Abstinence-Only education is flawed in its approach to gay and lesbian students. Rather than set reasonable expectations on these youth regarding responsible sexuality, it tells them that there is no acceptable time in their lives in which they can have…
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T-Shirt Wars
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According to a story in the Roseville Press-Tribune, on Tuesday, April 25, one day before the Day of Silence, between 20 and 25 students arrived at Oakmont High School in Roseville wearing T-shirts declaring “Homosexuality is Sin. Jesus can set…
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Business to the Rescue
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Historically, the gay community has been associated with left-leaning politics and has been suspicious of “big business” and capitalism. Some of this is the result of the Communist Party links of some early Mattachine Society members, some was due to…
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Exodus’ Message to the Caribbean
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For many years the Caribbean has had a culture that encourages abuse towards gays. This has been most visible in Jamaica where a popular style of music seems obsessed with violence and death to gay people but now it is…
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Liberty Counsel’s Motivation Behind Campaign
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I have long suspected that the primary motivation behind the championing of the ex-gay movement by religious conservative groups has more to do with justification of anti-gay discrimination than it has to do with concern for same-sex attracted individuals. This…
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When the Equality Riders (a group of students traveling to anti-gay schools to present an inclusive message of Christ) went to Lee University in mid-March, someone (believed to be a woman and teenage boy) painted “fags mobile” on their bus….
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Ex-Ex-Gay Becomes Assistant Pastor in Portland
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Out of Oregon, via the Willamette Weekly, comes the tale of a 25 year old double-ex who has just become the assistant pastor at Metropolitan Community Church of Portland. [A]t the ripe age of 16, he joined forces with the…
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Anti-Gay T-Shirts Not Allowed – For Now
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The AP is reporting that ADF’s cover-twink, Tyler Chase Harper, can be restricted from wearing a shirt that says “homosexuality is shameful” to school – at least until his case can be heard. Harper is claiming a first amendment right…
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Anti-Gay Confusion
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The anti-gay right is waging a campaign to make them seem the victims of homosexual militant extremists. Sometimes in their efforts to seem reasonable average folk, they make the most outlandish, bizarre, and self-contradictory statements. For example Kristy DeGuise, a…
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Warring Christian Lawyers?
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Are two different anti-gay activist law groups using school children as pawns in a war over dominance, message, or contributions? For several years the Gay Lesbian and Straight Education Network, in alliance with the United States Student Association, has sponsored…