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…
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XGW: Status Report
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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 —…
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Ex-Gay/Religious Right Financial Power
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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…
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FRC’s Cookie-Cutter Antigay Sermon
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The Family Research Council is mass-distributing this antigay sermon to thousands of churches for use by pastors during “Marriage Protection Week.” Comments welcome.
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Exodus on Violence in Schools
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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,…
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Exodus And Dr. Laura
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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…
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Ex-Gay Petition
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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…
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Privacy And Civilization
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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…
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Focus/Family Barks At Gay Sportswriter
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In its CitizenLink newsletter for Oct. 1, Focus on the Family questioned Boston Herald sportswriter Ed Gray’s motive for acknowledging his sexual orientation. From the newsletter’s “news briefs” section (not online): Gray exploited the attention Bostonians are giving to the…
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Gender: Relevant in the Marriage Debate? How?
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Lynn at Noli Irritare Leones offers insightful analysis of the big debate over gender — whether and how it relates to the definition of marriage. Cheers also go to Eve Tushnet for attempting to think through the marriage debate with…