United Church of Christ seminarian Chuck Currie and the National Interfaith Committee for Worker Justice offer a timely Bible study and litany, “On Labor Day We Know God Hears The Cries Of The Poor.” This Christian economic moral code seems…
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On his personal blog, Exodus spokesman Randy Thomas defends Democrat Zell Miller, who spoke at the Republican National Convention in New York:
Exgay youth advocate Chad W. Thompson wrote a Sept. 1 article for Christianity Today, declaring “Banning Gay Marriage Is Not The Answer.”
Averyfineline.com commented a couple weeks ago with the usual insight and sensitivity, as well as some concern, about the comeback of Southern gospel music singer Kirk Talley. Talley announced Aug. 21 (in an e-mailed newsletter that was not made available…
Prof. Warren Throckmorton of the conservative Christian Grove City College has produced a new exgay video. The 48-minute program, “I Do Exist,” features interviews with researchers Robert L. Spitzer and Mark Yarhouse and testimonials by five exgay activists, including Noe…
Activist/author Wayne Besen today criticized a new exgay book, “Closing the Closet: Testimonies of Deliverance from Homosexuality.” The book, edited by pastor Talbert W. Swan II, includes a foreword by exgay religious activist D.L. Foster and an afterword by antigay…
Ex-Gay Watch: In the News, Sept. 4, 2004
In today’s New York Times, an op-ed by Michael Hout and the Rev. Andrew M. Greeley finds that Christian evangelicals are “remarkably pluralistic in their political and social attitudes.” The authors, both sociologists, suggest evangelicals constitute a swing vote that…
In August a Canadian exgay coalition wrote a letter to the Anglican Eames Commission. The letter complains of feeling victimized and oppressed by advocates for tolerance — but no examples of anti-exgay discrimination are provided, except one pro-exgay amendment defeated…
This is what I’ve been thinking about lately: The failure of the United States, and the West, to take substantive action against real terrorism.
Handling Homophobia: Gay Rights or Children’s Needs? By Joe Kort, MSW Copyright © 2004 When people think about children, rarely is their focus on how homophobia can hurt them. Usually it is raised when talking about a gay parent and…