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Few who follow the culture wars will forget the summer of Zach. In 2005, the parents of Zach Stark, a 16-year-old Tennessean, forced him to go to Refuge — a two-week day camp run by the Christian group Love in Action, which aims to help people leave the gay life behind them.
But before Zach left, he blogged about it unhappily on his MySpace page. His writings spread like wildfire among his friends, caused international outrage and led to protests outside the Memphis camp demanding that Zach and other teens not be enrolled there against their will.
The uproar brought new attention to so-called “ex-gay” Christian ministries that promise to deliver people from same-sex behavior or desires — ministries that have existed at least as long as their umbrella group, Exodus International, which was founded in 1976.
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