Mike did an excellent job of discussing Throckmorton’s reaction to a GLSEN brochure in his previous post. Today I noticed Stephen Bennett joined the fun at the Agapepress. On first reference Bennett [the individual] is described as a “former homosexual.” On second reference Bennett and his organization, Stephen Bennett Ministries, are described:
Bennett is the executive director of Stephen Bennett Ministries, an organization that works to educate the public about the dangers of the radical, extremist homosexual agenda being carried out all over the U.S.
I’m not making that up. That is word-for-word the only description of Stephen Bennett Ministries given in today’s Agapepress article. Where’s the mention of ex-gays you ask? Good question. Can the Agapepress at least remember to pretend Bennett’s ministry is supposed to be about ex-gays? The AFA is being awfully open here about admitting ex-gay ministries such at Bennett’s are more concerned with battling happy-healthy gay Americans than actually ministering to ex-gays.
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Can someone explain something to me?
Bennet is an entertainer. He sings songs. All well-and-good, and hey, whatever. Bobby Zimmerman (Bob Dylan) was a singer, too. So have a lot of singers that I’ve heard over the years. Fine. Whatever. I’ve never heard Bennett sing–and I’m not likely to hear him any time soon–so I don’t know how good a singer he might be.
But what does any of Bennett’s entertaining have to do with his claim to be a supposed “ex-gay”? Is the fact that he claims to be “ex-gay” supposed to suggest that his singing ability is accentuated? Is the fact that he claims to be “ex-gay” supposed to suggest that he’s a better singer?
At some point, this becomes ludicrous.
Bennet is nothing more than an entertainer. He has a gig. He’s getting paid for the gig. Who are doing the paying?