Much of the brouhaha surrounding the nomination of Harriet Miers to the Supreme Court has centered on her attitudes about homosexuality. The extremist on the right find her unacceptable partially because she has not made it her mission to deny…
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Protecting the Children
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In an article oddly titled First Person – Homosexuality, child sexual abuse, and foster care, Alan Sears, CEO of the Alliance Defense Fund, is riling up the Baptists again with fear mongering about letting gay people adopt. The argument? That…
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Blame the Priest, Ask for Cash
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New York Socialite “J. David Enright IV says that Father Joseph Romano sexually abused him at a Christian youth camp in the early 1960s, when he was seven years old,” and that made him gay. And now he wants $5…
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Coming Out Day
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Today is National Coming Out Day. Ex-gay activist Warren Throckmorton accurately identifies the purpose of Coming Out day in a Focus on the Family article: Warren Throckmorton, a professor of psychology at Grove City College, says this kind of “celebration”…
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“Preachin’ the Good News” in Philly
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Philadelphia had its gay pride festival, Outfest, this weekend. They were preached at by Repent America (the same good folks who told us God sent hurricane Katrina to stop Southern Decadence). From the Philadelphia Inquirer:
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One Weapon Removed From Anti-Gay Arsenal
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Reports suggest that a vaccine has been found that is 100% effective at preventing certain strains of the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV). These strains are primarily associated with cervical cancer in women and anal cancer in gay men. The virus…
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Meeting the Fundies
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There is an article by Steve Satterwhite in the Texas Observer allowing “some of the more vociferous amendment proponents” a chance to put in their own word the reasons they are supporting an amendment to the Texas state constitution that…
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Dr. Warren Throckmorton has written an article called “Sexual reorientation therapy clients rate their experience with psychotherapists” in which he discusses the results of a study he enacted to determine what type of therapy is preferred by people wishing to…
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Ex-gay Quotes on Starbucks Cups?
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The Concerned Women for America’s Culture and Family Institute has applauded Baylor University for pulling cups from the campus Starbucks that included a quote for Armistead Maupin. Concerned woman, Bob Knight, “says his group has challenged the Starbucks Coffee Company…
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Gadfly ex-gay activist, Steven Bennett, has issued a press release stating his firm stance “in direct opposition to his State’s new law legalizing homosexual civil unions.” He describes himself thus: Stephen Bennett is a man who once engaged in homosexuality…