Posted on August 31st, 2004 by Mike Airhart
BoiFromTroy reports:
Cable news channel CNN is refusing to air the new “Hopes not fears” ad by the Log Cabin Republicans because images in the ad, such as pictures of Jerry Falwell, Senator Rick Santorum and the Rev. Fred Phelps holding a sign that says “God Hates Fags” are “too controversial.”
“Liberal” has never been the word […] Read more »
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Filed under: Focus on the Family/FRC, Television
Posted on August 30th, 2004 by Mike Airhart
I noted some time ago that the exgay network Exodus and some of its political allies periodically associate gay equality under the law with Nazism. I briefly connected this habit of the religious right with a web site by John Aravosis that compares religious-right speech with anti-Semitic speech. My own gut reaction was that while […] Read more »
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Filed under: Tolerance
Posted on August 30th, 2004 by Mike Airhart
At the political organizations steered by James Dobson — Focus on the Family, Family Research Council, and Exodus, among others — insults seem to have become part of doing business.
The latest indication of this: FRC says it will distribute fortune cookies at the GOP convention. Among the “fortunes”:
Real Men Marry Women:
Support a Constitutional Amendment to […] Read more »
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Filed under: Focus on the Family/FRC
Posted on August 29th, 2004 by Mike Airhart
Psychotherapist Joe Kort wrote “Queer Eye for the Straight Therapist for the May/June issue of Psychotherapy Networker. The article traces Kort’s winding road from struggling same-sex-attracted college student; through ex-gay therapy, which negatively impacted him and his parents; onward through a futile effort to re-closet himself; his initial struggles working with gay client-patients; and his […] Read more »
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Filed under: Joe Kort, Science, Therapy
Posted on August 27th, 2004 by Mike Airhart
“I’m not in the mood to play with those who are trying to kill our children.” — Donnie McClurkin, GOP Convention entertainer speaking about gay Americans. With reports from John Aravosis, analysis by Keith Boykin, reaction by Wayne Besen. Read more »
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Filed under: Exodus
Posted on August 27th, 2004 by Mike Airhart
By Dan Gonzales, www.modern.prosaic.nu
for Ex-Gay Watch
I was baffled by the Family News in Focus audio program (Windows Media, Real) even more than normal Aug. 26.
Rather than taking the moral high ground and criticizing Cheney’s remarks from a Jeffersonian (states rights) approach to gay marriage, the two guests quoted both dealt exclusively with Cheney’s “undermining and […] Read more »
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Filed under: Focus on the Family/FRC
Posted on August 26th, 2004 by Mike Airhart
The Deseret Morning News profiles Glenn Wyler, founder of People Can Change, an online ex-gay ministry. The article gives due attention to Wyler’s journey, his claim to be completely heterosexual, and his scheduled weekend retreat.
The article gives more-than-equal time, however, to psychology and psychiatry professionals that believe reparative therapy is sometimes or often harmful.
Salt Lake […] Read more »
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Filed under: Science
Posted on August 25th, 2004 by Mike Airhart
I’ve got bigger stories than this to report, but I’ve been busy. A couple folks gave me a gentle push about this item, though, so here it is.
Jon Rowe notes an interesting thing about ex-gay ex-tolerance activist Noe Gutierrez, who was mentioned by XGW a couple days ago.
The interesting thing here is that this fellow‘s […] Read more »
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Filed under: Uncategorized
Posted on August 24th, 2004 by Mike Airhart
XGW recently banned one antigay activist who disrupted the site.
She felt that threatening people, making false statements, refusing to substantiate her accusations, posting off-topic messages across multiple pages, shouting down people’s responses, and intentionally reposting the same identical message over and over were appropriate forms of online conduct and evangelism.
“Friend of Observer,” also someone with […] Read more »
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Filed under: Weblogs
Posted on August 23rd, 2004 by Mike Airhart
Some gay relationships are looked up to, with admiration, by gay and nongay peers alike.
And like heterosexual relationships, some gay pairs serve are fodder for tales about drama queens, bipolar disorder, f-buddies, cheaters and beaters.
Some pairs live in natural sync, others have to fight hard to make the relationship work.
With his usual sensitivity and […] Read more »
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Filed under: Semantics
