Posted on November 30th, 2003 by Mike Airhart
Melvin W. Wong was the lead speaker at a group of ex-gay seminars organized by Focus on the Family in Singapore last week. Wong is affiliated with the Exodus International referral network.
A blogspot blogger, Rabelaisian Rebel, uncovers professional criticism of Wong’s credentials. Here is an e-mail sent by a group of gay-affirming psychologists, explaining its […] Read more »
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Filed under: Exodus, Focus on the Family/FRC
Posted on November 30th, 2003 by Mike Airhart
Focus on the Family extended its ex-gay political campaign to Singapore late last week with seminars marketing “recovery therapy.” And already the lead speaker faces professional criticism for misstating his training and credentials.
The Focus on the Family campaign consisted of several seminars.
A three-hour seminar for “Christian professionals” titled “Preventing Homosexuality” is described as follows:
Homosexuality – […] Read more »
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Filed under: Exodus, Focus on the Family/FRC
Posted on November 29th, 2003 by Mike Airhart
Continuing the selective morality discussion:
Froma Harrop of The Providence Journal wrote an excellent commentary Nov. 26 on the extremely high divorce rate among Bible Belt Christians — 73 percent in Mississippi, she says; 79 percent in Oklahoma. (Those numbers sound a bit high to me; I’d like to know the data source.) Divorce rates are […] Read more »
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Filed under: Focus on the Family/FRC, Partnerships
Posted on November 29th, 2003 by Mike Airhart
On Oct. 31, Exodus spokesman Randy Thomas accused people who disagree with his opinion on homosexuality of worshiping “personal interest” and having “compromised the integrity of the scriptures to condone homosexuality.”
Unfortunately the eternal souls of those dealing with homosexuality are placed on the back burner to affirm or condemn their temporal sexuality. Most homosexuals understandably […] Read more »
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Filed under: Exodus
Posted on November 29th, 2003 by Mike Airhart
The Sun-Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale) asked different Florida private schools how they might handle a gay student differently from Jupiter Christian, which allegedly demanded the student enter ex-gay therapy or leave. Read more »
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Filed under: Education/Youth
Posted on November 28th, 2003 by Mike Airhart
Exodus International launched a campaign last week against ‘Law & Order:SVU’ over an episode that it apparently didn’t watch, or only saw parts of.
Conservative writer and activist Brent Bozell apparently didn’t watch the full episode, either, but that didn’t stop him from joining the campaign today.
In doing so, Bozell misstates the mission of Exodus; the […] Read more »
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Filed under: Exodus, Television
Posted on November 28th, 2003 by Mike Airhart
Pro-Family Network is a Dayton, Ohio-based project of ex-gay activist Gregory Quinlan, who periodically uses ConservativePetitions.com to promote antigay political measures. ConservativePetitions.com collects $1.95 for each fax sent by an individual to lawmakers — and $3,000 from organizations having a petition hosted by conservativepetitions.com.
The following e-mail was distributed today by Quinlan. People who sign the […] Read more »
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Filed under: Partnerships
Posted on November 28th, 2003 by Mike Airhart
Meryl Cohn, a.k.a. Ms. Behavior, today advises an ex-gay man on his lack of honesty with his (female) fiance about his gay past, about their “not-so-exciting sex life,” and whether acting straight really makes one straight.
Instead of telling the man to become ex-ex-gay and dump his girlfriend, the columnist thoughtfully encourages the man to talk […] Read more »
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Posted on November 26th, 2003 by Mike Airhart
Further to our ongoing discussion of selective morality among antigay activists, the Dallas Morning News reports today on the complete failure of America’s clergy to confront the nation’s most obvious and pressing health-related sin: Gluttony. (The link requires a free subscription.)
I’m not joking about this. I really do consider overeating a major ethical matter as […] Read more »
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Posted on November 25th, 2003 by Mike Airhart
Conservative Catholic celibate gays in Providence, R.I., say that if God allowed it, they would like to be in monogamous relationships.
But a Nov. 23 Providence Journal story (free subscription required) describes the local Courage chapter as a “12-step program” in which participants say the rising acceptance of gay marriage and civil unions only makes their […] Read more »
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Filed under: Celibacy/Chastity
