6 p.m. Read the new 300-page book “Ex-Gay Research” and write review. 6:17 p.m. Watch the 48-minute ex-gay video “I Do Exist” by Chad Thompson, and write review. 6:21 p.m. Fight Exodus attempts to shut down Ex-Gay Watch and other…
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Baptist Kids Reject Abstinence
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Some conservative activists believe that if “abstinence only” is taught in schools it will eliminate the need for sex education and information on sexually transmitted diseases. After all, if teens aren’t having sex before marriage, then no problem, right? One…
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Alan Chambers Trashes Gay Papers
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A library trustee in Ohio doesn’t want the Upper Arlington Public Library to carry the local free gay newspaper, the Outlook Weekly. In a Focus on the Family article, Bryce Kurfees, the trustee said the following: “What I want to…
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Brady at Some Guys Are Normal notes that Ohio’s antigay constitutional ban on nonmarital unions and any rights or services associated with such unions has resulted in court rulings that unmarried heterosexual partners enjoy no legal recourse under the state’s…
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Discredited Exgay Video Hits the Discount Bin
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Activist/author Wayne Besen has picked up on the news, also noted on March 25 by XGW commenter Chalker Cross, that the antigay video “It’s Not Gay” is on sale for $10.
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Eleventh Avenue South has a picture of the Minnesota “Family” Council using exgay activist Janet Boynes to decorate its booth at a March 21 antigay rally. Ex-Gay Watch is curious to know how, exactly, Boynes believes she is helping same-sex-attracted…
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As reported by the TimesLeader, in a speech to a Pentecostal church in Pennsylvania, Melissa Fryrear went beyond “no one is born gay”: Fryrear said “everyone is created heterosexual” and said many women are gay because they’re searching for a…
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Origins of ‘Live Out Loud’
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I was feeling snarky after Exodus dropped its recent copyright and trademark case against Ex-Gay Watch and blogger Justin Watt. And so I challenged Exodus’ recent use of the slogan Live Out Loud, which happens to be the name of…
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New TV Ad for Inclusive Churches
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Street Prophets and United Church of Christ blogger Chuck Currie report on a TV ad unveiled March 27 by the United Church of Christ. The ad’s title: Ejector Seat. The theme: Jesus didn’t turn people away. Nor should Christian churches….
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Another Survivor of ‘Love In Action’ Speaks Out
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Performance artist Peterson Toscano, who survived a long residency at exgay live-in program Love In Action, reports that another LIA survivor named J has begun blogging about his recovery from the program.