Posted on June 29th, 2003 by Mike Airhart
From KIRO TV, Seattle:
Speaking on ABC’s “This Week,” [Senate Majority Leader Bill] Frist says he’s concerned that legalizing gay sex could lead to such activities as prostitution and drug use being allowed “in this zone of privacy.”
The Tennessee Republican says he would “absolutely” support a constitutional amendment that would ban any marriage in the United […] Read more »
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Posted on June 29th, 2003 by Mike Airhart
You may now visit us here:
www.exgaywatch.com
No need to remember a complicated Salon.com address — exgaywatch.com will find this Salon blog for you. Read more »
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Posted on June 29th, 2003 by Mike Airhart
Exodus International and Focus on the Family refuse to say how many ex-gays there are, who they are, or where they are. They offer only a handful of testimonies from individuals who, on cross-examination, reveal they’re still gay (attracted to the same gender) but consider themselves “saved” because now they believe all homosexual attractions and […] Read more »
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Posted on June 29th, 2003 by Mike Airhart
Dr. Joseph Nicolosi, head of the National Association for Research and Therapy of Homosexuality, reportedly displayed sexism and an insensitivity toward child abuse at the November 2002 “Love Won Out” conference organized by Focus on the Family.
Even before the meeting, Nicolosi’s organization was known for advocating therapies that worsen children’s struggles with gender roles and […] Read more »
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Posted on June 29th, 2003 by Mike Airhart
The organizations listed below have accused the Supreme Court of violating “states’ rights” to set their own policies toward “sodomy.”
However, the same organizations favor a Federal Marriage Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. This amendment violates states’ rights to set their own policies toward marriage.
American Family Association
Concerned Women for America
Exodus International
Family Research Council
Gary Bauer
Liberty Counsel
Liberty Legal […] Read more »
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Posted on June 28th, 2003 by Mike Airhart
From WitnessForTheWorld.org:
Asserting that America’s black gay and lesbian community needs to come home to God, members of a group of African American former homosexuals today released an national open letter asking black gays to realize their need for God.
Rev. DL Foster, an Atlanta area pastor who is Founder and President of the group […] Read more »
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Posted on June 28th, 2003 by Mike Airhart
With her parents’ approval, a lesbian teen-ager in New York wore a T-shirt to school that said “Barbie is a Lesbian.”
The school suspended her, the girl’s mother sued the school, and now a religious-right group is defending the school.
It seems to me that Barbie has always been a less-than-ethical role model for women, and so […] Read more »
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Posted on June 28th, 2003 by Mike Airhart
According to Agape Press and former Family Research Council spokeswoman Janet Parshall, Christians who dare to disagree with them on such matters as abortion and gay clergy are guilty of “apostasy.”
Parshall says absolute truth is found only in her interpretation of Scripture, and that interpretation must be obeyed by all. Read more »
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Posted on June 28th, 2003 by Mike Airhart
Ex-gay movement underwriter and convention organizer Focus on the Family continues to blame “homosexual activists” for broad public opposition to sodomy laws. And it continues to blame these activists for the high divorce rates, career stresses, infidelity, and rigid gender roles that strain U.S. marriages.
According to Focus on the Family, doomsday is at hand for […] Read more »
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Posted on June 28th, 2003 by Mike Airhart
The Traditional Values Coalition seems to view unimprisoned gays and the “transgender agenda” as threats to its vision for the United States.
Here’s what TVC is up to. Given how much is happening this week, I don’t have time to analyze TVC. I invite volunteers to do so.
Supreme Court Overturns Texas Homosexual Sodomy Law
Summary: “On June […] Read more »
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