By Anita Moyt, managing editor Family & Friends magazine, July 2005 Reprinted with permission On May 29, 2005, a set of words appeared on a blogsite that began, “The World Coming To An Abrupt – Stop. Current Mood: depressed.” What…
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New Blog: Straight, Not Narrow
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Jim Johnson has just started a blog titled Straight, Not Narrow. Johnson has attended a GLBT-affirming church for several months, and says he wants to share what he is learning about God’s love and acceptance of all. He hopes to…
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According to David More, editor of QNotes, Jay Bakker (son of Jim and Tammy Faye) is threading a religious and political needle by agreeing to an upcoming speech at the Exodus annual antigay conference in Asheville, N.C. QNotes quotes a…
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Blogger Brady of “Some Guys Are Normal” first noticed on June 14 that Exodus was distributing propaganda by long-discredited “researcher” Paul Cameron. Cameron runs an antigay propaganda service called the “Family Research Institute,” based in Colorado Springs. Cameron was kicked…
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Blogger Willie Hewes of Free Z. has been dialoguing a bit with Love In Action executive director John Smid. Here is Hewes’s letter and Smid’s reply. Smid’s reply is worth a quick read — it is spoken with the tone…
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Falwell, Purported Victim to Speak for Exodus
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Exodus, the exgay political network, may be drifting toward the particular fringe of Christianity represented by Jerry Falwell. In fact, Falwell is a Featured Speaker at Exodus’ annual conference, scheduled for July 19-23 in Asheville, N.C. Falwell was a longtime…
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Some antigay Christians are uncomfortable thinking about the world in tangible, rational, measurable, logical terms. These individuals — indeed, whole denominations — may be more comfortable reducing the world to primeval “curses and blessings” — superstitions and ghosts. Douglas Jones…
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Teach The Facts is a group of Montgomery County, Maryland, parents and educators that is defending comprehensive sex education from attack by the religious right. In a July 5 blog entry, TTF blogger/parent Jim Kennedy analyzes PFOX’s nomination of Family…
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When I reviewed recent MSNBC coverage of exgays on July 4, I confess I had not thoroughly read this article: Choosing research to prove your point Both sides in gay-change contest latch onto landmark 2001 study By Alex Johnson, MSNBC,…
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Comment Difficulties
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Updated July 10, 2005: I discarded many antispam restrictions on July 8, and I hope that commenting is becoming easier. The tradeoff is that I will probably discontinue “trackbacks” — the feature that you may see on some XGW pages,…