“Ex-gays” want your R-E-S-P-E-C-T – Far Right – Parents and Friends of Ex-Gays launches public service advertising campaign – Brief Article
The members of Parents and Friends of Ex-Gays aren’t asking you to change your sexual orientation. They just want you to respect those who say they have, and they used a series of public service ads to get that message out.
The poster-style ads, displayed at Metro stations across Washington, D.C., in October, featured the face of a young man under the slogan I CHOOSE TO CHANGE. “It may not be a choice you want to make, but you should know thousands of us already have,” the ads read. “Please respect our choice.”
“We can respect the people without respecting their message,” said Rhonda Buckner, executive director of the Metro D.C. chapter of Parents, Families, and Friends of Lesbians and Gays, who said her group is planning its own ad campaign. “Their message is, We want our kids to change. Our message is, We’re going to help keep your family together.”
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