Proclaiming “Beacon Hill not bullied by judicial tyranny,” Exodus International applauded the Massachusetts legislature’s approval Monday of a constitutional amendment that would ban marriage for gays and legalize civil unions instead. The Family Research Council, however, accused the legislature of…
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Michael Hamar points out one of John Aravosis’ sites, HateCrime.org, which compares the factoids used by Nazi German propagandists to justify discrimination against Jewish people, with the soundbites used today by Robert Knight (formerly of the Family Research Council, now…
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Village Voice writer Michael Musto accused an unnamed ex-gay activist of making overtures to him, when both happened to be in the green room for a taping of Geraldo Rivera’s show. (Thanks to Jim Barber for the link.) Actually, Musto…
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The Exodus media blog yesterday promoted a WorldNetDaily item categorically accusing gay parents, who seek marriage to protect their kids, of promoting incest. Exodus claims that it does not endorse the items on its blog. The purpose of a media…
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The False Link Between Gays, NAMBLA
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I’m mainly noting this for future reference. Lynn at Noli Irritare Leones remembers attending a San Francisco gay parade decades ago. NAMBLA isn’t welcome among gays now — and it wasn’t then, either.
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Writer Looking for Ex-Gays, Ex-Exgays
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Jody at Naked Writing is looking for people who have been in the ex-gay movement. He is writing an article about the movement for a young men’s magazine and would like to hear from people with first-hand experience in ex-gay…
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Anniversary: Archbishop Oscar Romero
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Jeanne D’Arc of Body and Soul remembers Archbishop Romero, who was an outspoken advocate for El Salvador’s population. He risked (and lost) his life defending human dignity and justice at a time when thousands of liberal Salvadorans were being slaughtered…
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NARTH Defends Dishonored Transgender Book
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From PlanetOut: The Lambda Literary Foundation withdrew J. Michael Bailey’s book “The Man Who Would Be Queen” from award consideration. Even the relatively conservative authors at the Independent Gay Forum criticized the book for poor science, stereotypes, and moralizations against…
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The Rapid City Journal reported Mar. 17 on Wayne Besen’s appearance Mar. 21 at the Midwest Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgendered Resource Conference. The article discusses how Besen’s work on the subject began: An ex-gay ad campaign in 1998 prompted…
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Reality Check: Gay Youth, Young Adult Blogs
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As a mid-40-something, it’s easy for me to lapse into hope that the world is a much better place for gay teens and young adults than 25-30 years ago. Maybe all the talk about gays and ex-gays isn’t impacting them…