I don’t understand the tendency among some partisans to defend someone only because they claim to be fighting the same enemy.
The religious right’s defense of an enemy of gays — who also happens to be an enemy of compassionate Christian conservatism — is a case in point.
Pat Ware is the African American head of […] Read more »
The Charlotte World interviewed two people:
one who, as previously noted, felt homosexuals should not be permitted to use public pools, and
another who felt no club should identify itself as gay, since any mention of “gay” is “in your face.”
No doubt the second individual feels the same way about ex-gay groups. Achhem.
At any rate, the World […] Read more »
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The Charlotte World, a self-described Christian newspaper in Charlotte, N.C., published an article suggesting that a gay group shouldn’t be allowed to use a local public swimming pool because of health and moral concerns.
This sounds like a great opportunity for North Carolina ex-gays to educate their conservative allies about the modern miracle of chlorine, the […] Read more »
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Revised Feb. 16, 2005
The Washington Post ran an article Jan. 24 (2003) depicting the state of affairs in colleges’ recruitment of student athletes.
Some antigay coaches for women’s teams are apparently running amok, telling prospective students that rival coaches are lesbians bent on "recruitment" of the non-sporting variety.
Parents in some cases are lapping up the propaganda, […] Read more »
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Filed under: Education/Youth, Sports
When someone asks why gays would be attracted to Christianity, I have to ask: Which Christianity? Which gays?
Same-sex-attracted folks who reject their sexual status-quo are attracted to fundamentalist and conservative Catholic institutions. (Though some very satisfied gays are also attracted to those churches’ traditions and authority.)
Spiritually and socially inclined gays are attracted to the healing, […] Read more »
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Great stuff from the Real Live Preacher blog:
If you want to know about the Taliban, ask an Afghani woman. If you want to know about Christian fundamentalism, ask a Christian. Fundamentalists are more than interesting television for us. They are people with real power who harm our churches, destroy good ministers, and sully our name.
We’ve […] Read more »
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“For religious reasons, I no longer have sex with men and don’t plan to. … Homosexuality is a choice.”
–David Bianco, founder of the gay-press syndication service Q Syndicate, in his “Over The Rainbow” column, Dec. 16.
Source: Rex Wockner
Comments about this message, submitted to Ex-Gay Watch’s former blog location:
What Bianco should have said is “homosexual behavior […] Read more »
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Randy Thomas is a friendly, good-natured, nonviolent fellow who happens to be a spokesperson for Exodus International.
His personal weblog offers a frank view of the disarmingly ordinary activities at Exodus offices in Orlando. It’s worth a look.
Recently, Randy said:
Now, to be sure with all the great things happening at the office, the adversary of […] Read more »
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Filed under: Exodus, Reform / Renewal
“I don’t hate you. I just think that you’re being a pervert … God is angry with your kind of moral behavior.”
–The Rev. Jerry Falwell to U.S. Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., Dec. 2 on CNN. Falwell receives his training in Christian hospitality toward gays from the ex-gay Kerusso Ministries.
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From the Interfaith Working Group:
The Orlando City Council passed a non-discrimination ordinance 4-3. As part of its coverage, the Orlando Sentinel published a long article about Alan Chambers, the President of the ex-gay umbrella organization Exodus International and a leader in People for a United Orlando, the organization opposing the ordinance. The article […] Read more »
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