NARTH chose Marina Del Rey as the convention site for their annual meeting. Marina Del Rey is an unincorporated part of the County of Los Angeles that consists of the marina itself and a small segment of land. It is…
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Gay Christian Author Now Ex-gay
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In 2002, K. Godfrey Easter wrote Love Lifted Me: In Spite of the Church about his experience as a gay Christian. He has now written Love Lifted Me Because of the Church: Why One Can NOT Be Gay & Christian…
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God’s Wrath?
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News reports today include: Conservative Christian televangelist Pat Robertson told citizens of a Pennsylvania town that they had rejected God by voting their school board out of office for supporting “intelligent design” and warned them on Thursday not to be…
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Some Thoughts on Marriage Equality
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Today the California Court of Appeal is hearing arguments on why its opposite-sex only rule for marriage is unconstitutional. Arguments are being proposed that it is discriminatory to limit the marriage rights of gay persons to the opposite sex. However,…
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Ted Haggard, president of the National Association of Evangelicals, was interviewed in ChristianityToday about a new book he’s written. In this book, he argues that the Bible tells the Church not to try to establish a Christian nation. Haggard distinguishes…
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South Park Takes on Gay Marriage
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South Park, the irreverent cartoon about a group of fourth graders living in South Park, Colorado, is one of the better satirists of current culture. Unlike many who try to poke fun at society, this show is difficult to pigeon-hole…
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James Hartline’s Sordid Past Exposed
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Periodically the AgapePress, WorldNetDaily or some other wingnut press will quote James Hartline, ex-gay of San Diego. Hartline can be counted on to provide some outrageous statement which the rightwing press never questions. CityBEAT of San Diego wrote an interesting…
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Washington State Subjected to Ex-gays
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Washington state was subjected a little puff piece on the ex-gay movement from KOMO TV news website. The ex-gay ministry, Groundswell, is quoted as saying “Our message is that change is possible for anyone who wants out of homosexuality.” We’ve…
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Warren Throckmorton And the Gay Eunuchs
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Warren Throckmorton has adopted an interesting take on scripture in Matthew in which Jesus refers to “eunuchs because they were born that way”. Throckmorton’s interpretation seems to be that some men are born without an attraction to women.
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Slippery Slope Story Was All Wet
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Last week the far right news sources were exulting that their predictions had come true. They claimed that gay civil unions had led to a polygamous civil union in the Netherlands. This, they said, is proof that if we allow…