A New Zealand news site reports on a survey finding that men resembling the ex-gay profile — “men who were isolated [from other gays] or too scared to come out and identify as gay” — were highly likely to practice…
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Melvin W. Wong was the lead speaker at a group of ex-gay seminars organized by Focus on the Family in Singapore last week. Wong is affiliated with the Exodus International referral network. A blogspot blogger, Rabelaisian Rebel, uncovers professional criticism…
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Focus Expands Ex-Gay Campaign to Asia
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Focus on the Family extended its ex-gay political campaign to Singapore late last week with seminars marketing “recovery therapy.” And already the lead speaker faces professional criticism for misstating his training and credentials. The Focus on the Family campaign consisted…
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Continuing the selective morality discussion: Froma Harrop of The Providence Journal wrote an excellent commentary Nov. 26 on the extremely high divorce rate among Bible Belt Christians — 73 percent in Mississippi, she says; 79 percent in Oklahoma. (Those numbers…
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Judgment And Unbelief From Exodus
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On Oct. 31, Exodus spokesman Randy Thomas accused people who disagree with his opinion on homosexuality of worshiping “personal interest” and having “compromised the integrity of the scriptures to condone homosexuality.” Unfortunately the eternal souls of those dealing with homosexuality…
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The Sun-Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale) asked different Florida private schools how they might handle a gay student differently from Jupiter Christian, which allegedly demanded the student enter ex-gay therapy or leave.
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Exodus International launched a campaign last week against ‘Law & Order:SVU’ over an episode that it apparently didn’t watch, or only saw parts of. Conservative writer and activist Brent Bozell apparently didn’t watch the full episode, either, but that didn’t…
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Ex-Gay Greg Quinlan Warns Against Gay Marriage
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Pro-Family Network is a Dayton, Ohio-based project of ex-gay activist Gregory Quinlan, who periodically uses ConservativePetitions.com to promote antigay political measures. ConservativePetitions.com collects $1.95 for each fax sent by an individual to lawmakers — and $3,000 from organizations having a…
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Meryl Cohn, a.k.a. Ms. Behavior, today advises an ex-gay man on his lack of honesty with his (female) fiance about his gay past, about their “not-so-exciting sex life,” and whether acting straight really makes one straight. Instead of telling the…
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Ex-Gays And the Sin of Gluttony
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Further to our ongoing discussion of selective morality among antigay activists, the Dallas Morning News reports today on the complete failure of America’s clergy to confront the nation’s most obvious and pressing health-related sin: Gluttony. (The link requires a free…