Knight Ridder Newspapers reports on a web site that records a social shift in the journeys of gay youths. Younggayamerica.com features hundreds of stories that counter the stereotype of gay kids as harassed and suicidal. There’s 17-year-old Liz, launching her…
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Civil Rights Based on Choice?
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Ex-Gay Watch reader Rev. D.L. Foster appeared on CWFA radio, discussing his life and his concern that the push for civil rights for gays demeans African-Americans. Foster and the CWFA host differentiate between civil rights based on race and orientation…
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Exodus Spokesman’s Battleships
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From Randy Thomas’ blog two days ago: At church today Pastor Clark Whitten said “The church needs to get out of the cruise line mentality and into the battle ship mentality.” I stifled a big amen to that! This consumer…
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Amos And the Religious Right
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Very interesting commentary by Bob Griffith: If those of the Christian Religious Right are looking expectantly for the second coming of Christ as vindication [against their enemies], they should take the prophetic admonishment of Amos to heart. I’m studying for…
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Presbyterian Speaks on Ex-Gay Therapy
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Cleveland K. Evans, Ph.D, developed an overview of research involving ex-gay sexual conversion therapy. This summary might prove handy the next time one hears an activist vaguely referencing scientific studies about sexuality in order to justify a political viewpoint. Critique…
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California Domestic Partnership
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Exodus sister organization Focus on the Family urges Californians to contact their legislators to stop a domestic partnership bill. The bill would give partnerships rights and responsibilities comparable to civil marriage. Focus on the Family provides contact information for key…
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Philadelphia Boy Scouts
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Focus on the Family and Concerned Women for America oppose local autonomy for Boy Scout councils, such as one in Philadelphia that professes tolerance of gay scouts or troop leaders. …What’s most troubling to [Peter LaBarbera of CWFA] is the…
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Anti-Islamic Double Standard
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Exodus ally Focus on the Family and Gary Bauer warn that the term “Judeo-Christian” is under assault from Muslim groups. “The country was built on Judeo-Christian values, and Islamic values in many, many ways are inconsistent with the very ideals…
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‘FRC Criticizes ‘Amazing Race’
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Wherever CWFA’s Robert Knight treads, other religious right groups usually follow.
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Fund-Raising for Ex-Gays Via Gay Days
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The Virginia-based Family Policy Network says it will “turn ‘Gay Days’ into ‘Hope Days.’” Sponsors needed for Christian outreach to homosexuals The press release certainly starts badly, assuming gays aren’t Christian, and implying that they’re going to hell. One also…