A few days ago, I had the pleasure of speaking with local journalist Eve Tushnet, for her article on the ex-gay movement, for National Review Online. The article is up, and you can read more about Eve’s reaction to the…
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Robert Spitzer on “Choice”
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ScienCentral News has a good piece up today summarizing the current scientific debate about the origins of homosexuality–and the political controversies attendant to it (I wish I could link to the full Scientific American Mind article the author is referencing,…
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AIM’s “Quit Gay Sex” Campaign
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Did anyone else catch this Cliff Kincaid op-ed from the ironically named, “Accuracy in Media” news site? After praising ABC News for prompting people to quit smoking, in the wake of Peter Jennings’ death from lung cancer, Kincaid goes on…
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I Hereby CHOOSE to Be Gay
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I laughed reading this account of ex-gay minister Tim Wilkins’ talk to the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee’s Apologetics Association, a student-led organization that exists to “promote the literal word of the Bible as logical and reasonable” (a dubious goal, in my…
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Is My Child Becoming Homosexual?
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That’s the sub-title of Focus on the Family’s web page entitled, “Helping Boys Become Men, and Girls Become Women.” The page goes on to offer a checklist of telltale signs to watch out for in determining a child’s (in this…
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Friday Moment of Zen
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In cased you missed the Jon Stewart Show’s hilarious Samantha Bee, in this week’s segment on the “gayification” of NASCAR, click here. The segment includes an interview with an ex-gay NASCAR fan, and…well, it’s just too perfect. Enjoy.
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Why I Believe the Ex-gay Movement Will Fail
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It’s about economics. More specifically, it’s about economic sociology. Consider: the social cost of coming out and living openly as a gay person continues to decline rapidly. (In modern America, it’s increasingly rare for a gay person to lose their…
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Speaking at a conference of Exodus International, the largest religious group promoting the idea that gays can can change their sexual orientation, Rev. Jerry Falwell endorsed forcing gay kids into counseling designed to change their sexual orientation. Falwell compared allowing…
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Salon.com Tackles the Ex-Gay Story
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I hope you’ve all been catching Salon’s four-part series on the work of ex-gay ministries. In Part I, they cover PFOX’ efforts to prevent anti-bullying measures in schools. In Part II, a straight reporter goes undercover into a “reparative therapy”…
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Can Gays Change Their Orientation?
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I don’t know–but you can find out what MSNBC’s readers think by checking out the online poll. It’s live right now, go vote! The accompanying article is a good one.
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