Biblical inerrancy has always been rejected by mainline Christian denominations, including the oldest of them all: the Roman Catholic Church. Tradition, history and science have always served as filters that moderate Biblical claims, while providing insight into the underlying circumstances…
From Media Matters for America: Focus on the Family founder and chairman James C. Dobson predicted on his radio program [MP3 file] that allowing same-sex marriage in the United States would lead to “group marriage,” “marriage between daddies and little…
Coming Out — Not As A Label, But As Oneself
Exgay activists affiliated with Exodus, Focus on the Family, and the American Family Association frequently attempt to shoehorn sexual strugglers into smallminded and unhealthy stereotypes. If you are “gay,” they insist, you must conform to one stereotype; if you are…
One Weapon Removed From Anti-Gay Arsenal
Reports suggest that a vaccine has been found that is 100% effective at preventing certain strains of the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV). These strains are primarily associated with cervical cancer in women and anal cancer in gay men. The virus…
A message received via e-mail today from exgay activist Chad Thompson: Hey guys, I wanted to let you know that I just got back from California where I recorded a series of talks that I presented during a conference at…
From the Des Moines Register via Gay News Blog and Good As You: Exgay activist Chad Thompson’s former employer, the Iowa Family Policy Center, opposed an anti-bullying program scheduled for Oct. 6 in Cedar Rapids. IFPC argues that efforts to…
Did CNN Cover ‘Concerned Women’ on Gay Youth?
Good As You provided a heads-up Oct. 6 that Concerned Women for America spokesman Robert Knight was to appear on CNN’s Paula Zahn NOW program that evening, to condemn the trend of youths identifying themselves as same-sex-attracted at earlier ages….
Those of you over age 35 may remember a 1970s youth program called “Scared Straight.” The idea of the program was that, by sending delinquent youths on a prison tour to meet violent, foul-mouthed prisoners in hellish surroundings, the teen-agers…
In the same week that a Time magazine cover story granted substantial print space to the Exodus exgay outreach program to youth, Exodus president Alan Chambers cited media confusion over Harriet Miers as proof of media bias against exgays. After…
On his personal weblog, Exodus President Alan Chambers on Oct. 4 stated his disappointment that Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers has not expressed the clear bias that he seeks in judicial candidates. Chambers also names “two of my most trusted…