Overlawyered.com is a blog that tracks the high cost and the threat to liberty posed by Americans’ habit of suing one another instead of discussing disagreements and respecting differences of opinion. According to Overlawyered, XGW is just one of many…
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Ex-Ex-Gay Takes Comedy on the Road
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Performer Peterson Toscano takes his one-man show, “Doin’ Time in the Homo No Mo Halfway House — How I Survived the Ex-Gay Movement!”, to Washington, D.C., this week. The show is being hosted locally by Westminster Presbyterian Church. The Washington…
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Wayne Besen on Faith-Based Prisons
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In an op-ed column for The Tallahassee Democrat, anti-ex-gay activist Wayne Besen warns that Florida’s plan for a faith-based prison may lead to favoritism for fundamentalists. Gay activists such as myself will be watching closely to make sure our tax…
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Private Ad Firm Rejects Ex-Gay Ad
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Stephen Bennett Ministries says it merely wanted to post an ex-gay billboard in Albany, the capital of New York state: The Stephen Bennett Ministries billboard Bennett had little difficulty finding a privately owned ad firm to reject the ad (for…
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Focus/Family: How to Treat Gay Loved Ones?
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Blogger Jayelle Wiggins attended Love Won Out in Orlando in November 2001, then wrote up her experience. Recently, Focus on the Family surveyed her on the long-term impact of LWO in her life — and enclosed a tract advising how…
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Taxpayer Handouts to Ex-Gays — Yes Or No?
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The following media outlets cover an uproar over Focus on the Family ex-gay activists’ appearance at a Congressional hearing on funding of faith-based initiatives: The Advocate The Denver Post Rocky Mountain News PlanetOut 365gay.com The following activists issued press releases…
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Ex-Gay Watch Reopens
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The boxes are unpacked in D.C., and two very helpful Comcast representatives finally connected us to the ‘Net today, after the company bureaucracy had spent three weeks stalling. Special thanks go to Jason for swiftly reporting recent attacks on XGW…
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Greed Is Good? Focus on the Family Agrees…
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… with an author who praises profit motive and self-interest as Christian motives to advance society.
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Blogging And Libel
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For our fellow bloggers out there, a brief primer on libel and blogging. The Libel Defense Resource Center has an FAQ page. Here’s an excerpt: What is Libel? Libel and slander are legal claims for false statements of fact about…
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Ex-Gay Minister Threatens Ex-Gay Watch
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The first threat occurred here. The second threat occurred here in response to an earlier posting. XGW discusses the legalities of blogging and libel here.