Posted on September 30th, 2008 by David Roberts
As our readers may have heard, Google recently announced it’s official position against California’s Proposition 8, a constitutional amendment to eliminate the right of same-sex couples to marry in that state. They did so in a blog by Co-founder and President, Sergey Brin. Among other things, he said this:
While we respect the strongly-held beliefs … Read more »
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Filed under: Discrimination, Exodus
Posted on September 29th, 2008 by David Roberts
SOULFORCE MEDIA ADVISORY
September 29, 2008
Contact: Katie Higgins, katie@soulforce.org, 843-259-8876
LIBERTY U. TO ALLOW EQUALITY RIDERS ON CAMPUS
Young Adults Tour Christian Colleges to Advocate Safety
and Inclusion for All Students
What: On Wednesday, October 1, the Soulforce Equality Ride, a youth-organized bus tour to faith-based colleges, will bring a message of inclusion and love to Liberty University … Read more »
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Filed under: Media, Religion
Posted on September 28th, 2008 by David Roberts
From AP via Texarkana Gazette
Bishop Carlton Pearson preached his final sermon at New Dimensions Church on Sept. 7. The church has been folded into All Souls Unitarian Church, the world’s largest church in that denomination.
Carlton Pearson once presided over a large Charismatic church in Tulsa, Oklahoma. With a seat on the board of trustees at … Read more »
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Filed under: Religion, Tolerance
Posted on September 28th, 2008 by David Roberts
As a topic that affects all of our US readers, we would like to alert our readers to the availability of the first copy of what is being called the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008. It’s 106 pages of how our government intends to use hundreds of billions of dollars of your money in an … Read more »
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Posted on September 27th, 2008 by Emily K
As the writers at Box Turtle Bulletin have been discovering and reporting, California’s proposed anti-gay marriage amendment - Proposition 8 - is being pushed and backed immensely by the LDS Church. But to give the appearance of ecumenical effort, the claim is made that Mormon, Jewish, Christian, and Muslim voices are being heard. As “proof,” … Read more »
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Filed under: Hate Crimes/Free Speech, Religion, Tolerance
Posted on September 25th, 2008 by Eugene Wagner
Born-again Christian Clay Aiken comes out of the closet.
Anita from Sisterfriends Together reminds readers about another Christian musician who was pilloried for coming out of the closet.
Conservative Christian blogger (and gay rights supporter) Misty Irons dissects the arguments of a liberal Democrat who supports Proposition 8 in California.
Truth Wins Out reports that the ex-gay myth is being … Read more »
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Posted on September 24th, 2008 by Emily K
In Exodus VP Randy Thomas’ latest attempt to define the happenstance of being attracted to the same sex with a single cultural “worldview,” he almost figures it out. He almost realizes that what pushes us to become LGBTQ rather than just L, G, B, T, and Q is our daily task of facing discrimination and … Read more »
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Filed under: Exgay Activists, Exodus, Weblogs
Posted on September 22nd, 2008 by Dave Rattigan
A member of the church pastored by the late Reverend Jerry Falwell has launched a website offering advice to homosexuals who want to find “healing from same-sex attraction.”
Debbie Thurman of Thomas Road Baptist Church, Lynchburg, VA, has set up TheFormers.com as “a place of fellowship for those who have found healing from same-sex attraction — … Read more »
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Filed under: Exgay Activists, Therapy
Posted on September 21st, 2008 by David Roberts
Working with the New Jersey Family Policy Counsel and speaking to the American Family Association’s (AFA) One News Now, ex-gay Greg Quinlan made statements on behalf of noted geneticist Francis S. Collins that were untrue — specifically that his work on the human genome project had led to the “fact” that homosexuality was 100% nurture, … Read more »
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Filed under: AFA, Exgay Activists, Science
Posted on September 19th, 2008 by David Roberts
Greg Quinlan was once a prominent ex-gay activist. He founded the Pro-Family Network in Dayton, Ohio in 1998, and appeared in I Do Exist, the ex-gay video by Warren Throckmorton, in 2004. It appears he left Ohio in the last year or so and now works with the New Jersey Family Policy Counsel in an … Read more »
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Filed under: AFA, Exgay Activists, Science
