Aggrieved-relatives group PFOX has launched an exgay billboard on Interstate 64 near Richmond, Va. The billboard, an enlarged and repurposed version of its 2003 Washington, D.C., subway ad, declares that “Ex-Gays prove that change is possible.”
(Updated Oct. 18, 2004 to reflect Gary Glenn’s assignment of blame for uncorrected factual errors in the AgapePress article.) From the religious-right propaganda service, AgapePress: A Michigan pro-family activist says the single best way of preventing the spread of the…
Daniel A. Crane of Yeshiva University writes in Christianity Today that giving the government increased authority over marriage may seriously harm the family: “If the church not only abets but actively furthers the notion that marriage owes its legitimacy to…
Gay Bloggers Defend the Freedom to Discriminate
Gay libertarian bloggers Jason Kuznicki and Jonathan Rowe have been thoughtfully debating a constitutional freedom to discriminate.
On September 15, gay author and activist Wayne Besen accused the Norfolk, Va., Virginian-Pilot of suppressing disturbing news about Michael Johnston (an exgay with AIDS who was accused of having unsafe sex orgies) and later publishing a bland promotional feature…
I have updated the I Do Exist video page. The video has been available since June but is being relaunched as a challenge to National Coming Out Day. Churches, schools and exgay advocates in more than 30 cities have scheduled…
Exgay Mother Violates Vermont Custody Order
Exgay mother Lisa Miller-Jenkins, who fled her Vermont civil union and took her daughter to the antigay state of Virginia, again refused to comply with her former partner’s Vermont court-ordered visitation, paving the way for a large fine or incarceration,…
Reggae stars Beenie Man and Capleton and televangelist Jimmy Swaggart have all made front-page news with death threats against gay people. While independent and conservative Christians have condemned the threats, exgays and the religious-right media remain eerily silent. Addendum: Hugo…
Conservative gay law professor and columnist Dale Carpenter debated gay marriage with Glenn Stanton of Focus on the Family on Sept. 16 at the University of Minnesota. While providing support to Focus on the Family’s exgay “Love Won Out” road…