welcome back, tonight a 360 exclusive. in a moment you ll hear from alan chambers, head of exodus international, the head of ex-gay movement. this is first since exodus shut the doors days ago. they promoted what is often called reparative therapy, telling people they can change their sexual orientation. alan chambers is apologizing to people counselled by exodus. here he is in a documentary pwih lisa lang. i m sorry some of you spent years of working through shame and guilt you felt when your attractions didn t change. i m sorry we promoted sexual orientation efforts about sexual orientation that stigmatized parents. many are curious what prompted his change of view and remorse. he joins me tonight.
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five of romney s classmates told the washington post what they remembered about a day in 1965, a day that, quote, they came upon lauber tackled him and pinned him to the ground. lauber, his eyes filling with tears, skraemd for help and romney clipped his hair with a pair of scissors. the washington post posted it online ahead of today s printed edition. we did not talk about it last night on this program because we had questions about how valid it is to bring up something someone did nearly 50 years ago when they were in high school. those questions, though have not gone away. so we ll let you decide for yourself tonight whether this story itself is relevant to a presidential campaign or not. what we want to focus on is romney s response to the story. we heard what he said in north carolina today, aapologizing, quote, if anyone feels they were offended, but on fox news yesterday, romney said more, including response to accusations the incident amounted to gay bullying since t
they were offended by that, i certainly apologize for that. well, the stupid thing in question, the one getting all the attention, concerns a student at the michigan prep school romney attended. a student named john lauber who was reportedly relentlessly teased for his presumed homosexuality and for having long bleach blond hair. five of romney s classmates told the washington post what they remembered about a day in 1965, a day that, quote, they came upon lauber tackled him and pinned him to the ground. lauber, his eyes filling with tears, screamed for help and romney clipped his hair with a pair of scissors. the story broke yesterday when the washington post posted it online ahead of today s printed edition. we did not talk about it last night on this program because we had questions about how valid it is to bring up something someone did nearly 50 years ago when they were in high school. those questions, though have not gone away. so we ll let you decide for yourself
the way back to his teenage years, that got the headlines. it is today s front page, the washington post. romney s pranks could go too far. an article that paints a young mitt romney as remembered by his classmates as something of a bully. romney was asked about it in north carolina today. well, i think i was one who did some stupid things in high school, and if anyone feels that they were offended by that, i certainly apologize for that. well, the stupid thing in question, the one getting all the attention, concerns a student at the michigan prep school romney attended. a student named john lauber who was reportedly relentlessly teased for his presumed homosexuality and for having long bleach blond hair. five of romney s classmates told the washington post what they remembered about a day in 1965, a day that, quote, they came upon lauber tackled him and pinned him to the ground. lauber, his eyes filling with tears, screamed for help and romney clipped his hair with a