September 27, 2004
Honorable Marilyn Musgrave, (R-CO)
Via Email: [email protected]
Re: Marriage Protection Amendment
Dear Congresswoman Musgrave:
Good morning from Orlando, Florida and the headquarters of Exodus International. Exodus is the world’s leading outreach to men, women, youth and families affected by unwanted homosexuality. Since 1976 Exodus has ministered to hundreds of thousands of people and witnessed tens of thousands find freedom from homosexuality. In 1990 I was a same-sex attracted 18 year old that received a referral to Exodus; 14 years later I am living proof that change is possible and that homosexuality is not immutable.
Last March I publicly thanked you during the Family Research Council’s Washington Briefing for your defense of marriage via the Federal Marriage Amendment. I thanked you because I believe in marriage and know that had same-sex marriage been an option for me when I turned 18 that I would have surely chosen to partake in it. The laws that steward marriage today saved me from one, if not numerous, life-altering mistakes. I am thankful that you and many of your colleagues are fighting to save other young people from making those same mistakes.
It has been my sincere pleasure to lobby the Senate and House in defense of marriage. And, I am so incredibly grateful to you, a true leader, for standing firm in spite of great criticism and personal attacks. Please know that the vocal minority who oppose you do not equal in number or strength those who stand with you at this time.
On behalf of the 200,000 people who contact Exodus each year seeking freedom from homosexuality, thank you for your courage and bold leadership; you are making an eternally significant difference.
For the Sake of Freedom,
Alan Chambers
President
Exodus International
