Posted on July 31st, 2006 by Timothy Kincaid
As we’ve discussed before, the IFI protest at the Gay Games in Chicago were highly ineffective. The protesters were outnumbered and then rain washed them out after about an hour and a half.
Previous reporting discussed singing atheletes from London, but James Hartline, ex-gay activist from San Diego, gave AgapePress a different report […] Read more »
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Filed under: Exgay Activists, Peter LaBarbera
Posted on July 29th, 2006 by Daniel Gonzales
I’m in San Diego this weekend for San Diego Pride and was lucky enough to meet friend of Ex-Gay Watch Autumn Sandeen. Read more »
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Posted on July 29th, 2006 by Timothy Kincaid
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch has an article about Courage, the Catholic ex-gay group, meeting there and a protest held by Catholic Action Network for Social Justice.
Protestors objected that Courage views homosexuality as changable through reparative therapy.
Christina Nair, speaking for Courage, said the group does not engage in reparative therapy but would support people […] Read more »
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Filed under: Celibacy/Chastity, Exgay Activists
Posted on July 29th, 2006 by Timothy Kincaid
The Internal Revenue Code has a long history of favorable tax treatment for “ministers of the gospel”. I do not prepare income tax returns for ministers or churches, but there is a good summary of the rules in a December 2005 article in the CPA Journal.
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Filed under: Exodus
Posted on July 28th, 2006 by Daniel Gonzales
Last month when I wrote about the death of HIV+ Exodus board member Michael Lumberger, the post generated a great deal of comments and discussion. However I left for two weeks of vacation after uploading my post so I wasn’t able to participate in the discussion. Over the last month I realized this […] Read more »
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Posted on July 28th, 2006 by Timothy Kincaid
Focus on the Family’s ex-gay roadshow, Love Won Out, has presented Dr. Nancy Heche (doctorate in pastoral counseling) as an authority on sexual orientation issues. Heche claims to represent “truth and love” in her approach.
Heche’s claim to authority is based on her husband’s closeted life and the very public relationship that her estranged daughter […] Read more »
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Filed under: Focus on the Family/FRC
Posted on July 28th, 2006 by Daniel Gonzales
I’m headed to San Diego pride this weekend. Does anyone know if James Hartline has anything festive planned? Read more »
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Posted on July 27th, 2006 by Daniel Gonzales
Chad Thompson, one of the most fair-minded exgay activists I know just wrote a piece on X-Men 3. (I know he’s a wee bit late.)
Instead of ignoring the obvious ex-gay themes of the movie like the AgapePress and Focus on the Family did, Chad tackles them head on and applies them to […] Read more »
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Filed under: Exgay Activists, Movies
Posted on July 26th, 2006 by Daniel Gonzales
From Family News In Focus today:
Some think the ads [on gay marriage] having nothing to do with marriage. Alan Chambers is with Exodus International.
“I think their long-term goal is to portray themselves as equals, as people who are the same as heterosexuals, that their lifestyle is just as legitimate as heterosexuality.”And, despite the money the […] Read more »
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Posted on July 26th, 2006 by Timothy Kincaid
We now have a report from the Windy City Times about Peter LaBarbera’s outreach to Steamworks, a gay bathhouse in Chicago on the final Saturday of Gay Games.
LaBarbera showed up with an armed bodyguard, ex-gay James Hartline, and half a dozen supporters. They were vastly outnumbered by counter-protesters singing and drowning out the anti-gay […] Read more »
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Filed under: Peter LaBarbera
