Time to follow up on Stephen Bennett’s plans to bring Bible gift bags to gay and lesbian families and their children in Provincetown Massachusetts this coming Saturday. In May, we noted that Stephen Bennett Ministry’s (SBM’s) $50K fundraising target could…
Cincinnati Background Info
I figured I’d dig around for a little background info on Cincinnati Ohio, where Exodus published a full-page ad in the Cincinnati Enquirer on Thursday.
Exodus Ad: Question Homosexuality
Exodus International has launched an ad campaign starting with a full page in the Cincinnati Enquirer. Headlined, “I Questioned Homosexuality,” its theme is also reflected in a new entry page to the Exodus website titled “Question Homosexuality… Change is possible….
Discussion: Fluidity in Sexual Orientation
I really appreciate the depth and range of insights coming through the comments on the flexibility and fluidity post. For those who follow new posts via the RSS feed, or haven’t had a chance to follow the comments, here is…
Flexibility And Fluidity: Personal Reflection
A good discussion has ensued under the Gay Story With an Ex-Gay Theme post. I want to continue that with my thoughts on the flexibility or fluidity of sexual orientation. Kinsey may have put orientation on a single scale from…
Stephen Bennett Updates
Two months ago we took a look at Stephen Bennett Ministry’s (SBM’s) fundraising efforts for an evangelism trip to Provincetown MA. At that point, the $50K fundraising target looked like it could support a ten-fold increase in participants (from 50…
A Gay Story With an Ex-gay Theme
The July issue of Instinct Magazine (on newsstands only, not online) includes a piece titled “Meet The World’s Most Boring Homo,” by Parker Ray. It opens: For the fourth Friday night in a row, Jack (not his real name) is…
Ex-Gays And the (Right-Wing) Morning News
Oliver Griswold of The Morning News did for 30 days what some ex-gay activists do for their entire adult lives: Live solely on an all-reactionary media diet. The results were as toxic as a McDonald’s super-size meal.
Last year Stephen Bennett Ministries (SBM) chartered a bus and took 30 Christians from Connecticut to evangelize gays and lesbians vacationing in Provincetown, MA for four hours. “Several” more folks from out of state joined Bennett there. Six hundred gift…
Toronto Star reporter David Graham reports from the Love Won Out conference over the weekend, comparing and contrasting it with his experience as a voluntary electric shock aversion therapy patient 30 years ago. Analysis coming up.