-David Link looks at the Prop 8 trial from a more personal angle.
-Moscow Mayor Yury Luzhkov reiterates his belief that gay pride events are “satanic.”
-Rob Tisinai debunks the myth that gays are more likely to molest children.
-State Rep. Alfred Baldasaro claims that New Hampshire sold children to gay couples.
-Michelle Obama invites a gay businessman to [...]
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The co-author of a major ex-gay study is a key figure in the controversy over the direction of Wheaton College, Illinois.
In the article Whither Wheaton?, appearing in the SOMA Review, Andrew Chignell names Dr Stanton L Jones, Provost of Wheaton College, as a force in the increasingly authoritarian approach to doctrine at the flagship evangelical [...]
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Filed under: Exgay Activists, Key Studies, Media, Religion, Science
In March of 2008, Exodus International announced it was leaving the realm of public policy to focus on what they claim is the heart of their organization, ministering to troubled same-sex attracted people. XGW applauded this move as one in the right direction. But since that time, their actions have spoken very differently. This past [...]
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Filed under: Exodus, Marriage
-Nepal’s new constitution to institute marriage equality.
-Fox News commentator Margaret Hoover joins the fight for marriage equality.
-Cindy McCain, wife of Sen. John McCain, poses for a NOH8 ad.
-David Link argues for a distinction between prejudice and hatred.
-Peter LaBarbera defends Uganda’s “kill gays” bill.
-The Indiana Senate Judiciary Committee clears an anti-gay referendum for a full senate [...]
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Following a hearing yesterday, several members of Congress have written to the Presidents of the US and Uganda to protest the latter’s impending legislation to make homosexuality an executable offense.
The US Government’s Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission heard evidence and testimony against the Ugandan Anti-Homosexuality Bill yesterday afternoon. Congress has responded by petitioning Presidents Barack [...]
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Filed under: Hate Crimes/Free Speech, Morality, Religion
The Advocate is a well-known magazine that caters to the Queer community. It runs serious articles that inform readers of issues facing gays, and lighter fair for when you’ve read enough about Uganda’s legislative genocide for one day. One such piece is entitled “The Advocate’s 15 ‘Gayest’ Cities.” Randy Thomas, who is no longer “gay-identified” [...]
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Filed under: Exodus, Gay / Exgay / 'Identity', Humor, Lifestyle, Media
The US Government’s Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission will hold a hearing on the Ugandan Anti-Homosexuality Bill this afternoon.
Over the course of 90 minutes, the TLHRC will hear evidence and testimony on the legal and humanitarian aspects of the proposed bill, which as it stands at the moment will see the execution of practicing homosexuals, [...]
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Filed under: Hate Crimes/Free Speech, Media, Morality, Religion, Tolerance
From The Guardian’s Comment is free this morning:
Writing in the Times earlier this week, Patrick Muirhead describes “the day I decided to stop being gay“. Even allowing for its firmly tongue-in-cheek tone, the problem with his article is that he really seems to believe the half-truths he presents about homosexuality.
He talks of his increasing attraction [...]
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Filed under: Change, Media
-Portugal’s parliament enacts marriage equality.
-Former Rep. Harold Ford (D-TN) has a change of heart in favor of marriage equality.
-Nate Silver points out that divorce rates have, on average, risen in states with an anti-same-sex marriage amendment and declined in states without one.
-Margaret Talbot takes a closer look at the players in the Prop 8 trial.
-The [...]
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The President of Uganda appears to have distanced himself from the Anti-Homosexuality Bill 2009, which would effectively introduce the death penalty for gays.
President Museveni told members of the National Resistance Movement that the bill had not been proposed by his party, nor by the Ugandan Government, but by a private member, David Bahati. He said [...]
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