The church sign lacked both originality and insight: “God made Adam and Eve not Adam and Steve” and “Marriage is between a man and a woman.” It is the sign’s thoughtless sarcasm, not just its antigay sentiment, that raised debate…
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Big-government Resolution to Support Ex-gays
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Parents and Friends of Ex-Gays is rallying support for U.S. House and Senate resolutions supporting tolerance for “former homosexuals and lesbians.”
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Scary Places Frem 20,000 Feet
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Aerial view of Washington’s Dupont Circle. I see upscale shoppers and workers sipping chais or chowing on wraps. Ben claims to see a place where he can’t walk without being accosted by gay men. What different people see — I…
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In late June, web site and the Gay Spirituality blog, Michigan psychotherapist Joe Kort offered his own lengthy clinical and personal assessment of reparative therapies. Kort disputes 10 “myths” generally promoted by reparative therapists. While ex-gay programs differ, I think…
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Wayne Besen Responds to Ex-gay Ad Campaign
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Responding to an e-mail defending the subordination of women, Andrew Sullivan writes: The strength to be subordinate! And this comes from a religious tradition that began with a man who defied almost every social convention of his time and treated…
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L.A. Times Publishes Full-page Ex-gay Ad
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Exodus announces the second ex-gay ad, published today in the L.A. Times. (Here’s other XGW coverage of the Exodus ads.)
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Ex-Gay Watch: Discussed Elsewhere
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Dalai Banana discusses the allure of spiritual regression (OK, this is my own spin) — the temptation to limit oneself to an immature, beginner-level spirituality that sells trite answers to life’s questions. In time, some people discover the answers were…
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Ex-Gay Watch: Site Updates
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Bit by bit, I’m updating old sections of the site. Here are updated entries and their revision dates: July 20, 2004 Exgay Darryl L. Foster on Exgay Politics
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Cincinnati Background Info
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I figured I’d dig around for a little background info on Cincinnati Ohio, where Exodus published a full-page ad in the Cincinnati Enquirer on Thursday.