From Chuck Currie: In December and again in March, ABC television denied requests by the United Church of Christ to purchase airtime for a national ad campaign on behalf of the denomination’s inclusivity. ABC declined the ads, claiming it had…
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‘Things Gay Men Can Do to Find Real Love’
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Christmas is eight months away — and so is Joe Kort’s new book, 10 Smart Things Gay Men Can Do to Find Real Love. But you can pre-order it now through Amazon.com — or read about Joe’s other books and…
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Wayne Besen: Capitulate Or Fight Back
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In his April 26 column, activist/author Wayne Besen says U.S. gays have a choice: Sequester themselves in their closets, or don boxing gloves. Besen sees corporate America, gays and Jews losing power and facing harassment from a minority of theocrats,…
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According to PrideSource.com, Chambers spoke April 6 — Pride Week — at Central Michigan University. Taking a strategy from the playbook of [garble] Bar’s fundraiser/protest of Rev. Fred Phelps when he came to Ann Arbor in 2001, CMU’s Gay-Straight Alliance…
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Ex-gay Lutheran Character in Gay Novel
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Van Gower of Southern Voice reviews the new novel “Sex Camp” by Brian McNaught. Of the many compelling characters, the writer struggled most to fairly flesh out the character of Peter O’Shea, a self-identified ex-gay Lutheran Church worker. :I didn’t…
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Ex-gays to Gays: Marry And Be Sexless?
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Guided by two unnamed exgay activists, Minnesota state senator Michele Bachmann vowed Apr. 8 to win a constitutional ban against gay unions. Bachmann told them (opponents of a ban), as she has said before, that they can get married just…
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The Journal, at Webster University near St. Louis, profiled exgay Dan Colombo on April 7 following his campus visit. Dan Colombo used to be gay, but after choosing a Christian life, he decided to put all aspects of his life,…
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Cheated By Tolerance — Or By a Cult of Blame?
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This is an oldie, but worth bringing up, I think. The December 2004 issue of Christianity Today published this exgay smear against Christians. Hiding behind the name “Anonymous,” and safe from analysis and accountability to those whom he judges, the…
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I see from PFOX’s April 22 press release that Prof. Throckmorton and PFOX are using their self-generated Magellan Health news story to sell copies of Throckmorton’s video, I Do Exist. Smart move.
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Falwell University’s Ex-gay Agenda
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Soulforce organized a visit by 60 gay-tolerant students to Jerry Falwell’s Liberty University on April 25. Inside Higher Ed quotes Jake Reitan, an organizer of Soulforce’s Equality Ride project: “If a professor here wanted to say that God really loves…