The exgay blog Disputed Mutability posted some criticisms of the NGLTF’s recent report on the exgay movement. I haven’t read the report, so I don’t know whether DM’s criticisms are accurate. The tone of the criticisms is moderate compared to…
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Legal threats from the fundamentalist, anti-diversity Liberty Counsel recently forced the cancellation of Diversity Day at a Wisconsin high school. In response, a columnist for the Wisconsin State Journal wrote the column, Hijacked diversity day can’t deny differences. In retaliation,…
PFOX Confuses Pro-Ex-Gay with Anti-Gay
PFOX may be having difficulty distinguishing between support for ex-gays and hostility to gays. According to a WorldnetDaily article, PFOX was evicted from another educational convention, this time from the Virginia School Counselors Association Conference. I have requested clarification from…
Stephen Bennett Anecdotes
I watched the video of Stephen’s September, 2004 sermon (a link is posted towards the bottom of the SBMinistries home page) and it struck me that he frequently describes himself as a victim of circumstances. Samples which stuck with me:
As Timothy Kincaid notes, the less-than-objective WorldNetDaily and Warren Throckmorton say the antigay parents group PFOX was asked last week to leave a conference of the Virginia Schools Counselors Association. Antigay parents who subscribe to PFOX’s e-mail discussion group are…
The First Amendment Center, along with BridgeBuilders, school administrators, conservative Christians, and pro-tolerance advocates, recently drafted a framework within which local communities can discuss sexual orientation and harassment within public schools. The agreement was based on the idea that all…
Richard Cohen’s Vanishing Act… Well Sort Of
Update: PFOX assures me Richard Cohen is still their president. Hi Daniel, Your link didn’t work, but yes, Richard Cohen is still PFOX President. Thanks for watching,Regina Griggs, Executive DirectorPFOX — Parents and Friends of Ex-Gays & Gays Richard Cohen,…
Recently I’ve called and emailed Alan Chambers several times asking him to elaborate on his claims exgays now number is the “hundreds of thousands” but the only reply he’s given was a very polite email stating he’s been too busy…
Hi Everyone, I just wanted to share with you that on Tuesday, April 11, 2006 I will be the expert psychotherapist on the Montel Show on Mixed Orientation Marriages when one spouse is gay and one spouse is straight. The…
Ex-Gay Watch Mission Accomplished
Exgay movement leader Alan Chambers announced today that exgays had been betrayed by the religious right. “Today I join Anthony Falzarano, an exgay who years ago condemned Family Research Council and Focus on the Family for their uncharitable treatment of…