The New York Christian Coalition — which last year sponsored an exgay billboard on behalf of exgay activist Stephen Bennett — now says that gay people should be required to wear warning labels. From 365gay.com, Jun. 13: “We put warning…
Comparing ‘Love In Action’ to A Cult
Blogger Mike Ditto itemizes ways in which the Love In Action rules for participants resemble the rulebook of a cult.
I am moving the comments about this issue to their page of origin here. I believe that concerns over one individual, “Zach,” are a distraction from Love In Action’s history, its stated agenda, and the experiences of those who have…
Troy, Michigan High School Gay Poster
There is currently a debate going on in a high school in Troy, Michigan about a poster that hangs in a teachers’ classroom reading, “Gay People Are Everyday People” created by the local LBGT center Affirmations (www.goaffirmations.org). I wrote an…
Can’t We All Just Get Along?
I have been reading about Love In Action and all that they are about. Organizations like Love In Action and AFA prey on the gay community’s weaknesses. I work hard to strengthen the areas in our commmunity where we are…
In March 1994, according to this second-hand source, a Santa Rosa, Calif., gay periodical called We The People published an article written by someone named Dennis Anderson. The article profiled ex-exgay Tom Ottosen, who alleged that he heard Love In…
Love In Action Staff Credentials Questionable
After careful review of the “Love In Action” website, it appears there are only TWO, count em TWO staff members listed who even have college degrees in a counseling related field. See for yourself.
A 16 year old named Zach in Bartlett, Tennessee recently came out to his parents who reacted by announcing they are sending him to an ex-gay live-in program called Love In Action, the same cult like program Peterson Toscano survived….
FOTF’s next Love Won Out ex-gay roadshow is being held in Seattle on the 25th of June. Focus hasn’t posted a schedule online yet but it’s known that : To address the topic of same-sex marriage and parenting, Focus on…
Not Another March on Washington
Five years after the Millennium March fiasco, veteran activist Robin Tyler calls for an April 2008 March on Washington. (Source: The Washington Blade, June 10) I agree with Tyler that gays should aim their fire at Democrats as well as…