-Former President George W. Bush avoids taking a stand for or against marriage equality. -Another prominent Ohio Republican comes out in favor of equality. -The ACLU files lawsuits challenging marriage laws in multiple states. -ENDA advances to the floor of…
Uncategorized
3,583 Articles
3583
X
XGW Digest: July 6, 2013
1 Min Read
0
1 Min Read
0
-Same-sex marriages resume in California. -A federal judge strikes down Michigan’s ban on domestic partner benefits. -A British Conservative MP comes out of the closet. -The Russian government enacts a ban on “homosexual propaganda.” -Blogger Pam Spaulding says farewell. -Same-sex…
X
XGW Digest: June 29, 2013
1 Min Read
4
1 Min Read
4
-Vietnam’s National Assembly agrees to consider marriage equality. -Focus on the Family steps back in for the ex-gay movement. -A lesbian couple in Northumbria, England are the victims of an anti-gay attack. -Marriage equality bills are introduced in the Michigan…
P
Prop 8 Dead, SCOTUS Won’t Hear Appeal
1 Min Read
1
1 Min Read
1
Proposition 8 is dead. Following today’s finding that the Defense of Marriage Act is unconstitutional, the Supreme Court has now declared it will not hear appeals against California’s decision to strike down Prop 8. This means that same-sex couples in…
1 Min Read
0
The early word is that DOMA is struck down! Discuss as the news progresses. Update: Sounds like they may dodge the Prop 8 decision on jurisdictional grounds, which we assume would mean the lower court decision stands, and Prop 8…
W
Why Does Charisma Magazine Hate Christians?
1 Min Read
1
1 Min Read
1
Charisma Magazine’s antigay tirades say more about a church obsessed with sex and hate, than they do about gay people. Charisma humiliates Christians. Why, then, does Charisma Magazine hate Christians?
1 Min Read
0
ABC affiliate WFTS in Tampa, Fla., reports that a former Exodus affiliate, New Hearts Outreach, will continue performing discredited and counterproductive “conversion therapy” upon unsuspecting families. The most common form of conversion therapy, reparative therapy, teaches counselees that their parents…
4 Min Read
3
The mission of successors to Exodus International begins to look like the old mission: To break people spiritually and sexually.
X
XGW Digest: June 22, 2013
1 Min Read
0
1 Min Read
0
-President Obama nominates two gay men to ambassadorships. -Pam Spaulding announces her retirement from blogging. -Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu postpones debate on a civil unions bill. -Poland’s only openly gay member of Parliament is attacked outside of a café….
6 Min Read
4
Last night, Exodus International announced it was shutting its doors. This came on the heels of Alan Chambers’ apology, and just before the airing of a new episode of Lisa Ling’s “Our America.” Alan Chambers has met with ex-gay survivors, and…