Some antigay Christians are uncomfortable thinking about the world in tangible, rational, measurable, logical terms. These individuals — indeed, whole denominations — may be more comfortable reducing the world to primeval “curses and blessings” — superstitions and ghosts. Douglas Jones…
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Teach The Facts is a group of Montgomery County, Maryland, parents and educators that is defending comprehensive sex education from attack by the religious right. In a July 5 blog entry, TTF blogger/parent Jim Kennedy analyzes PFOX’s nomination of Family…
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When I reviewed recent MSNBC coverage of exgays on July 4, I confess I had not thoroughly read this article: Choosing research to prove your point Both sides in gay-change contest latch onto landmark 2001 study By Alex Johnson, MSNBC,…
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Comment Difficulties
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Updated July 10, 2005: I discarded many antispam restrictions on July 8, and I hope that commenting is becoming easier. The tradeoff is that I will probably discontinue “trackbacks” — the feature that you may see on some XGW pages,…
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As regular readers know, in the past year Parents and Friends of Ex-Gays (PFOX) has (quite literally) cashed in on a new pet cause: the religious right’s battle to withhold knowledge of safe, secondary alternatives to abstinence from sexually active…
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Scientology And Exgays
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A reader pointed out today that Ex-Gay Watch has no articles on the Church of Scientology’s efforts in the ex-gay marketplace. (We have had comments about Scientology among commenters, but no articles.) The reader offered one article and two discussions…
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PFOX Claims It’s Tolerant
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Richard Cohen, M.A. President, PFOX July 6, 2005 Statement to the Montgomery County Board of Education (Statement on behalf of a broader campaign with the religious-right Liberty Counsel, Warren Throckmorton, and a local group of religious conservatives opposed to comprehensive,…
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Insurances DO Pay for Reparative Therapy!
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Insurances DO pay for Reparative Therapy! by Joe Kort, MSW I was recently asked how psychotherapists get paid for providing Reparative Therapy (RT) if most mental health organizations have identified it as an unethical and harmful form of treatment. The…
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Alan Chambers Infographic [Click To View Full Size Version]
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All of these quotes are from Alan Chambers: [hint, watch the bold text] While the news is being touted in the homosexual community as another sign that homosexuality is genetic, the focus instead should be on the thousands of former…