On March 30, pro-exgay pundit Warren Throckmorton criticized Dear Abby, who in a recent column told a parent:
"It is not uncommon for the parents of a gay child to feel guilt or
shame, when in truth, it has nothing to do with the quality of their
parenting and everything to do with genetics."
Throckmorton’s objection to an overemphasis […] Read more »
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Stop the counterprotests against ex-gays — or at least rethink them, says Michigan-based Quaker (Christian) gay-issues director Michael Gibson Faith.
In an article today at PrideSource.com, Gibson Faith says gay counterprotests tend to:
reinforce the biased language of antigay activists
divert gay resources from community-building
subtract from lobbying for pro-tolerance legislation
exhaust time that would be better spent building […] Read more »
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AP reported today (via Newsday) that Prof. Warren Throckmorton had been "removed" from a national advisory board of Magellan Health Services.
That much appears to be false: Previous media reports said that Magellan had rethought its decision to renew Throckmorton’s board position when his contract expired. And nothing is reported to have changed at Magellan since […] Read more »
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Filed under: PFOX, Warren Throckmorton
Jon Rowe has been blogging recently on the nature of bisexuality. Jon’s a very smart guy and his posts always provide interesting reading–and there are some implications there for the gay/ex-gay conversation.
Even the most optimistic ex-gay proponents and researchers acknowledge that reparative therapy has a modest success rate. Few ex-gays report a true "conversion" experience; […] Read more »
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1. Terri Schiavo.
She killed herself when her bulimic behavior led to a persistent and, in time, irreversible persistent vegetative state.
2. Michael Schiavo.
He removed the artificial feeding system that either kept Ms. Schiavo’s body alive, or prolonged her death, depending upon one’s perspective. He deserves conditional public sympathy.
3. The Schindlers and the religious right
Instead of arguing […] Read more »
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Greetings, Everyone!
Thanks very much to Mike for giving me the chance to guest-blog on his site. XGW is a great resource, and I’m excited by the challenge of being part of it. I was hoping to get a post up before now, but work has (unexpectedly) been intense this week.
First, a bit about me: […] Read more »
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"Atheist psychiatrist argues that gays can change," reports Christianity Today.
That subheadline, a misquote, is refuted by the story’s first paragraph — which acknowledges that only "some" people can sustain significant change in sexual attraction after undergoing various exgay programs.
In the interview that follows, Columbia University professor Dr. Robert L. Spitzer acknowledges the following:
Spitzer submitted a […] Read more »
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Please welcome Joe Riddle as an author for Ex-Gay Watch.
Joe has first-hand experience with the exgay movement, as a former participant in the Mormon exgay organization Evergreen.
Joe will be writing on a variety of topics, including the healthy moral, social and political territory that lies somewhere in between extremes of drunken bareback barfly […] Read more »
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TO: Ex-Gay Watch (via e-mail)
CC: Focus on the Family (via e-mail)
RE: Focus on the Family broadcast, 3/22/05
It’s somewhat odd that today on FNIF, Alan Chambers is whining about discrimination by a private corporation, Magellan Health Services, saying quote, “people are trying to tell others what to do,” and “everyone should have the right to self-determination.” […] Read more »
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Filed under: Discrimination, Exodus, Focus on the Family/FRC, Warren Throckmorton
Most bloggers and pundits have taken sides in the Terri Schiavo debacle, and a few have actually contributed constructively to the debate. Among them: Charles Krauthammer.
You may count Exodus official and part-time FRC pundit Randy Thomas among the "most" but not among the "few." His recent finger-wagging string of insults and threats embarrasses the cause […] Read more »
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Filed under: Exodus, Focus on the Family/FRC