On a previous thread on this site, there was a discussion about the Biblical model for marriage. While the question of Biblical marriage models may not be strictly ex-gay in nature, the ex-gay movement is heavily involved in the opposition…
Many in the anti-gay movement like to use the phrase “Judeo-Christian”. This phrase makes it seem less like they are trying to push their doctrine on others and more like a collective of faiths seeking to guide an errant society….
Do You Want to Heal Or Do You Want to Blame?
Very often in life we face this question – though we may not recognize it in those terms. When a friendship or relationship has had a bad spell and feelings are hurt we have to decide our next action. Do…
Ex/Anti-Gay Activist Claims Divine Healing
James Hartline is an ex-gay gadfly who lives in San Diego and spends his remaining days fighting against the “evils of homosexuality”. Hartline has a history of crime, drug use, and mental instability and it is clear that he suffers…
A Former Love Story
Once upon a time Lisa and Janet fell in love. They were so in love that they decided to get married and start a family. Since marriage wasn’t legal for two women, they went to Vermont and got a civil…
Real World’s Gay Guy
Real World is a long running series on MTV in which seven young adults who don’t know each other are placed together in a house and video-taped 24 hours per day. The more dramatic moments are edited into a one-hour…
An Alternative to Love Won Out
Last year the LoveWon Out traveling conference came to Boston to reassure anti-gay Bostonians that homosexuals could reorient to heterosexuality and that their efforts to deny their gay neighbor the same privileges they enjoy are morally justified. Many gay Bostonians,…
Dobson on Haggard
In yet another edition of the story that won’t go away, the Rocky Mountain News brings us James Dobson’s musings on the Ted Haggard scandal. Demonstrating the irresistable drive among the ex-gay industry to redefine words, Dobson has has decided…
Giving Thanks 2006
There are many things that have happened within the past year for which I am grateful. I have met wonderful people, some I spend time with and some I only know online, but all of whom I delight in knowing….
Israel to Recognize Gay Marriage
The Supreme Court of Israel has ordered the government to recognize same-sex marriages performed in other countries. This may appear to be unusual in that it requires a country to recognize a marriage that isn’t legal in that country. However,…