The Congressional Budget Office said gay marriage would, on the whole, benefit U.S. taxpayers.
The Family Research Council responded, as Scott Lewis notes, with non sequiturs. Read more »
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Filed under: Focus on the Family/FRC, Partnerships
A liberal Catholic blogger thoughtfully and methodically analyzes the recent and sometimes stereotypical reasoning of Ron Belgau, who is an activist in Courage, the Catholic antigay, pro-chastity movement.
(Note that I describe Courage as both antigay and pro-chastity. In fact, I recognize there are individuals in Courage who affirm gay rights to a limited extent […] Read more »
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Filed under: Celibacy/Chastity
Focus on the Family attempts to smear two leading evangelicals — Tony Campolo and Jim Wallis — as New Age leftists.
Both evangelists have spent decades battling poverty and racism in America, but both evangelists also have strong records of upholding Biblical authority, emphasizing conservative belief in salvation through Jesus Christ, and maintaining a conservative […] Read more »
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Filed under: Focus on the Family/FRC
Exodus, the Orlando-based network of ex-gay activists, joins the American Family Association, Focus on the Family, and other anti-tolerance organizations in inventing a remarkably blatant lie about Congress:
Congress is poised to make homosexual marriage the law of the land.
In fact, no proposal to legalize marriage is before Congress or in effect in any state besides […] Read more »
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Filed under: Exodus, Focus on the Family/FRC
Focus on the Family, which opposes unfettered free speech for gay-tolerant viewpoints, digs up a 2001 incident in Britain, in which an antigay street preacher was assaulted and arrested. Focus views the arrest and conviction of the preacher as proof (somehow) that gay tolerance is a threat to free speech.
Focus’ angry recollection of this dated […] Read more »
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Filed under: Focus on the Family/FRC, Hate Crimes/Free Speech
David Berkowitz murdered six people and severely injured others during a 1970s killing spree.
Now ex-gay movement marketer and underwriter Focus on the Family is marketing audiotape and CD recordings touting mass murderer Berkowitz’s conservative-Christian moral virtue — for a $9 “donation” per recording.
The Focus web site offers a “listen now” link where listeners might presumably […] Read more »
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Filed under: Focus on the Family/FRC
This month, my job changed, my salary rose, my office moved… but ex-gay activists remain as committed to conflict, resentment, and tired old refrains as ever. I must admit: Covering their pessimism, their isolationism, their lack of faith in themselves and God is unrelentingly depressing.
There’s gotta be a way to encourage positive thinking, promote constructive […] Read more »
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Former New Yorker Peterson Toscano, who endured 17 years of ex-gay reparative therapy in Manhattan and elsewhere, returns to the city to present his one-man comedy, “Doin’ Time in the Homo No Mo Halfway House,” for one night only on June 14, 2004. While comical, the show conveys compassion and understanding for ex-gays. Read more »
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Filed under: Former Exgays
If science determines that love and sexual desire are distinct experiences with distinct and separate biological underpinnings, then what does that mean for the ethics and politics of same-sex love and same-sex genital behavior? What relationship, if any, should exist between love and sex? Read more »
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Founded as a day for Americans of all faiths, the National Day of Prayer is now closely tied to Focus on the Family. It is headquartered in Focus offices, James Dobson’s wife is the chairman, Focus is compensated for “services rendered,” and the NDP’s prayer list (political agenda) is a watered-down version of Focus’ joyous […] Read more »
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Filed under: Christian Nationalists, Exodus, Focus on the Family/FRC