationship between a man and a woman. And so if you don`t have that option, then you`re called to surrender that. And so whether gay or straight --
PINSKY: And that`s a universal principle in Christianity, or every Christian I speak to is going to say that?
CHAMBERS: Well, probably not every Christian you speak to these days, but it`s --
PINSKY: You are married though?
CHAMBERS: I am married.
PINSKY: Happily?
CHAMBERS: I`m very happily married.
PINSKY: You have kids?
CHAMBERS: I have two children.
PINSKY: Do you still have urges, desires, intent to be with males?
CHAMBERS: I`ll tell you one thing that has changed for me dramatically that I do not struggle with and have not struggled with in 16 years is to have a relationship with a man. Can I be tempted? Is there someone that I can find attractive? For sure. I don`t know how that can change, but as far as a desire to be with a man, no.
PINSKY: Let me ask you this. We have 30 seconds, but you may be the perfect person to speak to this. There are people out there that believe that having these urges is some sort of a choice. Do you have a choice to feel this way?
CHAMBERS: I did not choose this, absolutely not.
PINSKY: No. Does anybody every choose this?
CHAMBERS: I don`t think anyone ever would or did.
PINSKY: OK. I don`t see how that could be, because it`s attraction, it`s a desire, just like liking chocolate cake or something.
When we come back, Dr. Alicia Salzer, she`s a medical doctor who has been watching and listening in New York. She`s a psychiatrist who has studied what`s called the ex-gay movement. She feels it`s dangerous and in fact maybe deadly.
We`ll hear from her after this.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: When people say once you`re gay, you`re always gay, you can`t break free from that, that`s not true.
PINSKY: That was a clip from "Our America" with Lisa Ling on OWN.
Alan Chambers, he is here with us, and he calls himself an ex-gay. He denounced his homosexuality 20 years ago today. He`s now married and straight, and he`s the president of Exodus International.
Joining us from Minneapolis is Janet Boynes. Like Alan, she says she was once gay. Janet runs Janet Boynes Ministries, dedicated to helping homosexuals reclaim their heterosexuality.
Also with us is Dr. Alicia Salzer from New York. She is a physician and psychiatrist who says that one`s sexuality cannot be changed. She is the author of "Back to Life."
I want to ask her, what is the prevailing opinion of the psychiatric profession on this so-called ex-gay movement?
DR. ALICIA SALZER, PSYCHIATRIST: Well, my concern about reparative therapy is that, Drew, if you had a treatment for cancer, before you offered it you would have to make sure, number one, that it worked, and number two, that the harm that it might cause was justified by the outcome. This, to me, is not a cure for cancer, this is a cure for freckles.
I mean, the American Psychiatric Association took homosexuality of its roster of illnesses when I was 7. This is old news. So, in our opinion, homosexuality is not an illness and it`s not something that`s in need of a cure.
PINSKY: Now to out you about your age, my dear, but let`s be clear. It`s been 40 years since this has been considered --
SALZER: I did it to myself.
PINSKY: -- a disorder. So I have two questions. If there`s no disorder, why is there a treatment? Without a disorder, how can there possibly be a treatment?
But why don`t you explain to people, what is reparative treatment?
SALZER: Well, reparative therapy is any kind of therapy that`s geared towards trying to change someone`s sexual orientation to a heterosexual orientation. It takes many forms. And for the most part, the practitioners of it are coming from a conservative Christian standpoint.
The problem is that, from where I sit as a psychiatrist, I see an enormous amount of harm that comes from it. And I feel like there`s -- we can argue all day about whether it works or doesn`t work, because we`re going to be quoting different research. But whether it causes harm is something that I can speak to very personally, because a few years ago, I made a documentary film called "Abomination" which was about homosexuality and the ex-gay movement, and I had the opportunity to meet hundreds of people who had been through reparative therapy and had really heartbreaking and painful experiences that left them scarred for life.
PINSKY: Janet, if I could go to you, my understanding is you have a faith-based organization. My question is, do they ever use reparative therapies?
JANET BOYNES, JANET BOYNES MINISTRIES: You know, I`m not qualified to do anything with reparative therapy or talk about being a counselor. What I am is an ordained evangelist, and I`m able to give those who come to me spiritual guidance in order to help them in this area. So everything that I do is based on biblical principles.
PINSKY: So I`m a little confused. Do you -- are you of the opinion that people need to change their behavior if they have a certain orientation?
BOYNES: I believe that if you`re living a homosexual life, I don`t believe that`s God`s best for you. I believe that God made us man and women, and I believe that, you know, changing your sexual orientation is not God`s best for your life.
PINSKY: You make me nervous. I`m not sure I`m living God`s best. I don`t know. I`m not sure what that means.
But on the phone with us is Reverend Dr. Neil Thomas. He`s the senior pastor at the Metropolitan Community Church. He counsels those who have been through faith-based reparative therapy.
Reverend, what are you hearing from these people?
REV. DR. NEIL THOMAS, SR. PASTOR, METROPOLITAN COMMUNITY CHURCH: Well, first of all, I`m glad that I am living God`s best for me. What I`m hearing, Dr. Drew, is really very disturbing and, quite honestly, very sad.
I`m a practicing Christian. I`m also a pastor. What I get to hear almost daily are the stories of these men and women who are Christian, who love God, and who are being subject to both psychological and spiritual violence that, quite honestly, drives them out of their relationship with God and often into very destructive behaviors, often leading to suicide attempts, to addictions, to grave self-esteem issues that could last well into life, that our therapists are having to pick up for us, because as Christians, we`re not qualified to do such work.
And as a Christian myself, this damage that is caused by the Church and reparative therapy that I`m hearing about here on your show today and have heard for many years, practiced by those who profess to love God, it really must stop. We must bring an end to this.
PINSKY: Alan, we started with you. What do you say to all this now?
CHAMBERS: Well, you know, I think that we have to boil this down to one thing. Reparative therapy isn`t what Exodus does.
We`re not a therapeutic organization. We`re a Christian ministry. And what we`re trying to do is help people who are in conflict with their faith and their sexuality simply have an alternative.
And so when it comes to therapy, like Janet, I`m not qualified to tell someone whether sexual orientation can or can`t be changed, or the point isn`t about going from gay to straight. The point is, for people who have a decision to make based upon their faith, they can make that. And I think that that`s a healthy option for people who want to make it.
PINSKY: What do you do? What is it that you apply? What is the --
CHAMBERS: We`re a Christian ministry.
PINSKY: But what is it? What do you do for folks?
CHAMBERS: Well, we`re a Christian ministry who help people through support means, through accountability, through -- in ways similar -- not likening to Alcoholics Anonymous or something like that, but it`s a support base. Very similar.
PINSKY: Well, it`s funny that you do that, because I almost get the feeling you`re treating sex addiction, which is a really -- it is a disorder, and it`s completely separate from one`s sexual orientation.
But let me sort of ask you this. You had treatment. I read, again, in your biography that you actually went to treatment.
CHAMBERS: I went to counseling, but it wasn`t --
PINSKY: That`s treatment. That`s what professional counselors do.
CHAMBERS: But I didn`t go based upon -- my counselor wasn`t an expert in homosexuality.
PINSKY: You were distressed. I understand. You were distressed and you went and sought a medical professional.
CHAMBERS: I was. Well, I went and saw someone who helped me deal with some of the root issues that I think were far more prominent and important than the ones dealing with my sexuality. But they were linked.
PINSKY: Trauma. The trauma issues?
CHAMBERS: Trauma, yes.
PINSKY: OK. Because, really, in treating trauma -- Dr. Salzer, I`m going to go to you, because in treating trauma, faith-based -- faith is an important concept in treating trauma. But I get confused by this conversation, because it`s not clear what`s being addressed and how -- do you have that same confusion?
SALZER: Drew, I`d love to jump in here if I can.
PINSKY: Please.
SALZER: What concerns me is that although Alan says that he`s not a proponent of reparative therapy, if you go to Exodus` Web site, you`ll see books featured such as, at the top of their list, Dr. Nicolosi`s book on reparative therapy for men. And there are referrals to therapists who are reparative therapies.
So I feel like it`s a little bit evasive -- it`s very evasive -- of them to say that they are not supporting reparative therapy, they`re not practicing reparative therapy. And to continue to say that they`re doing something that`s faith-based and based in prayer, when, in fact, if you are really going to suggest to people that the reason that they are gay is because they experienced some kind of abuse -- which may be true for some, but it`s certainly not true for all -- and if you`re going to encourage them to change, then I think what you`re doing is therapy, and that you do have to have the same kind of accountability. Because kids are killing themselves, and they are killing themselves not because of their homosexuality.
They are killing themselves because of the shame that`s being induced by organizations like this and by organizations like the one that Mr. Chambers is in. He himself talked about how painful -- of course he wanted to change, because he grew up in an environment where he was told that he was fundamentally broken, that what he felt was perverted, and that he was an abomination.
And furthermore, if you`re going to tell kids that they can have a normal life, a family life, kids, to be well-adjusted, if you`re going to tell them that to be gay means that you`re going to be addicted, have AIDS, never have a relationship, never have a family, and basically die alone and then go to hell, certainly they are going to want to change.
PINSKY: I think I would be distressed, too, if I got those messages about anything I was doing, for that matter.
But the other thing -- you know, as physicians, our job is to do no harm. So I have two questions for you.
One is, are we seeing a problem here where science and non-science- based phenomenon are coming together and crossing over and conflicting, number one? And, number two, is the result of that not that just the people that are being treated are being harmed, but there are people out there in the world who are also potentially being affected by this?
Does that make sense?
SALZER: Well, that`s an interesting question. I mean, Alan Chambers and I have one thing in common. We both have a spouse named Leslie (ph) and two kids. Other than that, it pretty much stops at that.
But, you know, I do believe that we have to do no harm. I do believe that it`s hard to talk about science when there`s also junk science that`s being quoted. It`s hard for the viewer out there to make sense out of what is real science and what is not.
And it`s hard to do research when the way you`re finding out if someone is gay is asking them, because there`s kids who have never had a gay experience who identify as gay, and there`s people who are having sex with people who are the same sex who say that they are not. So it`s a real research challenge, number one.
And really, I feel like from where I stand -- and my specialty is in trauma -- I wrote a book called "Back to Life," and it`s about helping people overcome the scars that their life has left on them. And those scars include things like abuse and also include things like racism, and also include things like homophobia. Because in my work, I`ve worked with people who, you know, you can`t grow up being told that you`re fundamentally wrong.
PINSKY: Dr. Salzer, I have to interrupt you because we are out of time.
But this is a very interesting conversation.
You`re staying with me, yes?
CHAMBERS: I am.
PINSKY: OK. I`m going to give you a word after the break.
We`ll be right back.
We`ve been swamped with your questions about the issue. We`ll be answering them as well.
So, if you have something to say, go to CNN.com/DrDrew. Let us hear it. We`ll be back after this.
PINSKY: All right. We`re here now with KC and Larry. They say that they are living proof that ex-gay ministries does not work because, well, that`s where they met and fell in love. They`ve been watching in the green room.
And you guys have something to say. They switched around so you guys could come in here.
Alan (sic), you got something to say?
LARRY JANSSON, MET PARTNER AT "EX-GAY" MINISTRY: Yes. We`re watching in the green room. And we did meet at one of your affiliated ministries, Love in Action, in Memphis, Tennessee. And we`re watching you say it`s not reparative therapy, and we`re watching Dr. Drew say it sounds like, you know, it`s much like the alcohol addiction programs that you`ve been through. And you say no, it`s not like that.
And I have to sit here and say you are absolutely wrong. We went through a 12-step program. They started with us from beginning to end for 12 steps.
It was not just a prayer, and you`re going to come out of it. You know, it was reparative therapy. So, for you to sit here and say it wasn`t just gets under our skin because we`ve lived it from one of your ministries.
So how can you sit up here and say something like that?
CHAMBERS: Well, I said was that it is very akin to something like Alcoholics Anonymous, where there is a support-based ministry or aspect to that program. As far as reparative therapy, Love in Action isn`t a reparative therapy organization.
There is a specific group that does reparative therapy. Love in Action isn`t one of them. I don`t know what your experience is at Love in Action, so I don`t want to refute it. But as far as the support and the type of ministry that Exodus tries to provide, it is a ministry support basis for people who are in conflict with their faith and sexuality.
JANSSON: And I would just have to disagree. Being living proof of going through a program like that, for you to sit here and just say it`s straight ministry-based is absolutely asinine.
PINSKY: Alan (sic), what sent you to the program?
JANSSON: I actually went on my own well-being. I wanted to figure out.
I was told Exodus International -- I actually saw Alan speak at a two- day conference, and was told that this was the only place that had the answer that could really help me come to grips with my sexuality and who God was. And after living it and being through it, I`ve come to understand that it`s not the answer, that I can be exactly who I am, born the way I was born, have a relationship with God, and still be gay.
And -- go ahead.
PINSKY: No, please, finish.
JANSSON: And I just agree that we have to find a way to take these ministries that are doing what you do and telling people that there`s no good in them, that they`re going to go to hell, that God can`t love them, because that`s the message I heard there. That`s the message I`ve heard at your conferences.
And for you to sit here and say that you can overcome, but we don`t promise change, well, your billboards do, your conferences do. And when that doesn`t happen, where do you leave people? Shame and guilt-ridden. And kids nowadays are killing themselves.
And so I just sit here and look at you, and my heart goes out to you. It really does, because I don`t understand how you run this type of ministry and sit up here and say it`s not reparative, sit up here and say that it`s not -- you know, we don`t promise to change you, when that is the message that we heard for six months of a live-in program that we were in.
PINSKY: You were in a residential program?
KC, why did you go?
KC JANSSON, MET PARTNER AT "EX-GAY" MINISTRY: I actually grew up in a Southern Baptist family. And so, growing up, there was always this conflict and always this, I wasn`t sure how I was going to live a gay life and if I could have a monogamous relationship with somebody and have a family, which was very important to me. And so when I graduated high school, it was kind of just the next step in my life to figure out -- they said they had an answer, so I decided to go because of that.
PINSKY: All right.
Alan, any last comments? We have about 20 seconds left before the break.
CHAMBERS: Yes. I mean, to say that we`re out there telling people that we are going to hell is not the case. That wouldn`t be anything that we would ever say to anyone. People who don`t have a relationship with Christ, that is the point of someone going to heaven.
PINSKY: All right. We are just getting started. More to be discussed, clearly, after we get back.
(COMMERCIAL BREAK) * PINSKY: All right. I`m still here with my panel. We have Alan Chambers. We also are joined by KC and Larry Jansson who met at one of these Exodus programs. On satellite, I still have Dr. Alicia Salzer, psychiatrist, and I will becoming to you in just a minute, Alicia, but first, I want to go to Janet, Janet Boynes to see if she has any reaction to the conversation we`ve been having in the room.
JANET BOYNES, FOUNDER, JANET BOYNES MINISTRIES: Hi, Dr. Drew. You know, I think it`s important to, you know, let the viewers out there know that change is possible. And I think my life and Alan`s life is a living example that God can change anybody. This is not about if God loves you or if God doesn`t love you. God loves everybody because God is love, but what I can say for myself and I believe I can say for Alan is that God transformed our lives when we gave our heart to the Lord.
I don`t believe exodus international is out there saying to anybody that you`re going to hell. That`s just not something they do. I`m a very good friend of Alan and Exodus International, and I support them 100 percent, but what I also want people to know that --
PINSKY: Janet, do you think that there are sort of people out there who use these programs as a way to support hateful thinking? Do you think that it contributes to any of that in anyway? Or do you think to make sure that doesn`t happen?
BOYNES: Well, this is the problem that I have here is that these two young men, I can`t see them, but obviously, they went to Exodus International Conference for a reason. My question is, number one, why did they go there? Because Exodus didn`t pull them by the ears and say, you have to come. Most people come to our ministry. We don`t go looking for them and saying, you have to change.
They come to us on the other end of the spectrum and say, hey, I want to change. People are telling me I was born this way, and I don`t want to be that way, and if I have to stay this way, then I`m going to commit suicide. So, I think it`s in our best interest to do everything we can to help them.
PINSKY: Let see what their answer to that, but my fear is that it was your parents or somebody desperate to change you who were not accepting of who you are, and they were demanding you to go. Did either of you have that experience or why did you go?
KC JANSSON, MET PARTNER AT "EX-GAY" MINISTRY: Well, I was raised Southern Baptist and so, you know, it was always a conflict in my household and --
PINSKY: You were going to hell? Is that why you went?
KC JANSSON: Part of it, I felt that, you know, and I know that you guys don`t necessarily say you`re going to hell.
PINSKY: But you felt that -- it scared you?
KC JANSSON: Yes.
PINSKY: OK.
KC JANSSON: I was scared of that.
PINSKY: OK. And Larry.
LARRY JANSSON, MET PARTNER AT "EX-GAY" MINISTRY: And I think it`s the shame. You know, one of the things listening to Janet say she -- you know, it drives me crazy. The shame that`s built behind it, the shame and the idea just like she wants people to know change is possible, I want people to know that this is possible because never once in any of those programs did anyone ever say, you can be monogamous, you can be healthy, you can be in love, you can have one partner, and you can have successful jobs.
You can create a life for yourself that is exactly God`s best for you, and I`m living God`s best. And for anyone else to try to assume that they don`t know what God`s best is in our life, you`re not in my heart. You`re not in my soul.
KC JANSSON: And to Exodus does go after people because there`s billboard that says change is possible. And you know, you, guys, don`t necessarily say that you`re going to hell, but on your website I looked at today, it says if somebody is living an open-gay lifestyle, you can question their salvation. Well, if you question my salvation, that means that I`m obviously not a Christian.
PINSKY: OK. I want to go to -- just a second. Is that Janet still?
BOYNES: Yes. Dr. Drew, you know, the fact remains that we`re not out there trying to change people. That`s not for Janet Boynes Ministry is --
BOYNES: That`s what Jesus Christ does. God is the one who changes people. We can`t change you. Only God can do that and he does that from the inside out. And the fact remains, if you don`t want help, then our ministry is not for you. We want to help people that wants help and that`s coming to us.
KC JANSSON: But you`re giving false hope to people.
BOYNES: What I`m saying to you, if that`s the life you want to live, that`s between you and God, but we want to help people who are coming to Janet Boynes Ministry or Exodus International and say, hey, please help me. I don`t want to live this way. And the people that, I believe, we have helped and really want help, their lives have been transformed like mine and Alan Chambers.
KC JANSSON: But you, guys, don`t give the other lifestyle as far as that it`s OK-- you know, you can`t be married. You can`t have a monogamous relationship. I was taught in this program that there was no way I would ever have a monogamous relationship, and I do, and I`m happy.
PINSKY: Hang on, hang on, hang on, hang on. I want to go to Dr. Salzer here, but I want Alan to respond, if you can, briefly. Go ahead. Do you have a respond to give us yet?
ALAN CHAMBERS, PRESIDENT, EXODUS INTERNATIONAL: I mean, the point of exodus isn`t to promote homosexuality. It`s to help people who are in conflict between their faith and their sexuality, people who want a different alternative. And so, if that is not what you`re looking for, then go live the life that you feel is best for you. No one is stopping you, but, to say that it`s dangerous or unhelpful or harmful or anything like that for someone like me --
PINSKY: Do you ever worry -- this is me and him. Do you ever worry, though, that people that are getting these messages from everywhere, that it`s going to -- the people that don`t want to change and are OK with their sexuality are going to be harmed by people thinking this way about them?
CHAMBERS: Well, you know, I think that`s where you have to be very, very careful with what your message is. And our message isn`t that you go from gay to straight or that you should do this or you shouldn`t do that. Everybody has a decision to make. And so, for people like me, people who are in conflict, they checked it out. It wasn`t for them.
PINSKY: It was for you.
CHAMBERS: But it was for me.
PINSKY: OK. Dr. Salzer. This is back to you now. This is physician to physician here. Dr. Salzer, to reintroduce her, is psychiatrist, and you`ve worked with these programs. You work with people that have come out of these programs. My question is this. When I started hearing that 12- step is being applied, which is a therapeutic instrument of sorts, let`s be fair, for a non-addictive process, I got a little uncomfortable. Do you have any reaction to that?
DR. ALICIA SALZER, PSYCHIATRIST: What concerns me is that reparative therapy can be any number of things, from electroshock aversion therapy to try to --
PINSKY: Really?
SALZER: Not have same-sex attraction to 12-step. There`s an enormous spectrum of things that fall under what`s called reparative therapy, but I know that for -- in my documentary, there was a woman named Mary Lou Walner (ph) whose daughter killed herself, and Mary Lou says I learned from organizations like focus on the family, Christian organizations that taught me how to parent, I learned how to shame my daughter and reject her in a way that I don`t think Christ ever would.
And Mary Lou feels that she has blood on her hands and feels similarly about the organizations that are telling young people that they`re not OK and teaching their families to reject them. I see divorce. I see people cheating because they`re trying to be straight and they can`t. And it`s horrible for their lives and for their kids.
It`s horrible for the families when they`re talk to reject and shame their kids, and the kinds wind up leaving home. One guy said to me once, it`s ironic that it`s called Exodus because there`s an exodus from the Christian community. When you find that there`s no place in it for you, you lose your church, your God, your family, and you have no choice but to leave.
PINSKY: You mentioned that you`re married to a lesbian also. Yes?
SALZER: I am.
PINSKY: Is that a male or female?
SALZER: It`s a female living to it (ph). She`s not going to forgive me for that. We`ve been together for 12 years. We have two beautiful kids and a very traditional family.
PINSKY: Did you ever have any experience with any of this stuff or any personal specifically, you know, did you come running into this as an individual yourself?
SALZER: My experiences with reparative therapy come from having done a documentary about it which gave me the opportunity to meet hundreds of people. I am not a theologian. I am not a religious scholar. I am not even a Christian. So, I did not have to suffer with the kind of guilt and shame that a lot of the people that I`ve met had where they grew up in a family where -- when you grow up in a town where there`s bill boards that say change is possible and people keep showing you wedding pictures of the beautiful families that they now have because now they`re straight.
But they`re not showing you is the pictures of all of the people who`ve gotten divorced or scandalized themselves. The very founders of Exodus wound up leaving their wives and marrying each other. There`s a lot of -- you`ve got to ask, where is the leader that was there before the one that`s there now. There are -- for every ex-gay, you find what they call Dos Equis. Someone who`s an ex ex-gay.
PINSKY: Gentlemen, anybody, respond to that?
CHAMBERS: Well, you know, I think you can look at any program whether it`s Alcoholics Anonymous or Exodus or you name it and see people who don`t make it or who go back or who choose a different path for their life. And so, to say that that is -- that it`s dangerous for all or not good for all, I think it`s damaging, and for someone to say that we should not have this option, leads people to kill themselves, as well. I think we can tell stories on both sides of the debate to scare people off, but I think it`s still important to note that there are people who make it, people who want that alternative, and it should be available for them.
LARRY JANSSON: People who deny themselves and change their behaviors, and then lately (ph), leave who they are in order to belong to your population.
CHAMBERS: But your experience cannot be placed upon me and mine can`t either. So, I`m not going to say anything about your relationship or the life that you live. But your experience hasn`t been mine, and this has been my experience for 20 years.
PINSKY: All right. We got a lot more to talk about, and we`re coming back. So, stay with us.
KC JANSSON: Internally, I knew that I loved this guy. There`s no doubt in my heart that from the moment I met him, that first day when our (INAUDIBLE) together and our parents got out and walked us to the door, there was some sort of a connection. But I was being told that there`s no way that connection could be anything more because I would be a homosexual, and there`s four or five verses in the bible that call you a sinner.
PINSKY: That was KC and Larry speaking to others about their sexuality, and we have a debate raging in the room here and via satellite. Can prayer turn a gay person straight? Alan Chambers and Jane Boynes say yes. Both themselves are former homosexuals. Strongly opposing that point of view is psychiatrist, Alicia Salzer with conductive research on ex-gay ministries and KC and Larry say they are a living proof that these ex-gay ministries do not work because that`s where they met and fell in love, and I guess, you`re feeling better since?
KC JANSSON: Absolutely.
LARRY JANSSON: Definitely.
LARRY JANSSON: World`s better. You know, we say it`s the best $10,000 we`ve ever spent.
PINSKY: So, it was a good outcome? Good outcome.
KC JANSSON: You know, but the sad thing is our story is not everybody`s story, and we have lots of friends that went and went into other programs and it`s kind of detrimental the way that things they`ve had to do now to help the things they, you know?
PINSKY: Have your families of origins embraced you enthusiastically?
LARRY JANSSON: Absolutely. We had a huge, what we call our big day Dallas wedding, you know, 14-member wedding party. We did the whole thing because we really needed to solidify and wanted everything that every other couple in America gets in love and we, you know, no one can take that away from us. So, my family was there. They loved us.
We had some of KC`s family there, and they have. The nice thing is, we want other young individuals out there to know there is another option, and this is. You can have true love. You can be gay and have a relationship with God, and you know, we go to one of the largest gay affirming churches in Dallas, and we have a strong relationship with Jesus Christ as our Lord and Savior.
PINSKY: And Alan, you would say? Wait, Janet is something to say. Janet wants to jump on you. Go ahead, Janet.
BOYNES: Hi, Alan. Love you. Hey, I do have to make a comment about that, but you know, accepting Christ is not the end of the story. It`s the beginning of the journey. And if you`re going to accept CHRIST, you`ve got to live out the terms, just like a lease. And the terms are that you need to live your life according to the word of God. You can`t just choose some of the bible and not all of the bible.
Of course, Jesus was tinted (ph) without sin. And so, when you have this temptations, I mean, the bible doesn`t say accepting Christ that we`re not going to be subjected to temptations because we`re always going to be tempted, but when you decide to act out those temptations, then, obviously, you made a choice to go out there and live a life as a homosexual. What I`m saying here is that -- let me finish. Let me finish. I let you finish.
You guys have been talking quite a bit. What I`m saying is that the bible, we`re either going to live part of it or all of it. I`ve heard people say, well, there`s only eight verses in the bible that talking about homosexuality. Well, if you`re going to serve God, I only need to hear one, and that`s going to change my life because, see, I`m not accountable to you. I`m accountable to God.
KC JANSSON: Janet, are you head of a church right now?
BOYNES: Excuse me?
LARRY JANSSON: Are you an ordained minister? Because according to --
KC JANSSON: Are you an ordained minister? Because according to the bible, you aren`t supposed to be head of men.
BOYNES: I am ordained.
KC JANSSON: OK. Well, according to the bible, that`s not supposed to happen.
LARRY JANSSON: The biblical law says you`re not supposed to be ordained and oversee men. So, if you want to take all of the bible and not --
BOYNES: I think you might want to check your commentary.
LARRY JANSSON: Let`s do it as well. I think you should check yours as well. I`m not going to get into that --
PINSKY: We`ve got a call. Hang on, ladies and gentlemen. Call from Tricia. She`s calling from Pennsylvania. Tricia, what you got for us?
TRICIA, PENNSYLVANIA: Hi, Dr. Drew. First, I`d just like to say, you inspire me.
PINSKY: Thank you.
TRICIA: Second of all, I was raised in a family where there was the saying, it was Adam and eve, not Adam and Steve. And then now to this world (ph) and it`s totally different. Is it normal to be confused?
PINSKY: How would we answer that? Is it normal to have some confusion about this?
KC JANSSON: I would think so, especially if you`re raised in a Christian family, you know? I think you`d have more confusion. But I think, too, society confuses you because, you know, I think, now, it`s getting better, but there is a fine line of, is it right, is it wrong? You know, what -- how do you live your life?
PINSKY: Alan?
CHAMBERS: I think the debate is age old, and it`s going to rage on for years and years to come way beyond our lifetime. Their story isn`t -- my story isn`t dependent on their story being right or wrong. My story is my story. And is there an alternative? Is the alternative that they sought out there for people? It is. Is my alternative out there? It is. And I think that we have to be careful and responsible in sharing hour stories, but share our stories, nonetheless.
PINSKY: I agree and my fear is -- and I have no business, you know, bringing politics into this. My fear is, though, that a minority is going to have (INAUDIBLE) by a majority because of all this cantankerous stuff. I`m just saying that that`s my fear. What do you guys do for a living?
LARRY JANSSON: I`m actually a real estate agent and I teach dance.
KC JANSSON: And I`m a student and work at a salon.
PINSKY: OK. Let`s go to -- this is a Facebook question. Cheryl M. wants to know, "Who would ever willfully choose to be hated and discriminated against?" I think, Alan, you kind of addressed that early on when you and I were just talking together that these things aren`t choices.
CHAMBERS: No one chooses this.
PINSKY: OK. I would like to get another Facebook question, a Twitter question up there, if we could. This is now Katie M. who wants to know -- this is a good one. Let`s see where you, guys, want to take this one. "Can`t you be both Christian and gay and would that include having to abstain from the physical lifestyle of homosexuality?" There`s a lot packed into that question. So, let`s deal with the first part of it. We`ve established (ph) that you can be Christian and gay. Everyone agrees?
LARRY JANSSON: Uh-huh.
PINSKY: There`s no disagreement about that.
KC JANSSON: Nothing.
PINSKY: Now, what if you feel gay deeply and yet you abstain from certain behaviors? Is that God`s best? Do you see why I`m confused?
CHAMBERS: I think when you look at sexuality as a whole, and I think we far too often in the church, especially boil this all down to homosexuality and nothing else and we overlook a multitude of sins in the church that we should not overlook. Is there a standard for human sexuality when you read the bible? Yes. For many people of faith, they take what the bible says very literally.
I think it applies to heterosexuality. I think it applies to homosexuality. It`s that God`s best? Well, it`s not hurting me to be in a life beyond the one that I used to live. It was a good thing for me. And so, is it possible? But is it possible for someone to live a gay Christian life?
PINSKY: It`s a kind of you in a way. You said you still have some urges and stuff.
CHAMBERS: Well, I mean, to say that I would never be attracted to a man again is ridiculous.
CHAMBERS: This is really an important point that I think that we, as Christians, need to address. Can these two men be people who love Jesus and serve him? Well, they just said they were. So, why would I ever argue with that?
LARRY JANSSON: And that we`ll believe. You know, I think this goes back to that behavioral question. I think that`s a lot of what we were taught in this ex-gay program was that if you change your behaviors and pray hard enough, you will overcome this homosexual lifestyle.
And so, by changing those behaviors and holding back the urges to go to a gay bar or holding back the urges to make out with a guy, you`re changing those behaviors and that`s what we were taught so much of these ministries and camps was if you just stop doing those things, then maybe, just maybe, you will find a way to overcome it. And maybe that`s --
CHAMBERS: I think it`s bigger than behavior and bigger than feelings.
CHAMBERS: That is what I teach.
KC JANSSON: It was distracting me from, you know, my thoughts and my thinking, and so, I wasn`t allowed to do that.
CHAMBERS: You`ve given many he a lot of information that I don`t know.
LARRY JANSSON: It`s on the inside. Love and action is a supportive ministry --
CHAMBERS: It doesn`t say on the website that they teach you not to play the piano.
LARRY JANSSON: Well, maybe, you should do some research --
KC JANSSON: And I think going back to the question when people say that, you know, you`re not supposed to have sex outside of marriage. Well, it`s hard for gay people to get married, and so, you know, we don`t even have that option sometimes. Luckily, we are starting to have that in some of the states, but I think you can be a gay Christian and be in a relationship --
PINSKY: I`ve got to interrupt you, guys, and say to my listeners, I think you`ll understand now why I prayed before I did this program.
PINSKY: So, when we come back, some thoughts about what we heard here tonight.
PINSKY: Well, we started this conversation with Alan and Dr. Salzer. I`m going to give them last words. Alan, first to you.
CHAMBERS: Well, you know, Dr. Drew, I think I`ve heard some things tonight that remind me of what I heard from the Christian community 20, 30 years ago, some of that polarizing debate. I think we`re at a place in our culture and our society where we can have a healthy conversation. We can allow people to live their lives the way they see fit and make their decisions, and I think that that is the important outcome of all of this that my story is valid. That it doesn`t depend on the failure of their relationship but on the success of my own.
PINSKY: If that is true, my prayers will have been answered. Dr. Salzer, how about to you? We have very brief at a time here. You got about one minute.
SALZER: Alan keeps saying that everyone deserves a choice, and it reminds me of mixed race people who can passes white and choose to do so because it makes life easier. I think it costs you a piece of your soul and your identity, and it robs you of something special about life when you make that choice to deny a part of who you are.
PINSKY: OK. Well said. And I want to thank Alan Chambers, KC and Larry Jansson, very courageous for you, guys, to come forward, Janet Boynes in Minnesota. Janet, thank you for ringing in here. We appreciate it. And, of course, Dr. Alicia Salzer in New York. And to all of you who had so many questions and comments. I must tell you, this was a show that got a lot of energy on the internet, and I think you can see from watching this conversation there`s a lot of emotion attached it. A lot of energy.
And if we have successfully created an open and elevated conversation, indeed, I think we have succeeded here tonight. This is a difficult thing to address. My hope is, you know, the aphorism for the show is that no topic is taboo. I hope we can live up to that standard, but as a result, we have to go to topics that are difficult, and I accused my producers today of sending me out on the Ho Chi Minh trail that is got --
PINSKY: Because this is a topic that is fraught with landmines, and I didn`t want to step on anybody`s landmines and just to get this conversation continue it, to avoid it, I think makes things worse. And as you see, it`s a tough thing to address in a way that`s meaningful. And I want you to know that these guys in the room here were having very productive conversations off the air during the commercial break.
PINSKY: So we should -- I feel really good that even though they come from different sides of the table, very different experiences, there`s opportunity for us to get together. Do you want to comment about that, the conversations that you were having off the air? I`ve got one minute left?
LARRY JANSSON: Absolutely. And I think, you know, to say to Alan that, you know, you just said to us off the air that, you know, you would love to look into a little bit more of what our experience was like, and if it was negative, make the necessary changes and look into what your ministry supports. And at the end of the day, that`s really my prayer for Exodus and for everyone else out there that follows this type of pattern. That you will truly look into, in my opinion, our opinion, the harm and damage that it is doing to so many young kids out there.
PINSKY: And my hope -- you want to respond to that?
CHAMBERS: Well, you know, I just think we did have a very positive discussion, and there are things that we can always look at, and I`m grateful for their input.
PINSKY: And my hope is that those of us in the clinical community can really do the research so there actually is science to substantiate best practices. I can`t speak for what`s best for God, but I can speak for its best practices clinically and that come from scientific research, and I hope we have the opportunity to do that without causing anyone any harm and that is the big problem here.
You can`t tell when the research isn`t there whether you helped or hurt more until you actually get the numbers. So, our hope is, Alicia, Dr. Salzer, I know you feel the same way that I do that one day we can have that research so we can figure out what best practices are for this community and others.
Thank all of you for watching, and we will see you next time.

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$15 or less: Jen Kirkman, Jinkx Monsoon, Dick Falkenbury and more
Weekend listings for the budget-conscious culture lover.
Nicole Capozziello
/ May 29, 2013
Comedian Jen Kirkman performs at Re-Bar
Welcome to $15 or Less, our eclectic, weekly events calendar for cash-strapped devotees of arts and culture.
Far Out Isn't Far Enough: Tomi Ungerer Story
Harvard Exit, Thurs. 5/30 at 9:30 p.m., $12
SIFF continues, and this week I'll focus on a few of the AWESOME (and, all right, rather dark) documentaries that are being featured this year. This one tells the story of German illustrator Tomi Ungerer, best known for his children's books and political cartoons. In both, Ungerer pushes the boundaries of eccentric into provocative as he wrestles with his disturbed childhood in Nazi-occupied France. Far Out's director will be at this showing!
Jen Kirkman
Re-Bar, Fri. 5/31 at 8 p.m., $12 advance/$15 day-of
Comedian Jen Kirkman (who, among other things, you may remember from "Drunk History") will be in town for a show at Re-Bar. Afterward, she'll sign copies of her first book, "I Can Barely Take Care of Myself: Tales from a Happy Life Without Kids," which is a candid and hilarious exploration of exactly that.
Pacific Place Sat. 6/1 at 11 a.m.
This documentary chronicles the history and current reality of orca whales taken into captivity by companies like SeaWorld. Not unlike the 2009 dolphin-centered documentary "The Cove," "Blackfish" explores the intelligence and social structures of these sea mammals, and exposes their tragic mistreatment for our entertainment.
Twenty Feet from Stardom
Egyptian Theatre, Sat. 6/1 at 5:30 p.m. and Sun. 6/2 at 4 p.m., $12
What's it like to be professional backup singer? "Twenty Feet From Stardom" explores this odd intersection of fame, talent and insignificance by focusing on the talented women who have occupied this role. Two singers will be performing at Saturday's screening.
The Vaudevillians
Cornish Playhouse at Seattle Center, Sun. 6/2 at 7:30 and 9:30 p.m., $10 general
Seattle native, all-around talented performer and winner of the most recent season of "RuPaul's Drag Race!," Jinkx Monsoon will perform as part of her creative duo, The Vaudevillians. This production, for fans of "olde timey music, witty banter, and convoluted backstories," is a special send-off show for the Vaudevillians' upcoming New York tour. I can't think of a better way to show Jinkx the love.
Dick Falkenbury
Town Hall, Mon. 5/30 at 6:30 p.m., $5
Dick Falkenbury, the iconoclast cabbie who first proposed the Monorail Project (his dream of a city-wide monorail system), talks about his new book "Rise Above it All" (See Crosscut's review here). The author chronicles his years of civic involvement and the many ups and downs of the ill-fated monorail project, which was voted on five times, beginning in 1997. Though his monorail dream died, the issues Falkenbury raised are still relevant: the role and potential of public transportation, and how to enact change on a local level.
Sam Amidon
The Sunset, Mon. 6/3 at 8 p.m., $10
Folk artist Sam Amidon is here in support of his latest record ("Bright Sunny South") which, along with his usual inventive Americana tunes, includes covers from unexpected musicians (such as Mariah Carey). What I've always liked about Amidon is his effortless intensity; whether he's singing an understated ballad or belting out guttural Appalachian tunes, he skillfully borrows from the centuries of music that have come before him to create a sound that is both earnest and raw.
Dackel Pop-up
Kedai Makan (1510 East Olive Way), Tuesdays from 4 p.m. to midnight
Chef of the Unicorn, Josh Nebe, has a new pop-up restaurant called Dackel (meaning "dachshund!"). I've only ever indulged in a plate of the Unicorn's adventurous fries, but the menu for Dackel — all nouveau interpretations of German cuisine — is tantalizing. Plus, after getting your order, you can bring your food (like pickled smelt with roasted baby beets and a soft-boiled egg, or pork belly and dumplings) right next door to the ever-adorable bar Montana.
What are you doing this weekend? Let us know in the comments area below. And if you hear of any interesting – under $15 - events in or around our grand city, please email editor@crosscut.com.
Nicole Capozziello is a freelance writer on arts, food and social justice.


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Posted by Luke Hickman - April 11, 2016
Weekend Box Office: Undercover Boss
The weekend's box office estimates are in, yet the battle for the top spot continues. For now, it appears that an underdog has won… but that can change.
Surprise, surprise. Although critics and audiences haven't been satisfied with Melissa McCarthy's unfunny comedy 'The Boss', studio estimates place it as edging out two-week reigning champ 'Batman v. Superman' by just $45,000. Unless Warner Bros. overestimated the weekend's returns for 'BvS' (which did happen during its opening weekend) there's a good chance that the two could swap positions once the final numbers are announced later today.
Produced on a budget of $29 million, McCarthy's latest vehicle once again shows her star power. From 3,480 locations, the R-rated picture pulled in $23.48 million domestically. Two thoughts come to mind: First, if McCarthy can be a sure thing star with crappy movies like 'The Boss', then we're going to continue seeing her in bad movies like this and 'Tammy'. Second, think of how much bigger of a star she'd become if she made more solid comedies like 'Spy'.
In its third week, 'Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice' fell 54% in attendance, which is a little steeper than most movies of its sort would have fallen. The estimated $23.43 million places it right on the heels of 'The Boss'. After 17 days, 'Batman v. Superman' has grossed $296.6 million domestically, which places it ahead of the domestic lifetime total for 'Man of Steel'. To date, 'Dawn of Justice' has made $783.4 million worldwide and will likely cross the $800 million mark next weekend.
Now six weeks into its theatrical release, Disney's 'Zootopia' dropped into the #3 spot. Slipping just 26% in attendance, the animated family film earned another $14.3 million and sits with a domestic total of $296 million. It should cross the $300 million mark within the next few days. To date, 'Zootopia' now has a worldwide total of $852.5 million.
'My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2' closed its third week with $6.4 million, giving it a week-over-week decline of 43%. The sequel's domestic 17-day total sits at $46.7 million, while its worldwide total is $70.8 million.
Rounding out the Top 5 was STX's first-person action movie 'Hardcore Henry', which took a box office beating. Debuting on 3,015 screens, the R-rated flick scored just $5 million, for a lackluster $1,690 per-screen average.
Unfortunately for Jake Gyllenhaal, his mopey widower dramedy opened just as unimpressively. From 854 locations, Fox Searchlight's 'Demolition' landed in the #15 spot with $1.1 million, giving it a tragic per-screen average of $1,317.
1. 'The Boss' (Universal) – $23,480,000
2. 'Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice' (Warner Bros.) – $23,435,000
3. 'Zootopia' (Buena Vista) – $14,353,000
4. 'My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2' (Universal) – $6,420,000
5. 'Hardcore Henry' (STX) – $5,096,000
6. 'Miracles from Heaven' (TriStar) – $4,844,000
7. 'God's Not Dead 2' (Pure Flix) – $4,333,707
8. 'The Divergent Series: Allegiant' (Summit) – $3,600,000
9. '10 Cloverfield Lane' (Paramount) – $3,000,000
10. 'Eye in the Sky' (Bleecker Street) – $2,829,375
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From a young age, Luke has been obsessed with film. He studied film at Utah Valley University from 2005-08 and he reviewed movies for the weekly student publication "The College Times"/"UVU Review." Luke critiques films for "The Stubbs Show" on 101.5FM KEGA and on The Reel Place, a website that he co-created with fellow High-Def Digest writer Aaron Peck.
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I went to see 'Hardcore Henry' and I'm glad I did. It was just berserk. I used to live in Moscow, so it was nice see some of the old neighbourhoods. A lot of movies I see set and shot in Moscow just don't feel like Moscow. They go for a touristy sterile look. This film really looked like how I remember the city.
I'm not sure who thought there was potential for it to be a mainstream hit. It's more of a grindhouse type of movie. I'm surprised they even ran it through multiplexes. There were very few people in the cinema I went to see it in, and they were all Russian.


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Canopy Growth and Acreage Holdings Remind Shareholders to Vote FOR Canopy Growth's Plan to Acquire Acreage
Shareholders are encouraged to vote before the deadline of 10:00 am (EST) on June 17, 2019
Canopy Growth's brands, technology and know-how is anticipated to provide Acreage with a significant advantage in an increasingly competitive U.S. market and fuel Acreage's growth.
Acreage shareholders will benefit from Acreage's ability to achieve its growth strategy with an anticipated reduced cost of capital based on Canopy Growth affiliation.
Canopy Growth shareholders will benefit from accelerated and turnkey access to the U.S. cannabis market upon the closing of the Transaction.
Management of both firms believe they will create greater shareholder value together than as competitors in the U.S.
Smiths Falls, Ontario, Canada & New York, New York, USA, June 14, 2019 — Canopy Growth Corporation ("Canopy Growth") (TSX:WEED) (NYSE:CGC) and Acreage Holdings, Inc. ("Acreage") (CSE:ACRG.U) (OTC: ACRGF) (FSE: 0ZV) (together, the "Companies") thank shareholders for their overwhelming support to date and remind shareholders to vote on the applicable resolutions in connection with the proposed acquisition of Acreage by Canopy Growth (the "Transaction"), before the voting deadline of 10:00 am (EST) on Monday, June 17, 2019.
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Taking Care of Business. iPhone 4S Tel Aviv, Israel Tuesday, June 9th, 2015
"Allah Help the Jackals" by Adam S Khan
Even Sapir, Jerusalem
Tuesday, May 13th, 2003 http://adamkhan.net/rambles/allah-help-the-jackals
mericans are accused of being imperialist, Israelis of being expansionist. The truth behind this accusation is of course its opposite: no nations in the world are so content to be insular. Both respect the otherness of other nations but just want to be left alone to get on with their fascination with themselves. So irritating!
At the same time, both nations seek to engage the world deeply. America has successfully done so for decades, and Israel has always sought friendly relations with other countries. Both mainly get into trouble when their instincts leads them to underplay their power and tend towards isolationism. Whereas it's obvious that overplaying your power leads to your downfall—Hitler's two-front war, Saddam's continuation of his beef with the US after a lucky break in 1991, and America's recent Middle East nation-building—it's less obvious that underplaying your power also leads to trouble. Outside of one-off military strikes, Israel has done so well nigh perennially.
Israel in some ways accepts the propaganda war against it at face value and acts as if the whole Middle East is against it. Which is of course true, but there are more relevant truths, such as the facts that many Middle Eastern nations are more immediately at odds with other, and that Israel is an integral part of and a vital player in the region. Israel should more thoroughly recognize this reality and behave accordingly.
When deemed absolutely necessary, Israel has played its part and intervened in the region. It saved Jordan from a Syrian invasion after destabilization from the PLO; acted similarly in Lebanon a few years later; and took out Iraq's nuclear reactor [*Update 2018 Mar 20": Ditto Syria's.] But all these have been extreme measures, hostilities, whereas involvement at all levels should be an ongoing activity, peace treaties or the lack whereof notwithstanding. Mutual interests don't require peace treaties.
Arguably there is some merit in not getting involved, that the Arab rejectionism has been a blessing in disguise, keeping Israel away from the mostly despicable morass that passes for Middle Eastern relations. But Israel is no longer quite so young and impressionable, and such willful ignorance has now become more a hindrance than a help. Israel is part of the Middle East, and even if it doesn't step into the Arab world, the Arab world, in case we haven't noticed, will step into it.
More than that. With power comes responsibility, as one Jewish mythmaker wrote, but Israel does not fully act upon its own mighty power and heavy responsibilities in the region. This irresponsibility causes real danger. When the mightiest force in the region behaves mostly like a timid victim, it throws everybody else off kilter, distracting them from their own business, suggesting spoils when there aren't any.
Israel does nobody any favors by trying to do people favors. Its concern that its neighbors don't like it is ridiculous, if not outlandish. If Israel started playing a part, issuing statements in Arabic, endorsing this Jordanian politician, condemning that piece of Egyptian legislation, it would no longer be such a pariah. But to do so it has to take enough of an interest in its neighbors to speak about things that don't concern it directly but which it believes are important. It has to start punching at its weight, which is significant.
Perhaps Israel is following a subconscious national strategy of the strong, in which it behaves too meekly for a decade or so, emboldens its vicious but feeble enemies until they go too far, then lashes out in a now-obviously-justifiable response and gains untold assets in the process. This is clearly what has happened with the US. Clinton under-projected American power, leading to September 11th, which led to the US taking possession of Iraq.
While Israel inhales, its own citizens must—scandalously—beware. But when it exhales, Allah help the jackals. This seems pretty irresponsible behavior, but in the two-party system that forms the heart of the modern liberal democracy, a bait-and-switch foreign policy may be inevitable until a foe learns to stay down.
[Update 2018 Mar 20: Having been playing Risk a lot lately, I now see the benefits of infrequent, overwhelming interventions. While the long down-time enables the conservation and nurturing of forces, when the overwhelming attacks do come, they build that intangible impression of invincibility, which is useful in that it influences others to steer clear of you; familiarity could breed contempt.]
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Bombing of Chongqing
Part of Second Sino-Japanese War
A raid in 1940
The city after bombing
Chungking, Republic of China
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17,600 buildings destroyed and much of city center were damaged Dozens of fighters and bombers shot down
The bombing of Chongqing (simplified Chinese: 重庆大轰炸; traditional Chinese: 重慶大轟炸, Japanese: 重慶爆撃, from 18 February 1938 to 23 August 1943) was part of a terror bombing operation conducted by Imperial Japanese Army Air Service and Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service on the Chinese provisional capital of Chongqing, authorized by the Imperial General Headquarters.
A conservative estimate places the number of bombing runs at more than 5,000, with more than 11,500 bombs dropped, mainly incendiary bombs. The targets were usually residential areas, business areas, schools, hospitals (non-military targets). These bombings were probably aimed at cowing the Chinese government, or as part of the planned Sichuan invasion.
1 The raids
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3 Lawsuit against Japanese government
The raids
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Casualties of a mass-panic during a Japanese air raid in Chongqing in 1941. Photo by Carl Mydans.
In character with the Japanese approach to air warfare, the bombing of Chongqing was focused almost entirely on the civilian population, an early example of terror bombing.[citation needed] In the first two days of the campaign, the raids of May 1939 killed more than five thousand Chinese civilians.[1]
Two months later, after tens of thousands of deaths, in retaliation for firebombing, the United States embargoed the export of airplane parts to Japan, thus imposing its first economic sanction against Japan.[1]
On 5 June 1941, the Japanese flew more than 20 sorties, bombing the city for 3 hours. About 4,000 residents who hid in a tunnel were asphyxiated.[2]
The majority of the air raids conducted against Chongqing were made with squadrons of Mitsubishi G3Ms, known as Nells, Mitsubishi Ki-1-Is, Fiat BR.20s Cicogna (Ruths), Mitsubishi Ki-21s Sallys and Kawasaki Ki-48s Lilys although towards the end of the Second Sino-Japanese War, Mitsubishi G4Ms (Bettys), Nakajima Ki-49s Donryu (Helens), Yokosuka P1Ys Ginga (Frances) and Mitsubishi Ki-67s Hiryu (Peggys) were also employed. Due to the unpreparedness of the Chinese Air Force at the beginning of the war, many of the air raids were totally unopposed.
Total bomb tonnage and raids
Three thousand tons of bombs were launched on the city between 1939 and 1942.[2] According to photographer Carl Mydans, the spring 1941 bombings were "the most destructive shelling ever made on a city",[3] although by comparison 2,300 tons of bombs were dropped by Allied bombers on Berlin in a single night during the Battle of Berlin.[4] A total of 268 air raids were conducted against Chongqing.
Lawsuit against Japanese government
In March 2006, 40 Chinese who were wounded or lost family members during the bombings sued the Japanese government demanding 10,000,000 yen (628,973 yuan) each and asked for apologies. "By filing a lawsuit, we want the Japanese people to know about Chongqing bombings," said a victim.[5][6]
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In this war of words, I find myself siding with Wolfe-Rocca for one reason: skillful teachers employ a range of texts (broadly defined) in meaningful ways. When I taught teaching methods courses at Teachers College, Columbia University, I stressed the importance of competing interpretations of the past.  I relayed how A People's History, when supplemented with other primary and secondary sources, builds the historical thinking skills Wineburg has built a career around. In fact, what I find perplexing about Wineburg's stance on Zinn is this: he doesn't see how A People's History has been useful for teachers who have students engage with historical interpretation. Wineburg even makes this point when he criticizes Jonathan Zimmerman, a professor of history of education at Penn, for suggesting that teachers give students two monographs with competing interpretations of U.S. History. Where Wineburg sees a flawed teaching approach, I have always seen opportunity.
In the introduction of Why Learn History, Wineburg contends that students "regrettably put a spurious document on the same footing as legitimate historical evidence."  Teaching historical interpretation can help students build the skills to detect suspect sources, though. History instructors, both at the secondary and undergraduate levels, have paired Zinn with Paul Johnson's A History of the American People to improve close reading and critical thinking skills. When I used these two books in my Honors U.S. History course, for example, I challenged students to read between the lines. Nearly every student liked Zinn's book better, although they pointed out, almost from the beginning, that Zinn was "biased."  Over the course of the year, I did what a teacher should do — I asked questions so that students could see how Johnson politicized the writing of history. Once Johnson moved into the twentieth century, my students noticed some of Johnson's conservatism. These beliefs became especially clear when we discussed Johnson's thoughts on the New Deal and the Great Society. With careful questioning from me, the teacher, students improved their critical reading skills. I placed so much emphasis on the acquisition of these skills because I share Wineburg's concern that students have a difficult time deciphering accurate reporting from misleading information.
It's also important to remember this: competing interpretations of the past don't have to clash, with a "liberal" monograph and a "conservative" one. The next time I teach a section of the U.S. survey, I'm looking forward to pairing Ibram X. Kendi's Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America with Nancy Isenberg's White Trash: The 400-Year Untold History of Class in America. Neither will be "the curriculum," as Wineburg accuses A People's History of being for teachers who use Zinn. Rather, they will be, along with a range of primary sources, texts for students to scrutinize. As the instructor, I will do what I've always done — push students to read critically, hoping that this builds the transferable skills we need to be engaged, and critical, citizens.
Examining sources in this way is one of the goals Wineburg proposes for history education. My experience shows that teaching historical interpretation is a powerful way to foster students' media literacy. Indeed, as Wineburg argues in Why Learn History, building media literacy is paramount for the survival of American democracy.
 Sam Wineburg, Why Learn History (When It's Already on Your Phone) (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2018), 52. Wineburg has a host of other concerns about A People's History, including how Zinn didn't update many of the chapters from the original edition. A fair amount of "Committing Zinns" is focused on this critique.
 This isn't the first time Wineburg has squared off against the Zinn Education Project. See Wineburg, "Undue Certainty: Where Howard Zinn's A People's History Falls Short," American Educator (Winter 2012-2013), 27-34 and Alison Kyasia's rebuttal, "Bashing Howard Zinn: A Critical Look at One of the Critics," posted on November 18, 2013 on the Zinn Education Project's website.
 One of the pleasures of being at Teachers College was learning from Dr. Abby Reisman, one of Wineburg's Ph.D. advisees. Dr. Reisman taught the doctoral seminar in social studies education one of the semesters I was an Ed.D. student at Columbia. The critiques in this post will sound familiar to everyone in that seminar.
 Wineburg, Why Learn History, 5.
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Q: prevent the name of model.matrix to appear in the results on a regression Is it possible to use model matrix in a regression without having the name of the model matrix in the regression results?
I need to go through such a procedure as I have some interactions for which I have no observation. (i.e) the results of the interaction is NA.
A related question can be found here.
Here are some data to illustrate my point:
mydata <- read.csv("http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/data/binary.csv")
str(mydata)

gre_ <- mydata$gre-mean(mydata$gre)

a <- model.matrix(~-1+gre_:factor(rank),data=mydata)[,-c(2)]

summary(glm(admit~gpa+gre+factor(rank)+a,data=mydata, family=binomial))

results
Call:
glm(formula = admit ~ gpa + gre + rank + a, family = binomial,
data = mydata)

Deviance Residuals:
    Min       1Q   Median       3Q      Max
-1.6449  -0.8886  -0.6332   1.1706   2.1949

Coefficients:
                      Estimate Std. Error z value Pr(>|z|)
(Intercept)         -3.0039781  1.4012928  -2.144   0.0321 *
gpa                  0.7634679  0.3297215   2.315   0.0206 *
gre                  0.0016098  0.0016634   0.968   0.3332
rank                -0.5584921  0.1288588  -4.334 1.46e-05 ***
agre_:factor(rank)1  0.0014010  0.0028001   0.500   0.6168
agre_:factor(rank)3  0.0010074  0.0025007   0.403   0.6871
agre_:factor(rank)4  0.0009936  0.0034111   0.291   0.7708
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How do we get rid of the model.matrix name a in the results?

A: If you run with this formula syntax, R is going to put the "a" there. You can extract the names of coefficients and remove the first "a" if you like with gsub() or use substr() to remove the first letter. It depends on how you want to process them down the line.
The other option is to use glm.fit and specify the complete model matrix yourself. Something like
a <- model.matrix(~-1+gre_:factor(rank),data=mydata)[,-c(2)]
b <- model.matrix(~gpa+gre+rank, data=mydata)
mm<-cbind(b,a)

ff<-glm.fit(mm,mydata$admit, family=binomial())
class(ff)<-c("glm","lm")
summary(ff)

will return
Call:
NULL

Deviance Residuals:
    Min       1Q   Median       3Q      Max
-1.6449  -0.8886  -0.6332   1.1706   2.1949

Coefficients:
                     Estimate Std. Error z value Pr(>|z|)
(Intercept)        -3.0039781  1.4012928  -2.144   0.0321 *
gpa                 0.7634679  0.3297215   2.315   0.0206 *
gre                 0.0016098  0.0016634   0.968   0.3332
rank               -0.5584921  0.1288588  -4.334 1.46e-05 ***
gre_:factor(rank)1  0.0014010  0.0028001   0.500   0.6168
gre_:factor(rank)3  0.0010074  0.0025007   0.403   0.6871
gre_:factor(rank)4  0.0009936  0.0034111   0.291   0.7708
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Signif. codes:  0 '***' 0.001 '**' 0.01 '*' 0.05 '.' 0.1 ' ' 1

(Dispersion parameter for binomial family taken to be 1)

    Null deviance: 499.98  on 399  degrees of freedom
Residual deviance: 459.13  on 393  degrees of freedom
AIC: 473.13

Number of Fisher Scoring iterations: 4

Here your estimates are the same and your variable names are untouched. Since its not technically a real glm object we are fibbing a bit by adding the class information, but it does have nearly all the same properties (you can see the "call" is missing) and in most cases should behave like a regular glm object with most functions, including summary().

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Home Series Update Cold Cold Episode 36
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"It was an accident and stop looking at me like that," August said. It was his third attempt at trying to get Mary to stop searching him with her eyes.
"Where was it?" she asked.
"Where was what?"
"The accident."
"Oh, on my way back from the games, fell off a bike and hit my head on the road."
She watched his face and decided he was lying. She let it go anyways. He had this way of not saying anything when he doesn't want to.
"How is it now?" she asked, rubbing his head and titling it to get a closer look.
"It hurts but I will be fine. Just don't tell anyone about it."
"Nothing, just do not tell them."
"Because they won't believe your lie?" she asked and he shot her a look.
"Mary, please get me aspirins. My head is splitting."
She left the room in search of the drug. He lay back on the bed and heaved a sigh.
Genevieve had kissed him when he wanted to leave the house, after he had helped her clean up the room. He couldn't deny that he liked it. He only wished it never happened. But if it was going to drive Matt mad, he was willing to have her do it again.
His phone vibrated and he jumped from his lying position, causing his head to sting from migraine. He held his head and closed his eyes.
"Fuck, hello?" he said into the phone and Genevieve's voice came up.
"Hey, how are you feeling?"
"Better, it only hurts when I breathe."
She giggled and he smiled.
"Well, the party, I don't think my boyfriend will want to go with me again." she said suggestively.
"I told you I got a date already, I can't go with you and I wouldn't want another fight."
"Well, today is still Wednesday. We still got four days before Sunday. So think about it."
"Do not count on it," he said.
"Well, I will wait for a positive reply. Goodnight," she said.
"Yea, goodnight."
"Please don't," he replied and she dropped the call with a giggle. He removed the phone from his ear and the pain came back. "Jesus, where's Mary and the aspirin."
"All of a sudden everyone's falling in love with the black boy!" Matt yelled as the hot towel dabbed against his head. He was all red from the head butting he got from August.
"And he beat you silly," Marcella added while she squeezed hot water from the towel.
"You should have seen his face, thing was like a fountain of blood," he bragged and yelped at the touch of the hot towel.
"Well, I think he is cute," Marcella said and his brother turned to look at her.
"Who is cute?"
"Him," she replied and faked a cough. "August."
"Well, I am going to kill him pretty soon," he muttered.
"So who are you taking to the party now that Genevieve has got August?"
"I will go by myself, They won't throw me out for not bringing a date."
August stood before the mirror and observed the face cap on his head. It was black and matched his black sneakers. He squeezed his face and turned it to the right to get a side view of what he looked like and then to the left again. He pushed it further down so that it barely showed his eyes. He liked it that way. He moved back to get a full picture of himself. His blue skinny Jean trouser brought out the fine contour of his legs and the little bit oversized white top though a contrast to the penciled trouser fitted perfectly to his build.
"You look awesome," Mary complimented, walking to where he stood. She was on a body fitted black gown, her amazing shape was made visible and the red heels pushed her up in a beautiful way.
"Thank you." he mouthed and turned to face her. "Do you see any scars?" he asked, moving his head to different angles to let her check it out. She shook her head and opened the perfume bottle. She sprayed it all over him, disregarding his protests.
"Now you also smell good."
"Thank you but we mustn't smell the same."
"You are my date,it'd be more romantic that way," she said and held his hand.
"They are waiting for us outside."
He dropped her a kiss on the lip and smiled.
"Shall we?"
She nodded and they walked out to the parlor.
"Nice hat August, never seen you in one before," Harry commented as they approached.
"Thanks Harry," he replied.
"Good, so who am I handing you all over to?" he asked, looking around at the three of them.
"Him," Jeane answered, pointing at August. She was on simply tailored white gown with a flower clipped on the chest to the left. August smiled at her and she nodded.
"Good, so August, I believe you can take care of them right?"
"No fights, should things get nasty, drive straight home and don't get drunk please," he warned.
"I don't like alcohol," August said and everyone laughed.
"Thank God," harry said and handed him the keys. "That's the Audi. No Grand theft autoing with the car, August," he warned and August nodded.
"Sure, top speed, 50km/h. I can assure you that."
"Good. So now the time is," he flipped his wrist watch and observed it with a frown on his face. "4:30 pm. You should be home before 10 pm."
"Sure, we may be back earlier."
"Good, now get going."
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August walked into the noisy party hall with two beautiful teenagers as his company. All eyes lingered on them for long. Matt couldn't take his eyes off him. He was the reason he came to the party without his girl.
Genevieve had been at the corner getting all the attentions of single guys for herself until August walked in. She just wanted to fly over to them and pick him up to her corner. He looked amazing that evening and she couldn't wait to grab his attention.
She was in her usual mini Jean skirt and boots that were few inches shy of her knees. Her white top had a v neck that revealed her sumptuous cleavage. She was the hot girl every guy would want to take to bed.
August saw her seconds after she had seen him. He shot her a smile and observed the rest of the hall, trying to make out friends from foes.
"So what next?" August asked, trying to avoid eye contacts.
"We just blend in," Mary replied and held his arm with both her hands. She wasn't comfortable with the throngs of female eyes ravaging him.
"Hey," Victor called from behind them, holding Jeane's hand.
"Hey Vic," August replied with a glitter in his eyes.
"Can I borrow her?" he asked, pulling Jeane to himself.
"She's all yours man."
"Baby, walk to our company, I will join you in a sec."
Jeane walked away to where Matt sat with the rest of their guys.
"Well, August. I saw what you did to my brother and I gotta tell it to you. It wasn't nice," he said and August watched him with a smile at the corner of his mouth.
"I would like you to know that I am holding it against you and next time shit like that goes down, I'm gonna do things no one would like. I'll let it slide for the sake of my baby here," he nodded towards Jeane who had her eyes on them.
"Good, I hope we all enjoy this party," August replied and walked away from where they stood dragging Mary along.
"What was that?" she asked.
"I don't really know, I think it has to do with Genevieve or something. Fool thinks I got shit with her."
"Yes Mary, Really," he said. "let's find something to drink."
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