Greg Valiga notes a Media Matters survey finding that “a plurality of the American electorate has concluded that conservatives have the most power and influence in today’s media.” The survey also finds a plurality of Americans who say the media…
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Ex-Gay Spokesman Pans Sexual Abuse in Iraq
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U.S. military intelligence officials broadly and systematically authorized or tolerated abuse against Iraqi detainees. That much is made clear by the International Committee of the Red Cross — and corroborated by detainees and scapegoated soldiers and contractors who were involved…
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Last year Stephen Bennett Ministries (SBM) chartered a bus and took 30 Christians from Connecticut to evangelize gays and lesbians vacationing in Provincetown, MA for four hours. “Several” more folks from out of state joined Bennett there. Six hundred gift…
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Bureaucrats And Bathhouses Vs. AIDS
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While Los Angeles bureaucrats and bathhouses drag their feet, the pro-gay AIDS Healthcare Foundation is demanding that city bathhouses either clean up or shut down. Despite my libertarian sympathies, I applaud the AHF for its vocal stand, and I wish…
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Toronto Star reporter David Graham reports from the Love Won Out conference over the weekend, comparing and contrasting it with his experience as a voluntary electric shock aversion therapy patient 30 years ago. Analysis coming up.
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Tradition Vs. ‘Traditional Values’
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Dalai Banana offers a wonderful reflection on tradition. Genuinely traditional cultures offer some extreme advantages — and disadvantages — over the largely traditionless cultures of the industrialized West. People in traditional cultures may feel rooted in a social fabric that…
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CPT_Doom provided a lot of the info and some of the writing for the following. Thanks, CPT. — Mike A. == Jeffrey Satinover, one of the leading ex-gay therapists, testified to the Massachusetts legislature against the movement to recognize gay…
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The Way of the Cross…
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… is not culture war. A long, thoughtful post from a progressive Christian, Catholic perspective. (Upon opening the page, you may need to scroll up a bit, to The Way of the Cross on Apr. 7.)
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Bulletin! Most Evangelicals Are Not Evil
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Few Christian evangelicals are culture warriors. This is a fact, though one might hear otherwise from reactionaries (like James Dobson and Alan Chambers) who claim to speak for all of “true” Christianity. Rich Blinne notes this in his blog, citing…
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Minnesota’s Six Foot Pole pointed me to the ex-gay personal story of Michael David Wallen, an athletics staffer at the University of Minnesota. If Wallen is happier practicing celibacy, then good for him. Celibacy is the best choice for some…