Exgay activist Stephen Bennett will debate the topic "Gay and Christian" on PAX-TV’s Faith Under Fire on Saturday, Dec. 4. Other debate participants: Ron Poindexter, who says God didn’t expect him to give up his sexuality, and Duke Holtz, who…
Exgay activist Darryl L. Foster will appear on Lee Strobel’s Faith Under Fire program Saturday evening, Nov. 20, on PAX TV. He will debate gay parenting. From the web site: "The controversy surrounding gay marriage and parenting is a polarizing…
A Response to ‘Love the Sinner, Hate the Sin’
From songwriter/inspirationalist Marsha Stevens via the southern gospel music blog averyfineline.com: I like Mark Lowry‘s take on the old saying. He says, "What if we said ‘Love the sinner, hate MY OWN sin?’ Wouldn’t that be a good thought?" Learn…
Kirk Talley Sings On, Despite Resistance
The place: Calvary Baptist Church, Hazel Park, Mich.The source: Kirk Talley’s e-mail newsletter, Nov. 15, 2004:Excerpt: I was standing backstage ready to sing when Victor (the promoter) came back to speak to me. He told me that he had fought…
Ex-Gay Or Sexual Anorexic?
Ex-Gay or Sexual Anorexic? By Joe Kort, MSW The term sexual anorexia isn’t a common term. Anorexic usually describes people with an eating disorder who can literally starve themselves to death. Similarly, many people think that sexual anorexia means sexual…
Target of PFOX Threat Responds
PFOX this month issued implicit threats against the Montgomery County, Md., school board and a committee assigned to update the school system’s sex-education curriculum. In its press release and letter, PFOX also made a public, personal attack against committee chairperson…
Homo for the Holidays!
Homo for the Holidays! By Joe Kort, MSW We gays and lesbians are still recovering from the trauma of the recent political elections; the passing of the bans against marriage for gays and lesbians. With the holidays approaching, my clients…
Questioning Exgay Claims About Gay Health
Discredited researcher Paul Cameron’s rigged reports on gay health still get passed off as fact by a variety of exgay web pages, including Exodus archives. But smart exgay activists like Talbert W. Swan and Stephen Bennett have shifted their focus…
Hugo Schwyzer: Straight Man, Gay Bar
While heterosexual women often feel unsafe in straight bars, heterosexual male blogger Hugo Schwyzer reports no discomfort and no harassment while dancing in gay bars. Secure in his masculinity, most of Hugo’s role models during adolescence were… gay.
From Wayne Besen’s latest column: The gay movement is the canary in the coalmine for the future of the Democratic Party. If party leaders move right and abandon basic fairness and equality, it is a strong signal that they will…