Was he so distracted by a woman’s breast that he overlooked the obvious? On his personal blog, Exodus spokesman Randy Thomas says: Tammy [Bruce] is so good. She goes on about the show but also highlights Gov. Dean’s response…and *why*…
In a movie review of “Latter Days” for the New York Times last Friday, Dave Kehr praises the film for charting one man’s journey — with the help of a Mormon — from youthful promiscuity to “more responsible, more mature,…
CSIndy Publishes Feature on Denver Ex-Gay Group
John Dicker of the Colorado Springs Independent has penned a level-headed and sensitively written feature story about Where Grace Abounds, an unusual ex-gay ministry located in Denver.
The antigay parents organization PFOX issued a press release Jan. 30 praising Exodus chairman and Focus on the Family exgay activist Mike Haley. Haley had testified before a congressional panel addressing taxpayer funding of faith-based organizations. But just two paragraphs…
In the news briefs section of its Feb. 2 CitizenWatch electronic newsletter, Focus on the Family cheered the Kansas appellate court ruling against Matthew Limon. Focus describes the 18-year-old, developmentally disabled Limon as a “man who sodomized a minor,” ignoring…
Citizen Outreach has launched a web site, Leave Marriage to the States, at lawfullywedded.com. The site consists of conservative voices — many of them antigay — that oppose the Federal Marriage Amendment because, they say, the amendment undermines states’ rights….
Kansas Court Keeps Matthew Limon in Prison
Following its decision in Lawrence v. Texas, the U.S. Supreme Court ordered the Kansas Court of Appeals to reconsider the conviction of gay teen-ager Matthew Limon. (Previous XGW coverage. Focus on the Family defended the sentencing.) In a ruling published…
In an interview with Human Events, Sandy Rios of Concerned Women for America maps out the organization’s strategy on gay marriage. Specifically, CWA believes the Federal Marriage Amendment to ban gay marriages in every state is too weak, because the…
Exodus Director: Prosecute Michael Johnston?
On his blog “Just Think!” on Jan. 7, Exodus executive director Alan Chambers says those who knowingly transmit HIV should be prosecuted, regardless of sexual orientation. But that was not Chambers’ public position in regard to Michael Johnston when the…
Why Ex-Gays Must Oppose Gay Couples?
In the Jan. 23 issue of Spotlights, Exodus executive director Alan Chambers attempts to explain why Exodus lobbies ex-gays and Christians to discriminate — and to promote government-mandated discrimination — against gay couples: Had same-sex marriage been legal in 1990…