From Exodus Spotlights, Oct. 14: The Exodus staff has been working overtime to get the message out that freedom from homosexuality is possible through a relationship with Jesus Christ. Exodus declines to acknowledge that the ex-gay movement’s own studies (Spitzer,…
C.S. Lewis on Marriage Protection
From Mere Christianity, Chapter 16: Before leaving the question of divorce, I should like to distinguish two things which are very often confused. The Christian conception of marriage is one: the other is the quite different question — how far…
Ex-Gay Ally Demands Virginia Discriminate
Family Policy Network, known for its ex-gay theme-park flyover campaign during Gay Days last summer, is again seeking headlines. FPN criticized Virginia Attorney General (and conservative Christian) Jerry Kilgore this week for declaring that he would not discriminate in hiring…
XGW: Status Report
I received Wayne Besen’s book from Amazon today. I’ll read it as soon as possible. Steve B. is still working on Part II of his analysis of the Spitzer study. Exodus keeps releasing embarrassing public statements that require attention —…
Ex-Gay/Religious Right Financial Power
I’ve been busy the past two weeks planning a high school reunion, so my postings have been rare and Steve B. has been filling in. Tonight I was participating in an online debate about whether equal-rights proponents should waste their…
FRC’s Cookie-Cutter Antigay Sermon
The Family Research Council is mass-distributing this antigay sermon to thousands of churches for use by pastors during “Marriage Protection Week.” Comments welcome.
Exodus on Violence in Schools
From Tuesday’s Exodus Spotlights: Today’s youth are bombarded with conflicting messages concerning sexuality and identity. The culture war has created such a clamor that it can place inordinate pressure on an already “pressurized” time in young people’s lives. Very true,…
Exodus And Dr. Laura
Exodus spokesman Randy Thomas periodically blasts critics of Dr. Laura, broadly associating them with terrorism. Exodus should be more careful of who it defends, as well as how. Journalist Natalie Davis cites news sources reviewing Dr. Laura’s new book, in…
Ex-Gay Petition
Ex-gay Gregory Quinlan of Pro-Family Network says all gays can not only change their orientation, they can all become lockstep, politically correct, social conservatives too. Hence this petition — a series of insults and strawman arguments wedded to an online…
Privacy And Civilization
From an article by Chris Matthew Sciabarra at Free Radical, a libertarian publication: “It is a tragic, ironic twist that some conservatives have posed as the guardians of capitalism and civilized culture in their fight against moral decay. But in…