Source: Dallas Voice On the 40th anniversary of the Stonewall riots, it appears local and state police have recreated history in Fort Worth, Texas. It happened at the newly-opened Rainbow Lounge, described as “the only cool gay bar in town,”…
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XGW Digest: June 27, 2009
-Gay couples can now use their married names on their passports. -A Catholic priest speaks out against the Vatican’s anti-gay teachings. -Anti-gay marriage petitioners in Maine may be collecting signatures under false pretenses. -Holocaust revisionist Scott Lively cites and defends…
The pastor of a Connecticut Pentecostal church in the news for performing an exorcism on a gay teen told CNN that her church is not against homosexuality. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9oIuBNx-3A “We do not hate [homosexuals]. We do not come up against them….
Farrah Fawcett Dead at 62
Actress and 70s sensation Farrah Fawcett lost her battle with cancer today. She was 62. R.I.P. Farrah https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZrxjNcxBZw
Michael Jackson Dead at 50
According to TMZ, Michael Jackson suffered a heart attack at his home and could not be revived by paramedics on scene. He was 50 years old. Michael is survived by three children: Michael Joseph Jackson, Jr., Paris Michael Katherine Jackson…
Dr Gary Cass of the Christian Anti-Defamation Commission has defended a church that performed a gruelling exorcism on a 16-year-old boy. Manifested Glory Church in Bridgeport, CT, has been widely condemned after a video was released showing the boy writhing…
Synchroblog, and Why I Just Can’t
Like many, I accepted the invitation to participate in a blogging experiment started by Wendy Gritter and New Direction, a ministry in Canada and a former member of the Exodus network. The idea, as I understand it, is to elevate…
Ex-Gay Watch’s investigation into Pastor Matthew C Manning has failed to find evidence for his miraculous healing claims. But more disturbingly, it has revealed a history of accusations, charges and at least one plea of no contest for sexual offenses.
George Barna, the evangelical author popular with conservative Christians for his research into faith and culture, has said that common stereotypes of gay people and their relationship to Christianity are wrong. As his research company, The Barna Group, released the…
Anti-Gay Phelps Clan Now Targeting Jews
Sometimes we gay Jews describe ourselves as being “twice blessed,” but in the Phelps’s case, we’re twice targeted. According to the Southern Poverty Law Center, which monitors hate groups, Westboro Baptist Church is declaring that “God Hates Jews” for being…