XGW Founding Editor Mike Airhart blogging daily for Wayne Besen at relaunched Truth Wins Out website UK anti-gay activist Stephen Green (Christian Voice) hints at opening ex-gay “clinic” in Wales Canadian television to broadcast hour-long documentary examining ex-gay movement Family…
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Citizenlink Quietly Rewrites Debunked Article
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Not content with predicting the future, Citizenlink now wants to change history by rewriting a controversial article – and saying nothing. In 2007, Citizenlink, the official news service of Focus on the Family, suffered embarrassment after reporting attendance figures for…
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XGW Digest: March 14, 2008
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Warren Throckmorton proposes an alternative way conservative Christian families can respond to the Day of Silence Ford denies American Family Association claims of pro-family victory following boycott The Wittenburg Door speculates on how James Dobson might respond to The Newest…
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Frank Schaeffer was a key player in the early days of the Religious Right. Along with his father, the evangelical apologist Francis Schaeffer (pictured), he successfully mobilized millions of American Christians to pursue an aggressive political agenda based on a…
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XGW Digest: March 12, 2008
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Oklahoma Representative Sally Kern speech provokes hostile reaction, remains unrepentant over anti-gay remarks (original story here) Queerty finds evidence that Rep. Kern disowned gay son James Dobson laments the passing of the Religious Right’s old guard Openly gay Episcopalian bishop…
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XGW Digest: March 10, 2008
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Daniel Gonzales and Jim Burroway of Box Turtle Bulletin interview ex-gay survivors John Holm and Jacob Wilson Anglican Mainstream champions (a little late) Jones & Yarhouse ex-gay study (see here for our previous AM coverage) Ex-gay Charlene Cothran back in…
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XGW Digest: March 8, 2008
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Christian wisdom: Let’s encourage gays to destroy themselves by sharing disease Focus on the Family: Gays confused More anthropologists weigh in on Focus on the Family’s misrepresentation of “traditional marriage” Gay = Self-Centered. What some in the ex-gay movement think…
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The Canadian Television Network (CTV) has pulled a commercial after activists on Facebook claimed it was a violation of the channel’s own ethical policy. The 30-second advertisement, from Ontario-based Life Productions, contained the following message: You hear a lot about…
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XGW Digest: March 6, 2008
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Welcome to a new regular feature, the XGW Digest. There are always links, stories and snippets of news that go under the radar, not warranting a full article, and yet worth noting. Here we’ll update readers once or twice a…
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Pentecostal leader Michael Brown continues to throw homosexuality into the mix with an array of exotic sexual fetishes, including pedophilia, zoophilia and coprophilia, sexual arousal from human feces. In January, we looked at Brown, the latest evangelical leader to join…