Exodus was holding its national convention in the rural Indiana town of Marion, Indiana.

They were obviously alerted to our impending arrival, as campus police quickly greeted us. Even though Marion is a small, relatively isolated town in a rural, economically depressed part of the state, our reception by local citizens ranged from neutral to extremely positive. A burly truck driver dropped by to thank us for being there -- he said his mom is a lesbian. A man and woman couple profusely apologized to us, saying they felt that the Exodus International people gave a bad name to Christians -- they offered to bring us pizza.

GLN would like to thank our partners in Chicago A.N.S.W.E.R. and Black LGBT People & Allies for Equality, who joined us for the protest.