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‘Ex-Gay’ Group Stages Rally at Texas University, and Almost No One Shows Up

By John Wright

An “ex-gay” group called Broken Walls Ministries staged a rally at Texas A&M International University in Laredo on Tuesday, June 5.

According to The Laredo Morning Times, 45 people showed up for the event, which was billed as a question-and-answer session titled, “Can Homosexuals (LGBTQ) Change?” However, in the screen grab above from KGNS-TV‘s report—as well as in a photo on the Morning Times’ website—the crowd looks considerably smaller.

In fact, a campus LGBTQ Pride event organized in response to the “ex-gay” rally appears to have drawn more people:

Screengrab via KGNS-TV

After Broken Walls Ministries took out an ad promoting the rally in the Morning Times, pro-LGBTQ groups gathered 400 signatures on a petition calling on the university to cancel it:

The university president responded in a statement saying that while the “ex-gay” rally was not consistent with the school’s values, the administration would allow it to go forward:

Sadly, local news outlets including KGNS-TV and the Morning Times chose to focus heavily on the “ex-gay” event, without even attempting to counter Broken Walls Ministries’ dangerous, discredited claims. Virtually all of the major medical and mental health organizations have come out against so-called “ex-gay” therapy, from the American Psychological Association to the American Medical Association and the American Counseling Association.

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