Posted on November 30th, 2005 by Daniel Gonzales
From gay culture blog QUEERTY:
A Swedish court convicted him under hate crime legislation but the ruling was appealed; Sweden’s Supreme Court has now utterly disgraced itself by overturning the conviction. Is it even imaginable that if a preacher had said the same words against Jews, he would not be punished by a civil, secular society? […] Read more »
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Filed under: Hate Crimes/Free Speech, Weblogs
Posted on November 29th, 2005 by Mike Airhart
…instead, take action.
Visit Religious Right Watch, then consider becoming involved in Talk To Action. Read more »
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Posted on November 29th, 2005 by Mike Airhart
I still haven’t had time to read the December cover story and related articles thoroughly. Among the items of interest are stories about the Founding Fathers’ intent on religion in government, Christian Reconstruction, the religious right’s growing “orbits of influence,” a conservative-Christian media empire, and a questionable charity.
So I invite reviews and comments by others. Is MJ just […] Read more »
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Filed under: Christian Nationalists
Posted on November 29th, 2005 by Mike Airhart
While I congratulate Swedish pastor Ake Green on his acquittal by his country’s supreme court, I reject the Alliance Defense Fund’s assertion that calling homosexuality a “cancerous tumor on all of society” represents ”the biblical view of homosexual behavior.”
Freedom of speech aside, ADF’s redefinition of Christianity as a religion of venomous hate speech is “radical” – and repulsive. […] Read more »
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Filed under: Christian Nationalists
Posted on November 29th, 2005 by Mike Airhart
Facts solicited: Do same-sex-attracted persons suffer from discrimination? (Cite current examples and provide links.)
Opinions solicited: Should it be illegal for private individuals or organizations to discriminate? Should it be illegal for government agencies to discriminate?
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Posted on November 29th, 2005 by Mike Airhart
On his personal blog, Randy Thomas of the Exodus national office cheers Brown University columnist Carman McNary for protesting alleged “drunken orgies” organized by the campus “Queer Alliance.” Thomas says he wants “these folks” — the “gay identified community” — “held accountable” for failing to speak out against sexual irresponsibility.
McNary self-identifies as a proponent of equality […] Read more »
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Filed under: Media
Posted on November 29th, 2005 by Mike Airhart
Both Exodus president Alan Chambers and Exodus lobbyist/political organizer Randy Thomas have gotten in the habit, lately, of calling themselves, and fellow conservative Christians, ”godly.”
Latest example: Thomas’ otherwise innocuous promotion of GodlyCreativePeople.com, a site that no doubt has good intentions but immediately flags itself, by name, as overflowing with ungodly self-pride.
Is this choice of language among some […] Read more »
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Filed under: Reform / Renewal
Posted on November 29th, 2005 by Mike Airhart
Neither liberals nor the ACLU have ever espoused compassion for Islamic terrorists, nor sought to ban Christmas. But Exodus lobbyist Randy Thomas apparently needed someone to grumble about yesterday, so he parroted the Christmas-Day warriors’ hatred of liberals. Read more »
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Filed under: Christian Nationalists
Posted on November 28th, 2005 by Daniel Gonzales
These less grievous sins of course include the time Agape editor Jody Brown thought herself too busy to bless a staff writer after they sneezed. [ok I made that up]
But in all seriousness, the religious right usually has the courtesy to pretend as though homosexuality is no different than other sins and shouldn’t be […] Read more »
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Posted on November 28th, 2005 by Daniel Gonzales
Stephen Bennett seems to have different numbers than “mister not-so-straight mathematics” Alan Chambers. Perhaps Bennett’s numbers are from 2003 since that was the last time Chambers claimed ex-gays numbered in the “thousands.”
(+22:28) I am one of thousands of men and women who have made that choice and who have made that choice for Jesus […] Read more »
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