Just some info that those of you in the developed world might not understand. Yes, the haters really disturb us, but we also know that for the people responsible for this article, its all about money. The source of the gay men listed in the Red Pepper is a gay man who collected a lot of money to reveal the names. And of course, the Red Pepper will do anything to sell its newspapers. And for the “X gay” who started this most recent witch hunt with a TV press conference and by outing Fr. Anthony, I have no doubt he is all taken care of now.

Any ideas?

Two things are clear from Alan Chambers’ “apology”:

1. The man has no moral center. He will say whatever is necessary to justify himself to whatever audience he is addressing.

2. The Exodus board should fire Chambers immediately for incompetence.

Chambers’ actions here cannot be simply wiped away with a single blog posting that comes after weeks of silence, and on the verge of possible violence against others sparked directly by the actions of a board member of Exodus, among others.

The notion that Chambers could dismiss his responsibility here with a simple, “Oops, my bad” shows the depth of his amorality. Chambers’ moral failing here–the unwillingness to act or even speak out against this conference at any point in the process–is so massive and so grave, that he should be tendering his resignation and leaving the public sphere immediately. That’s how serious this is.
Human beings in Uganda will be persecuted and possibly attacked and murdered as a direct result of Chambers’ fecklessness.

Am I to believe that he had to pray about his response *for a month* to decide exactly what to do? If I see a woman getting raped in an alleyway at knifepoint, am I just to pray what to do? If I see a child being beaten and bruised by a parent who lives in the apartment upstairs, do I just pray about it and hope that everything works out okay? If I hear that white supremacists are planning on planting a burning cross on my neighbor’s lawn, do I have to pray about what my response should be? Or in all three cases, should I make an immediate effort at protecting each of the individuals in question, doing everything in my legal power to make sure they are protected and safe from harm?

The answer is obvious to all but Alan Chambers. And that is why his “apology,” which is nothing more than numerous historical non-sequiturs strung together to justify his moral fecklessness, is so alarming… not to mention stomach-churning. The time is LONG past that of any kind of apology being acceptable, which this is not. *Action* was warranted weeks ago. Chambers was told publicly and repeatedly, even by the author of this blog, that Exodus’ role in what was happening in Uganda was unacceptable, dangerous and ungodly.

Once again, I repeat… this is a MASSIVE moral failure on Chamber’s part, and the fact that he expects to go back to business as usual is entirely unacceptable and deeply offensive.

Shame on you, Alan Chambers. Shame.