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Comment on Kid Learns That Guys Can Love Each Other Too by Dave Rattigan

Dave Rattigan — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 02:00:40 +0000

Maybe they boobed and didn’t get the parents’ permission to post the video. Or possibly they were overwhelmed by “haters.”

Comment on Kid Learns That Guys Can Love Each Other Too by Andy

Andy — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 01:22:51 +0000

It looks like the person who uploaded that video has made it private now. Has anyone been in contact with him or her to find out the reason?

Comment on Kid Learns That Guys Can Love Each Other Too by Regan DuCasse

Regan DuCasse — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:20:09 +0000

This is so precious.

And it’s not such a revelation to a child what love is. It’s just a sad state of affairs when the ADULTS we all confront want to teach this child fear and loathing of those who express it.

I think considering how much violence and horrors that children hear about in the news, the pictures of joyous same sex couples getting married could hardly be called something that would traumatize and threaten them.

In fact, I know children would more likely be disgusted at being treated like they were stupid or still babies at the idea that they should freak out at same sex affection.

Comment on Kid Learns That Guys Can Love Each Other Too by Jarred

Jarred — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:44:46 +0000

His reaction at the end was priceless:

“I”m going to play ping-pong now.”

That’s the kind of response I wish everyone would have upon discovering someone is gay.

Well, okay, they can go play Xbox or something instead.

Comment on NARTH Goes on the Record about Ex-Con Goldberg by More Drama in the Ex-Gay Movement « Walking Humbly. Seeking Justice. Living with Hope. Rabbi Denise L. Eger's blog.

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:27:55 +0000

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Comment on NARTH Goes on the Record about Ex-Con Goldberg by Ben in Oakland

Ben in Oakland — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 01:15:56 +0000

Billy– perhaps becuase they do not wish to know anything that contradicts what they believe.

Gravity is such a bitch when you want to fly.

Comment on Former Love In Action Director John Smid Offers Apology by Ben in Oakland

Ben in Oakland — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 17:47:02 +0000

Zeke- for whatever it is worth, I wouldn’t be too hard on Michael. He did what he did at a much different time from now, and has spent a good portion of the last 30 years apologizing for it. This i know for a fact– it is not revisionist. When I was young, I was fortunate– I was a lot stronger than many of my peers, a trait that has served me well my whole life. When I came out in 1971, it was with the knowledge of my own strength. I had not been taught to hate myself, though it was clear to me I was an object of hate.

A lot of people just didn’t– and don’t– have that. Your average Christian who considers himself an abject pustule of sin did not come to that conclusion on his own, and very few children have the interior fortitude to call that BS what it is.

Give him a break.

Comment on NARTH Goes on the Record about Ex-Con Goldberg by Billy Glover

Billy Glover — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 15:57:35 +0000

Thanks for this information and your work. What I don’t understand is how people even know of NARTH, and yet don’t seem to know of all the glbt websites, publications, etc that would tell them of its unscientific and thus false information.

Comment on NARTH Goes on the Record about Ex-Con Goldberg by grantdale

grantdale — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 04:48:27 +0000

Goldberg was the ‘Executive Secretary’ — the earliest on-site ref is an update of 29 June 2004. David Pruden was the treasurer during the period (until they started calling him VP of Operations).

Goldberg was always referred to as “Arthur A. Goldberg, J.D.” NARTH could have had the full history of Goldberg within minutes of anyone searching.

But of course anyone at NARTH could also know that “more than twenty years ago” their entire outlook on homosexuality was at odds with the facts.

NARTH people researched Goldberg about as deeply as they research homosexuality.

Comment on Former Love In Action Director John Smid Offers Apology by Anthony Venn-Brown

Anthony Venn-Brown — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 03:17:10 +0000

…..and possibly it should be noted that had we known what we know now we would never have tried to turn straight. At the time we had know other options as far as we were aware. The gay christian movement was not really birthed till the mid 70’s….it was not even on the radar for a number of years after that…..and it took time for some of us to realise these people were not deceived.

We have all be victims of our own and others ignorance.

Today though is a new day and one by one people are waking up…..and moving along the contimuum for hatred through to advocacy

http://gayambassador2.blogspot.com/