Randy Thomas and Alan Chambers are in DC to lobby for the Federal Marriage Amendment. (I refuse to use the various names for such an amendment which seem to change monthly.) Randy writes on his blog (archive): Yes, I am…
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Ex-Gay TV Ad Watch
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A couple of hours ago I caught a portion of a TV commercial run by the Arlington Assembly of God. It’s not clear to me whether it was one of the same ads that the church ran last year. In…
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Nullifying Tolerance
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The leaders of the political religious right frequently criticize pro-tolerance advocacy: They protest that tolerance advocates are not tolerant of intolerance. They assert that it is a sin to tolerate (much less affirm) that which religious rightists selectively declare to…
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Exodus has for years graced the world with an innovative plan for “freedom.” Exodus was first to offer the world a “Freedom from Homosexuality” campaign. This outreach did not offer exgays freedom from same-sex attraction — but it did (thankfully!)…
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August has been evangelism season for Stephen Bennett Ministries: In 2003, he took a group to Provincetown and met with resistance from gays, some of whom were former ex-gays. 2004, the year Stephen named gay relationships a putrid stench in…
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Love In Action Survivor One Year Later
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One year ago next week the gay community, and many straight supporters, were energized by the story of a teenager named Zach who was being sent to Love In Action for reorientation against his wishes. For weeks the internet was…
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Wayne Besen Announces Launch Of New Group
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Posted today on Wayne’s site: ‘Truth Wins Out’ to Take on Key Issue In Anti-Gay Campaigns Washington, DC — As President Bush and Congress prepare to debate gay marriage, a new organization will launch next Wednesday, June 7th to combat…
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Minnesota Methodists Support Inclusion
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From WCCO Methodists in Minnesota have approved ordaining gay clergy and accepting gay marriage at the state convention in St. Cloud. The annual convention will make the recommendations to the denomination’s General Convention, which meets in 2008.
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Last week I received a rather bizarre email from a woman identifying herself as Carrie informing me DesertStream.org (an exgay ministry) had shut down their online forum “because of all of the posts being made by pro gay advocates.” The…
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Two Anti-Gay Media Outlets Go Down
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Alain’s Newsletter, classified as hate speech by Google and supported by the TVC, recently discontinued publishing and put up a splash page on the domain’s entry which provides no explanation. I emailed former contributor Stacy L. Harp who replied: Not…