Exodus announces its third recent ex-gay ad claiming “freedom” from “homosexuality.” This time the ad appears in the conservative Christian men’s magazine New Man. In commenting on the ad, Exodus spokesman Randy Thomas says, “After all, it is within the…
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This morning, Janet Hensley — a volunteer for Stephen Bennett Ministries and an online "researcher" for Yahoo’s exgaydiscussion board — resumed spamming Ex-Gay Watch with a half-dozen posts in a row, all blindly accusing all same-sex attracted individuals of every…
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Ex-Gay Watch: In the News…
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George W. Bush told Larry King last week that states can provide gay civil unions. Never mind that his Federal Marriage Amendment would have (depending on the wording) either banned civil unions outright or made them unenforceable in court. Ralph…
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Blogger Chuck Currie reprints yesterday’s press release from Sojourners for takebackourfaith.org. How has the love of Jesus, the Prince of Peace – and his good news to the poor – been distorted by the pro-war, pro-rich political agenda of the…
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Stephen Bennett defends his hostility to gay parents, their families, and supportive straight parents during his Aug. 7 protest in Provincetown, Mass. Other online coverage: A pro-exgay Yahoo group discusses Stephen Bennett’s antigay protest starting here. One of the group…
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Pro-exgay Prof Defends Ad, Blasts GLAAD
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The Exodus web site features a press release penned late last week by Warren Throckmorton. Instead of explaining or defending the odd language and overly optimistic claims of the LA Times ex-gay ad, Throckmorton singles out two of the ad’s…
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Gay Blogger to Kerry Supporters: Wake Up!
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Patrick Connors is guest blogging at the Gay American blog. Like XGW, he is becoming unhappy with John Kerry. It is the will of the politicians — local and federal — that prevent us from having our Constitutional protections. We…
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Reflections on Gay Family Week in Provincetown
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Paul E. Keith wrote about Stephen Bennett’s demonstration in Provincetown, Mass., over the weekend. Since then, Paul has reflected some more, and writes: My original post was concerned, of course, with what I saw in Provincetown on Saturday that was…
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A newly published study suggests sexual orientation in males is influenced by prenatal development. Blanchard, R. (2004). Quantitative and theoretical analyses of the relation between older brother and homosexuality in men. Journal of Theoretical Biology, 230, 173-187. ABSTRACT Meta-analysis of…
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Virginia Stephenson of Soulforce Albuquerque provides a first-hand account of her group’s encounter with Courage, a Catholic organization that promotes chastity among same-sex-attracted individuals. Courage does not call itself "ex-gay." But: Courage favors NARTH reinterpretations of current science; Courage misdefines…