Updated to reflect the location of WeAreThinking PAC. There has never been just one civil rights movement; there have been numerous movements: for Jews and other religious minorities, for blacks, for women, for Japanese-Americans after World War II, and for…
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The U.S. antigay Catholic group Courage, which contends there is a “homosexual identity” and then coaches same-sex-attracted Catholics to reject that identity in favor of chastity, will hold its national conference July 27 at St. Louis University in St. Louis,…
Exgay activist Tim Wilkins held a one-day conference titled “More Than Words” in Cleveland, Ohio, on July 8. He plans another one August 12 in Raleigh, N.C. The theme of his lecture tour is that antihomosexual Christians should not waste…
‘Cultural Warfare Updates’
Solarbird.livejournal.com has been summarizing the day-to-day activiities of numerous religious-right organizations in the United States and Canada. Worth tracking….
Corrected to indicate that the former boyfriend was erroneously described as “ex-gay lover.” From Gay Celebrity News, a story about former celebrity Pete Burns: The cross dressing former front man of 1980s band Dead or Alive appeared in court yesterday…
Top 10 Power Brokers of the Religious Right
AlterNet on July 7 reprinted Top 10 Power Brokers of the Religious Right, published in June by Americans United for Separation of Church and State. James Dobson ranks No. 2. (Blame Pat Robertson.) The top power brokers are indexed, along…
Exgay NEA Activist Turns Out to Be Anti-NEA
Corrected to reflect Jeralee Smith’s exgay identity. Exgay activist Jeralee Smith formed the NEA Ex-Gay Educators Caucus in early 2004, ostensibly to educate teachers and administrators about exgays. But just two years later, she is calling upon Christian teachers not…
Schism in Australia’s Uniting Church
The Uniting Church, Australia’s third largest Christian denomination, was formed in 1977 by the union of the Congregational Union, the Methodist Church, and the Presbyterian Church. Like many churches in English speaking nations, the Uniting Church is discovering the difficulty…
Who’s Secular Now? Take the Quiz
From Talk To Action: Test your knowledge! Here are ten quotes from a pool of 20 well-known Democrats and Republicans, and leaders of the religious right and the nascent religious left. Can you figure out who said what? Take the…
James Dobson of Focus on the Family unfavorably compares the love and faith of gay couples to the slave trade. Meanwhile, Dobson’s unholy culture-war allies vigilantes have recently begun burning crosses on the lawns of gay, black and interracial homes…