Focus on the Family will be conducting an ex-gay political rally in Oklahoma City on Oct. 25. Focus has heard that gay-tolerant counterprotesters will be stationed outside the rally. Exodus chairman and Focus antigay issues manager Mike Haley doesn’t know…
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Focus/Family Wants Gay Kid Imprisoned 17 Years
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XGW commented two weeks ago on the case of Matthew Limon. Last week, Focus on the Family reminded its CitizenLink readers that it wants the kid locked up for 17 years because he had sex with a male three years…
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Focus/Family: Married Abroad? Stay There
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Focus on the Family declared gay Canadian couples unwelcome in the United States on Monday. Focus joined Concerned Women for America in demanding that foreign couples lie on U.S. immigration forms, stating that they are single when they are not….
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Evangelical Ex-Ex-Gay Reflections
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Christian evangelical ex-ex-gay man Mike Williams offers a testimony of emotional pain, faith and reconciliation toward the ex-gay minister who harmed him as a young adult. Gospel Revolution The site looks like a fantastic resource for Christians exploring the lives…
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Christians Fighting Christians
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A quick reflection: A while back on XGW, Exodus spokesman Randy Thomas objected to the expectation that Exodus should publicly criticize its political allies when they threaten or lie about gays and ex-gays. Mr. Thomas’ point was that Christians are…
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Anything But Straight
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Haworth Press set today as the release date for Wayne Besen’s book on the ex-gay movement, “Anything But Straight.” The unveiling will be accompanied by a 55-city book tour. An extended excerpt from the book is available here. The book-release…
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In yesterday’s Exodus commentary on reparative therapy, spokesman Randy Thomas appears unwilling to read or accurately summarize the literature that he cites — so he issues strawman arguments about homosexuals and the media instead. World-renowned researcher Dr. Robert L. Spitzer…
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Focus on the Family Mocks Marriages
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Exodus chairman and ex-gay activist Mike Haley runs the antigay politics division of Focus on the Family. Today, Focus reminded its CitizenLink newsletter readers that Focus and its Christian Right allies are the sole defenders of marriage. Focus notes that…
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Antigay Group Censors Itself
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This afternoon, Concerned Women for America removed from its web site an article, discussed at XGW here, that described a gay Canadian couple as “domestic terrorists” for attempting to cross the U.S. border as a couple. Google has a cached…
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Gays = Terrorists?
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Is it terrorism when a gay couple from Canada wishes simply to cross the border as a couple? Concerned Women for America now labels them “domestic terrorists.” CWFA appears to have stooped to a new low in the trivialization of…