The Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability monitors the financial integrity of evangelical Christian ministries on an annual basis. Christianity Today notes this week that ECFA’s standards are a bit rudimentary: Participating charitable ministries, for example, are permitted to pay most…
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Via e-mail from Focus on the Family today: Former lesbian Amy Tracy and Focus anti-marriage activist Glenn T. Stanton will debate against marriage for gay couples in a “Townhall Meeting” program on the Total Living Network from 9 p.m. to…
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Ex-Gay Tim Wilkins: Bridge-Builder?
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Ex-gay activist Tim Wilkins of Wake Forest, N.C., spotlights an effort that he made to establish friendly rapport with gay activists in Tucson, Ariz. His effort and his hospitality are admirable; his uncharitable characterization of the equality activists as “militant”…
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Ten speakers with diverse perspectives on gay rights debate before high school honors students in the Toledo area on May 10. Among the speakers was ex-gay activist Greg Quinlan of Dayton, Ohio, who frequently lobbies in defense of discrimination against…
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While the leadership of the Exodus International ex-gay network opposes dialogue that might lead to mutual understanding between gay and ex-gay people of faith, especially regarding marriage, other Christians support dialogue and are actively promoting it. The Quakers, for example,…
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Ex-gay activist Stephen Bennett enthusiastically promotes his antigay CD as a joint project with World Net Daily. As it happens, the current issue of the Southern Poverty Law Center’s Intelligence Report cites World Net Daily’s role in the publication of…
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Greg Valiga notes a Media Matters survey finding that “a plurality of the American electorate has concluded that conservatives have the most power and influence in today’s media.” The survey also finds a plurality of Americans who say the media…
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Ex-Gay Spokesman Pans Sexual Abuse in Iraq
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U.S. military intelligence officials broadly and systematically authorized or tolerated abuse against Iraqi detainees. That much is made clear by the International Committee of the Red Cross — and corroborated by detainees and scapegoated soldiers and contractors who were involved…
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Bureaucrats And Bathhouses Vs. AIDS
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While Los Angeles bureaucrats and bathhouses drag their feet, the pro-gay AIDS Healthcare Foundation is demanding that city bathhouses either clean up or shut down. Despite my libertarian sympathies, I applaud the AHF for its vocal stand, and I wish…
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Tradition Vs. ‘Traditional Values’
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Dalai Banana offers a wonderful reflection on tradition. Genuinely traditional cultures offer some extreme advantages — and disadvantages — over the largely traditionless cultures of the industrialized West. People in traditional cultures may feel rooted in a social fabric that…