Camassia nicely weaves together some recent debate across the blogosphere over a tendency among evangelical Protestant churches to scapegoat homosexuality for their own declining commitment to family values. (Previous XGW discussion about this.)
ExGayWatch Profile: Michael B. Hamar
Prof. Warren Throckmorton, an advocate for ex-gay politics, admits he didn’t see Law and Order: SVU last week. (Original XGW entry on L&O:SVU). But then Throckmorton proceeds to get the plot wrong — and then he blasts the show for…
Profile: Ex-Gay Activist Carlton Quattlebaum
Carlton Quattlebaum (e-mail) operates as the Healing Choices Ministry in Canton, Mich. He is hosted by Tri-City Christian Center. Quattlebaum formerly worked for Reconciliation Ministries in Detroit. Profession: Minister Denomination: Assemblies of God Links: Google search on Carlton Quattlebaum From…
Go read the Gay People’s Chronicle, Cleveland, Nov. 21. Note, Aug. 22, 2004: The remainder of this message was a short excerpt from the article; XGW made no additional comment. For the sake of brevity, I’ve deleted the excerpt because…
Relayed to XGW by Wayne Besen: The Dallas Voice reported two weeks ago that an ex-ex-gay man, Mark Hufford, has dropped a lawsuit against Texas ex-gay counselor Christopher Joe Austin, and is seeking to drop criminal charges of sexual assault….
Wayne Besen Commends Law And Order: SVU
Press release from Wayne Besen about last week’s Law & Order: SVU episode: AUTHOR ON EX-GAY MYTH COMMENDS NBC’S LAW AND ORDER FOR HIGHLIGHTING SCIENTIFIC VOODOO BEHIND EX-GAY PROGRAMS Focus on the Family’s Own Failed Ex-Gay Leader Proves That Law…
Ex-Gays for Reform
Ex-Gay Watch is launching a “brother blog,” Ex-Gays for Reform. If you believe homosexuality is a sin, but you are displeased with antigay and ex-gay groups’ conduct of the “culture war,” then please consider writing for the Reform blog. Contact…
The Pew Research Center released a poll yesterday correlating attitudes toward homosexual persons with religious affiliation. The poll data reflect an apparent backlash: opposition to gay marriage among evangelical Protestants has risen nine percentage points, from 71 percent to 80…
Ex-Gays in Cleveland
Relayed from Wayne Besen: ‘Ex-gays’ to be focus of three Cleveland events By Anthony Glassman, Gay People’s Chronicle (Cleveland), Nov. 14, 2003 “Ex-gays” will be the center of attention in Cleveland over the next week, with a nationally-known author coming…