Gay Palm Springs mayor Ron Oden announced at a press conference today he:
…would accept Thursday’s invitation from Focus on the Family to attend the conference.
“I definitely want to attend and have the opportunity to share my perspective,” he said.
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Oden says he sees the conference as a way to share the love and acceptance […] Read more »
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Filed under: Exodus, Focus on the Family/FRC
After being contacted by friend of XGW Scott H, openly gay mayor of Palm Springs Ron Oden rolled out the welcome mat in The Desert Sun:
Palm Spring’s openly gay mayor, Ron Oden, says the valley should welcome a controversial religious alliance condemning homosexuality with open arms, not picket signs.
Oden believes showing courtesy and kindness will […] Read more »
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From PinkNews.co.uk:
Gay pressure groups have accused an “ex-gay” organisation of “inviting child abuse” after claiming children with gender identity issues should be exposed to bullying.
A coalition of organisations monitoring groups claiming to convert gay people back to heterosexuality, have criticised the National Association for Research and Therapy of Homosexuals (NARTH) after a member advocated teasing […] Read more »
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Filed under: Education/Youth, Gender Roles, Mental, NARTH
In another dazzling display of deception that borders on the unethical, Exodus President Alan Chambers and Focus on the Family News have taken a Department of Justice study from 2000 (PDF) and remade it in their own image. The Focus News article, Domestic Violence Among Gay Couples Ascends, takes a complex study and distills […] Read more »
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Michael A. Campion gets to make decisions as to whether applicants are psychologically fit to be police officers at a number of departments in Illinois. But is Campion psychologically capable of treating gay applicants fairly? Read more »
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Filed under: Peter LaBarbera
The Association of Gay and Lesbian Psychiatrists has a new film project underway about reparative therapy: Abomination: Homosexuality and the Ex-Gay Movement.
Abomination focuses on four individuals for whom reparative or other ex-gay treatments have been unsuccessful: Nita, in rural Mississippi, who spent twenty years attempting to suppress her lesbian feelings; Dave, in New York […] Read more »
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In responding to comments on the thread below about whether the use of the term “the homosexual” was intentionally offensive, Alan Chambers said the following:
I imagine that I have and will continue to offend you and others with my beliefs, but I do care about being untruthful.
Alan is to be commended for his care about […] Read more »
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Alan Chambers and the “leadership team of Exodus” have a new book out titled “God’s Grace And the Homosexual Next Door: A Guide to Overcoming Barriers And Misunderstandings, Getting to Know the Real Person, Offering God’s New Life.” Pre-orders are being taken at Amazon.com. I requested a review-copy from the Harvest House publicist […] Read more »
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Filed under: Books, Exodus
Voila! Photos from the Truth Wins Out protest in Dallas over the weekend.
Lots more images after the jump… Read more »
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When I was putting this together a week ago I thought it’d just be me out there.-Wayne Besen
Hearing that Wayne needed help as well as authorities on the exgay movement at his event in Dallas I was fortunate to enough to have a donor generously provide for my travel. This is the first […] Read more »
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