Posted on January 30th, 2006 by Timothy Kincaid
According to no less of an authority than Concerned Women For America’s Robert Knight, all but 5 teachers in the San Leandro Unified School District worship the ancient god Baal.
The startling discovery was made when 5 teachers in the school district decided that their religion (apparently not Baal worship) required that their classroom be an […] Read more »
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Filed under: CWFA
Posted on January 30th, 2006 by Daniel Gonzales
Tomorrow (Tuesday) Stephen Bennett’s guest will be Jeff Tooley of the United Methodist committee at the Institute of Religion and Democracy will explain how “gay activist groups are planning on ‘crashing’ the [White House Egg Roll]– and politicizing it – to bring attention to GLBT individuals and their families.”
Wednesday, in a first for […] Read more »
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Filed under: Family Values, Reform / Renewal, Stephen Bennett
Posted on January 28th, 2006 by Mike Airhart
Chad Thompson, operator of Des Moines, Iowa-based Inqueery, has written a new review of Brokeback Mountain.
Read it here.
Thompson is also marketing his latest DVD release, Bringing Christian Love Out of the Closet. Read more »
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Filed under: Movies
Posted on January 28th, 2006 by Mike Airhart
The Rev. Steven Baines is an elder in the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ).
In a commentary published Jan. 26 at Advocate.com, Baines cites former exgay activist and author John Paulk as one of five high-profile scandals among antigay activists working for the religious right. The other scandals include the arrest of Lonnie Latham, the […] Read more »
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Filed under: Scandals
Posted on January 28th, 2006 by Daniel Gonzales
In a meeting with [John Brown University] administrators, [expelled student Michael] Guinn said, he was given a code of conduct tougher than what other students had to follow. According to Guinn, he was told to not dress in women’s clothing, not slap others on the buttocks if he was a member of a sports team, […] Read more »
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Filed under: Education/Youth
Posted on January 27th, 2006 by Mike Airhart
In mid-January, CNN’s Larry King Live aired a four-person discussion of Brokeback Mountain and marriage for gay persons. The guests were Janet Parshall and Albert Mohler speaking for the religious right, and Chad Allen and Casper, Wyo., councilman Guy Padget speaking in favor of allowing gay people to marry.
At a new web site called A […] Read more »
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Filed under: Family Values, Movies
Posted on January 26th, 2006 by Mike Airhart
On the Exodus e-mail support list for antigay parents, a number of participants have been promoting the exgay-activist video It’s Not Gay.
They say it features “excellent,” factual information from “medical and mental health experts.” They say it proves the “physical and emotional effects of the gay lifestyle” and claim it proves that gay relationships […] Read more »
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Filed under: AFA, Exodus, Movies
Posted on January 25th, 2006 by Daniel Gonzales
I’ve recently subscribed to Duncan Bouwer’s ExGayTalk podcast. Duncan is an ex-gay, music teacher, father and husband in Johannesburg, South Africa. His most recent podcast titled “Yes I am in Denial” is of particular merit. He has a sense of humor that really shines, nor does he make outrageous claims like […] Read more »
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Filed under: Humor
Posted on January 25th, 2006 by Mike Airhart
You may have noticed a few changes in the look of XGW:
A new logo, a few color and font changes.
More changes are planned, but first I wish to solicit feedback and bug reports from you, our readers. For example, does the layout work in your browser? Are the text or the comment boxes misplaced […] Read more »
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Filed under: Uncategorized
Posted on January 24th, 2006 by Mike Airhart
I closed a Brokeback Mountain discussion tonight because an anonymous commenter with the pseudonym “Charles” was repeating the same comment, arguing for the sake of argument, and failing to honor basic Internet etiquette. Basically, to borrow his own words, he was being childish.
Charles then proceeded to post the same comment again on an unrelated discussion. […] Read more »
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