The antigay Christian Broadcasting Network/700 Club, which represents only a portion of Pat Robertson’s corporate empire, reported $199 million in income in the year ended March 31, 2002. However, the organization violated several widely accepted standards of accountability for charitable…
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Dr. Dobson Ignores Marriage, Scapegoats Gays
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Focus on the Family founder Dr. James Dobson writes “from [his] heart” that the institution of marriage is failing. He points out the conditions he perceived which led to his founding of FOTF: in the late 1960s and early 1970s,…
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Invisible Ex-Gays in Orlando?
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The controversy surrounding Orlando city council member Vicki Vargo’s proclamation of Exodus International Day on July 21 was noted in an earlier Ex-Gay Watch item by Mike. He mentions that activists have challenged the proclamation, as reported by the Orlando…
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Ex-Gay Flyover Ban At Walt Disney World
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Focus on the Family is again flouting national security — and the private-property rights of Disney — as it protests an FAA ban on planes carrying ex-gay banner ads over Walt Disney World during Gay Days on Oct. 4. Focus…
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Ex-Gay Ads And TV Appearances
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Focus on the Family celebrated on Sept. 12 with the announcement that its lawsuit against a Florida bus company, over ex-gay ads that the company refused to post in February 2000, would go back to court. From CitizenLink: The 11th…
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Ex-Gay Day in Orlando
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Orlando gay rights activists are challenging Orlando’s proclamation of July 21 as an official ex-gay day. City Council member Vicki Vargo proclaimed July 21 as Exodus International Day to honor the faith-based group that claims it can turn homosexual people…
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Montana “Christians” on Gay Reality TV
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Julie Millam, executive director of the Montana Family Coalition, says “Queer Eye for the Straight Guy” should not be on TV: “To me, that’s not a reality show about gay people,” Millam told the Billings Gazette. “A really good reality…
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Jesus And Miracles
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Off-topic: Here’s a worthwhile reflection from Joel Sax about Christians’ modern-day, heretical preoccupation with “miracles.” Do some conservative Christians lash out at “paganism” in part because their own individual overdependence upon miracles is rooted in low magic?
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Input Welcome From Ex-Gays’ Family, Friends
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Reading the life stories any of us write about ourselves, whether gay or ex-gay, family or friend, it’s not always easy to get a sense of context and nuance. Having perceptions and memories of others can help fill in the…
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Gay Terrorists: Misguided Generalizations
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365Gay.com reports a bomb scare at a Lutheran school near Cleveland. It was evacuated after a caller threatened to blow up the school unless the pastor announced on TV that he supported gay marriage. No bomb was found. A parent,…