A Nebraska state constitutional amendment, approved by voters, banned not just gay marriage but any legal agreement between same-sex couples, including contracts to share health insurance, establish hospital visitation and medical consent rights, or make housing and business deals. A…
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Exodus Gives Nod to Anti-Education Rant
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This rant has nothing to do with exgays — so naturally, Exodus media blogger Nancy Brown gives a favorable nod to it. Traditional morality used to mean the Golden Rule: Don’t lie. Don’t steal. Don’t bully your neighbor. Don’t kill…
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LaBarbera: Your Immorality’s Worse Than Mine
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Conservative Christians may be corrupt — but that’s OK because liberal Christians are worse. So suggests antigay activist Peter LaBarbera in a press release that is subtitled “Says ‘Greatest Corruption to Religion’ Comes from Left, Not Right.” LaBarbera is an…
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In Exodus’ weekly media synopsis, Exodus and Focus on the Family promote this account of God’s plan for men and women. Dorothy Kelley Patterson is a professor in the “women’s studies” program at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth,…
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Since the mid-1980s, the Red Cross — with FDA support — has prohibited men who have had sex with men, at any time since 1977, from donating blood. That’s right — 1977. Twenty-eight years ago. This prohibition remains in place…
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From Medical News Today, there’s news of a biological basis for “gaydar,” the rumored ability of some gay people to identify one another through poorly understood, non-verbal cues: Gay men preferred odors from gay men and heterosexual women, whereas odors…
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Punish Peds — But What About Their Hosts?
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NGLTF today demanded that (unnamed) people stop extending sympathy to Spokane, Wash., mayor Jim West (because he’s an antigay conservative?), and insisted that West resign and face up to accusations relating to pedophilia. Tough talk — but kinda half-baked, I…
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‘Family’: Remembering Akili Tyson
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I pause for a moment to remember my former housemate, Akili Tyson, who died nine years ago today. What follows is a transcript from NPR’s All Things Considered, remembering Akili and acknowledging the family at NPR that cared for him…
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In The Exodus Impact (April 2005, not available online), a front-page article by Exodus president Alan Chambers: defends his use of the Exodus presidency to support President Bush recalls his testimony to state and federal “judiciaries” about his journey out…
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In the April 2005 issue of Exodus’ monthly Impact newsletter (not available online), exgay author and Exodus speaker Joe Dallas joins president Alan Chambers in pressuring Exodus ministries “to become involved in the battle over gay rights.” Following Chambers’ front-page…