Psalms 51:8 (Psalms 51:6 in Christian texts) tells us that G-d desires truth from one’s inner-most self. Proverbs 25:18 says that lying about your neighbor is as bad as inflicting physical harm upon them. I’m sitting here contemplating these very…
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The British LGBT charity Stonewall has awarded politician Iris Robinson the title of “Bigot of the Year” after she publicly denounced homosexuality as “disgusting, nauseous, loathsome, shamefully wicked and vile.” The MP also told the British Parliament that “sodomy” was…
XGW Digest: November 7, 2008
The ACLU, Lambda Legal and the National Center for Lesbian Rights prepare to challenge Prop 8 in court. A sampling of reactions to Prop 8’s passage from around the blogosphere: Andrew Sullivan: Oh, no, you don’t Misty Irons: At what…
Several professional ex-gays made their political leanings very public post-election day. Specifically, Randy Thomas and Alan Chambers, who head Exodus International, the “ex-gay” organization that has “exited politics.” On Nov. 4th’s historic election night, he was jumping for joy over…
While the US votes for a new president, the states of California, Arizona and Florida will also vote today on state-constitutional amendments outlawing marriage between gay men and women. Proposition 8 (CA), Proposition 102 (AZ) and Amendment 2 (FL) are…
XGW Digest: October 31, 2008
-Hate crimes based on sexual orientation increased slightly in 2007, despite an overall drop from 2006. -Anthony Venn-Brown launches a new site for ex-gay survivors in Australia and New Zealand. -The Ex-Gay Expose, hosted by Beyond Ex-Gay, comes to Denver…
Exodus President Alan Chambers told California’s Proposition 8 supporters last month to vote against marriage equality because it would have made it harder for him to be ex-gay. Despite earlier this year vowing that Exodus would stay away from politics,…
XGW Digest: October 25, 2008
Fred Phelps’ daughters to participate in a debate over Florida’s Amendment 2. A California blogger confronts a Proposition 8 supporter’s scare tactics. Peter LaBarbera: Banning books is “good parenting.” Coincidentally, he says this even as the push to get ex-gay…
The October 23, 2008 Denver Post featured an article about Focus on the Family’s Love Won Out roadshow, which is celebrating its tenth anniversary this weekend in Colorado Springs. The article itself is well-balanced, featuring counterpoints from ex-gay survivors Peterson…
Ex-gay leader John Smid, who resigned from the controversial ex-gay ministry Love in Action in March, is now leading a new ministry from an office in or near his home church in Germantown, TN. The specific nature of Grace Rivers…