Steve Chapman writes an excellent opinion piece in the Chicago Tribune. While I excerpt key points, the whole article is worth reading, even if one must register at the Trib site (no charge). Life is full of zero-sum games, where…
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Antigay Flyover Sponsor’s Win-Lose Scenario
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Scott Lively is the director of Abiding Truth Ministries and its political lobby. ATM is co-sponsoring the antigay flyovers of Gay Days at theme parks around the United States. In a letter to the editor of The Washington Times on…
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On MSNBC’s “Buchanan and Press” on Monday, FRC’s Ken Connor seemed to be unable to move beyond stereotypes about homosexuals as AIDS-ridden sex workers all dying by age 45. If the Federal Marriage Amendment’s other supporters were uniformly as crass…
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Jeffry G. Ford’s Ex-Gay Journey
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He was the head of the Twin Cities ex-gay ministry Outpost, a national speaker for Exodus, and for 10 years a former homosexual. His parents raised him in a fashion that NARTH director Dr. Joseph Nicolosi would have applauded: He…
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One-Way Conversation with An Ex-Gay
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Exodus spokesman Randy Thomas recounts a conversation with a gay-tolerant professor. The woman apparently couldn’t stop talking to herself about ex-gays long enough to listen to a real ex-gay activist.
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Hopeforhomosexuals.com: False Advertising?
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The Family Policy Network advertises hopeforhomosexuals.com as a place where real ex-gays offer testimonies about the success of “change” in their lives. Yet the ex-gay page offers no ex-gay testimony. It merely features antigay activist Reggie White complaining that some…
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FAQ on Antigay Theme-Park Fly-overs
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The Family Policy Network has published an FAQ regarding the group’s fly-overs at Gay Days. Q: “Is this a protest?” A: “No. It is merely an attempt to share the same hope and joy we have found in the forgiveness…
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Opportunity Missed By Bennett
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Stephen Bennett has posted a transcript of his CNN appearance to his website’s discussion forum. He and Elizabeth Birch of the Human Rights Campaign were interviewed by anchor Anderson Cooper about the Southern Baptist Convention’s initiative to support ex-gay ministry….
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Blundering Toward Gay Marriage
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Scholars quoted in The New York Times argue that North America is rushing into gay marriage with far too little public discussion of definition, ethics, and tradition.
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A Ministry of Name-Calling
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The folks at the exgaydiscussionboard frequently exhibit a bad habit. Hobbled by addictions, absolutisms, co-dependencies, and low self-esteem, many of them failed to form healthy relationships during the years (often in their twenties) when they considered themselves gay. Instead of…