XGW Digest: September 4, 2010
-Focus on the Family reiterates its objection to protecting gay students from bullying.
-The New Zealand government denies charitable status to an ex-gay program.
-African viewers respond negatively to the sight of two women sharing a bed on an episode of Big Brother: Africa.
-Another Republican speaks out in favor of marriage equality.
-Tasmania, Australia takes a step toward recognizing same-sex marriages performed elsewhere.
-The Fifth District Court of Appeals overturns a lower court’s decision that would have allowed a married gay couple to divorce in Texas.
-Fidel Castro acknowledges the injustice of his government’s persecution of gay Cubans.
-Businesses in New York will now be required to include employees with same-sex partners under their bereavement leave policies.
-Christine Bakke points out why evangelicals who believe ex-gay theories about sexuality should value comprehensive anti-bullying programs.
-Miss Universe Jimena Navarrete supports marriage equality.
-Scandinavian Airlines launches a contest to hold the first in-flight gay wedding.
-Sally Kern reiterates her claim that gays are worse than terrorists.
-The parliament of New South Wales, Australia passes a bill allowing same-sex couples to adopt.
Wonderful post, Christine. Thank you for sharing your experience and insights on this.
I’m glad to know one of your friends who considers himself ex-gay recognizes that he is also vulnerable to discrimination for being perceived as gay (as are many heterosexuals) and that he supports anti-discrimination policies/laws.
These voices are absent among leaders of the ex-gay movement, if they exist. I only hear about them from non-leaders.
The same should have been true for sodomy laws criminalizing consensual private acts between adults as well. So many prominent figures and supporters of the ex-gay movement supported keeping Lawrence vs. Texas in place, despite the reality that so many ex-gays have admitted engaging in sexual activity with a person of the same sex after they became involved in ex-gay ministry.