Tonight’s highlights (lowlights?) at the GOP convention: Bishop Keith Butler, Southfield, Mich. Outspoken opponent of marriage and civil unions for gay people (Google search) Ex-gay gospel singer Donnie McClurkin. Previous XGW coverage Christian singer Michael W. Smith, whose admirable talent…
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Ex-Gay Watch By the Numbers
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Curious to know a little about XGW’s readership relative to other weblogs? Here’s what I have found: TruthLaidBear counts 30 unique incoming links to XGW, ranking this site a lowly No. 2,876 among blogs ranked by links. However, XGW’s daily…
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Off-topic: CNN Rejects Log Cabin Republican Ad
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BoiFromTroy reports: Cable news channel CNN is refusing to air the new “Hopes not fears” ad by the Log Cabin Republicans because images in the ad, such as pictures of Jerry Falwell, Senator Rick Santorum and the Rev. Fred Phelps…
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I noted some time ago that the exgay network Exodus and some of its political allies periodically associate gay equality under the law with Nazism. I briefly connected this habit of the religious right with a web site by John…
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At the political organizations steered by James Dobson — Focus on the Family, Family Research Council, and Exodus, among others — insults seem to have become part of doing business. The latest indication of this: FRC says it will distribute…
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Psychotherapist Joe Kort wrote “Queer Eye for the Straight Therapist for the May/June issue of Psychotherapy Networker. The article traces Kort’s winding road from struggling same-sex-attracted college student; through ex-gay therapy, which negatively impacted him and his parents; onward through…
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Updated Aug. 27 to include reaction by the ex-gay network Exodus. John Aravosis first pulled together the news Aug. 26 that an antigay ideologue will provide entertainment at the GOP convention: “I’m not in the mood to play with those…
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By Dan Gonzales, www.modern.prosaic.nu for Ex-Gay Watch I was baffled by the Family News in Focus audio program (Windows Media, Real) even more than normal Aug. 26. Rather than taking the moral high ground and criticizing Cheney’s remarks from a…
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‘People Can Change’: Ex-gay, Ex-exgay Mormons
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The Deseret Morning News profiles Glenn Wyler, founder of People Can Change, an online ex-gay ministry. The article gives due attention to Wyler’s journey, his claim to be completely heterosexual, and his scheduled weekend retreat. The article gives more-than-equal time,…
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I’ve got bigger stories than this to report, but I’ve been busy. A couple folks gave me a gentle push about this item, though, so here it is. Jon Rowe notes an interesting thing about ex-gay ex-tolerance activist Noe Gutierrez,…