Modern historians tend to couch the Civil War in terms of economic factors. However, I think they overlook the deeply felt religious war that preceded the fighting. The unifying “body of Christ” that could have held different geographic regions together…
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Calling Former ‘Love In Action’ Participants
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Peterson Toscano, Jeff Harwood and others are pulling together data on all participants who attended the Memphis-based live-in ex-gay program Love In Action from 1995 to present. The list includes first names of participants, how they left the program and…
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Love In Action Stalls for Time
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The Memphis-based Queer Action Coalition reports: A lawyer for Love In Action/Refuge contacted the State of Tennessee late yesterday [Wednesday?] claiming to have received their letter that day, and thereby requested to still receive the one-week time span in order…
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CDC Survey Provides Percentages of Gays
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The CDC has released a report today about sexuality in persons age 15 to 44. The information is based on a survey in 2002 of in-person, face-to-face interview with a national sample of 12,571 men and women. The process involved…
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Yet another media request. Feel free to respond if you’re able to help this guy out. I’ll be writing a feature article for a British Christian magazine about homosexual (but not pro-gay) and ‘ex-gay’ ministries in the UK. I’d love…
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Audio Of Richard Cohen On Howard Stern
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From The Malcontent here’s an MP3 of Richard Cohen on the Howard Stern Show. I’ve got work so don’t expect any analysis out of me till tonight.
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Serial Monogamous Penguins Please Conservatives
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From Wonkette.com: Today, the New York Times investigates the Christian conservatives’ fifth column: Penguins. Turns out conservatives have become unlikely champions of the documentary “March of the Penguins,” saying, among other things, that the film promotes monogamy and family values….
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Citizen Magazine: Stupid
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Family.org’s magazine, Citizen, recently published an article responding to some of Soulforce’s claims of spiritual violence. Their response, however, requires a very illogical manner of thinking to debunk anything. 1. “DOBSON SAYS THAT HOMOSEXUALITY IS A MENTAL DISORDER CAUSED BY…
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I recently discovered the following decade-old story and thought it should be added to our records at XGW. Quoted text is from a 1999 broadcast of PRI’s This American Life. Numbers indicate location of quotes in the broadcast. In 1988…
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LIA/R May Face Cease And Desist Order
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Morgan Fox at Queer Action Network has given us an update on the State of Tennessee’s inspection of Love In Action/Refuge. Coverage prior to this date has been somewhat confusing and there seemed to be no clear answer as to…