Jewish Religion supporting Marriage for Gays and Lesbians
When I read anything about those suggesting or demanding that they use their faith to change their sexual and romantic orientation because religion does not validate homosexuality, I always point out that, being Jewish, that is not true for me.
In Michigan we are about to have a […] Read more »
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Filed under: Joe Kort
The Straight Dope message board debates antigay activists’ claim that pedophilia is linked somehow to homosexuality.
In linking to XGW’s article on the subject by Joe Kort, two discussion participants describe Ex-Gay Watch as “this not too gay friendly site” and an “Ex-Gay group.”
I find that amusing. Nevertheless, I welcome feedback from people who […] Read more »
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Filed under: Weblogs
Ex-gays have their own meet-up section for support and companionship at ex-gay.meetup.com.
No need to visit right now — no one has joined. Read more »
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The discussion here about the false link between homosexuality and pedophilia drifted into a debate about how different people define “gay,” “homosexual,” and “heterosexual.”
I consider the first two words synonymous with primary or exclusive same-sex attraction, but obviously there is disagreement. But how do you define the words?
I welcome further discussion here about how we […] Read more »
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Filed under: Semantics
According to The Oklahoman, Focus on the Family chairman James Dobson last week accused Oklahoma Congressman and U.S. Senate candidate Brad Carson of lying. The reporter does not include the charge in quotation marks, so it’s unclear whether Dobson used the "L" word:
"He may very well be a nice man, and I’m not attacking his […] Read more »
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Filed under: Focus on the Family/FRC
Wayne Besen’s commented last week on the furor over John Kerry mentioning Mary Cheney’s sexual orientation — a public disclosure that was based on her history as a gay advocate at Coors. And PFOX issued a press release criticizing Kerry. XGW mentioned both these events.
However, PFOX also wrote an impolite open letter — not to […] Read more »
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Oct. 21, 2004, on the PFOX Yahoo group (closed to non-members, and not archived):
“No one is gay to begin with. We are all born heterosexual. Gays are heterosexuals with homosexual problems, and some overcome their problems.”
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Here are some excerpts from the October 2004 issue of the Exodus newsletter. Unfortunately, Exodus does not make its newsletter available online. Boldface print was bold in the original. Read more »
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In reporting on the scientific debate over sexual orientation — what causes it, can it be changed — Cleveland’s Plain Dealer newspaper interviews an Ohio exgay ministry leader, a pro-exgay counselor, gay author/activist Wayne Besen, and two researchers.
The article’s overview of the debate is balanced, but a bit shallow and plagued by misspellings (Dean Hamer, […] Read more »
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Wayne Besen says Stephen Bennett’s association with an Oregon demon-deliverance group highlights the “backward, medieval methods” of political groups affiliated ex-gay movement. Read more »
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Filed under: Critics, Stephen Bennett