The rumors first posted by Peterson Toscano yesterday have been verified. Josh Morgan, communications manager for Love In Action (LIA), confirmed to XGW this morning that John Smid, president and CEO, has indeed resigned, and that they will release a…
XGW Digest: March 25, 2008
Chasing the Devil: Inside the Ex-Gay Movement to debut at the Birmingham SHOUT Film Festival. Openly gay Anglican Bishop Gene Robinson not invited to Lambeth conference; plans a GLBT-supportive event, same Lambeth place, same Lambeth time. Box Turtle Bulletin continues…
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5kPo7KGj1OE[/youtube] Jeff Williamson is an articulate young man who grew up in a conservative, Christian family and church. When he came out to his parents last year, they sent him to a counselor recommended by Focus on the Family. He…
XGW Digest: March 21, 2008
Mike Ensley of Exodus reviews pro-gay documentary For the Bible Tells Me So Concerned Women for America’s Matt Barber on supposed gay threat to blood supplies Kern claims speech was taken “out of context”; read it in its full context…
Focus on the Family’s Glenn Stanton has defended Citizenlink, saying they only changed a controversial article because he was unhappy with how his views were represented – but his explanation still doesn’t put the right-wing news service in the clear….
The recent hateful rant by Representative Sally Kern hit home with me, not because of the more widespread comparison she made between gay folks and terrorists, disgusting as it is, but because of her continued rant about the public schools…
Exodus president Alan Chambers heralded that organization’s “countercultural revolution” at LifeSiteNews.com, echoing a previous claim of dramatic increase in first-time attendees during the Exodus International Annual Freedom Conference 2007 in Los Angeles (50%) and the Exodus’ Regional Freedom Conference in…
The following is a quote from a major ex-gay ministry leader: The Homosexual Agenda…Myth. Yes, I believe there are many people with many agendas. However, I do not believe there is an American-wide gay conspiracy that is played up in…
XGW Digest: March 18, 2008
XGW Founding Editor Mike Airhart blogging daily for Wayne Besen at relaunched Truth Wins Out website UK anti-gay activist Stephen Green (Christian Voice) hints at opening ex-gay “clinic” in Wales Canadian television to broadcast hour-long documentary examining ex-gay movement Family…
Citizenlink Quietly Rewrites Debunked Article
Not content with predicting the future, Citizenlink now wants to change history by rewriting a controversial article – and saying nothing. In 2007, Citizenlink, the official news service of Focus on the Family, suffered embarrassment after reporting attendance figures for…