Legal threats from the fundamentalist, anti-diversity Liberty Counsel recently forced the cancellation of Diversity Day at a Wisconsin high school. In response, a columnist for the Wisconsin State Journal wrote the column, Hijacked diversity day can’t deny differences. In retaliation,…
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As Timothy Kincaid notes, the less-than-objective WorldNetDaily and Warren Throckmorton say the antigay parents group PFOX was asked last week to leave a conference of the Virginia Schools Counselors Association. Antigay parents who subscribe to PFOX’s e-mail discussion group are…
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The First Amendment Center, along with BridgeBuilders, school administrators, conservative Christians, and pro-tolerance advocates, recently drafted a framework within which local communities can discuss sexual orientation and harassment within public schools. The agreement was based on the idea that all…
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Ex-Gay Watch Mission Accomplished
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Exgay movement leader Alan Chambers announced today that exgays had been betrayed by the religious right. “Today I join Anthony Falzarano, an exgay who years ago condemned Family Research Council and Focus on the Family for their uncharitable treatment of…
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Open Forum: I Have One Hour Today. What to Do?
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6 p.m. Read the new 300-page book “Ex-Gay Research” and write review. 6:17 p.m. Watch the 48-minute ex-gay video “I Do Exist” by Chad Thompson, and write review. 6:21 p.m. Fight Exodus attempts to shut down Ex-Gay Watch and other…
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Brady at Some Guys Are Normal notes that Ohio’s antigay constitutional ban on nonmarital unions and any rights or services associated with such unions has resulted in court rulings that unmarried heterosexual partners enjoy no legal recourse under the state’s…
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Discredited Exgay Video Hits the Discount Bin
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Activist/author Wayne Besen has picked up on the news, also noted on March 25 by XGW commenter Chalker Cross, that the antigay video “It’s Not Gay” is on sale for $10.
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Eleventh Avenue South has a picture of the Minnesota “Family” Council using exgay activist Janet Boynes to decorate its booth at a March 21 antigay rally. Ex-Gay Watch is curious to know how, exactly, Boynes believes she is helping same-sex-attracted…
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Origins of ‘Live Out Loud’
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I was feeling snarky after Exodus dropped its recent copyright and trademark case against Ex-Gay Watch and blogger Justin Watt. And so I challenged Exodus’ recent use of the slogan Live Out Loud, which happens to be the name of…
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New TV Ad for Inclusive Churches
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Street Prophets and United Church of Christ blogger Chuck Currie report on a TV ad unveiled March 27 by the United Church of Christ. The ad’s title: Ejector Seat. The theme: Jesus didn’t turn people away. Nor should Christian churches….