Off-topic: Here’s a worthwhile reflection from Joel Sax about Christians’ modern-day, heretical preoccupation with “miracles.” Do some conservative Christians lash out at “paganism” in part because their own individual overdependence upon miracles is rooted in low magic?
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Input Welcome From Ex-Gays’ Family, Friends
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Reading the life stories any of us write about ourselves, whether gay or ex-gay, family or friend, it’s not always easy to get a sense of context and nuance. Having perceptions and memories of others can help fill in the…
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Gay Terrorists: Misguided Generalizations
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365Gay.com reports a bomb scare at a Lutheran school near Cleveland. It was evacuated after a caller threatened to blow up the school unless the pastor announced on TV that he supported gay marriage. No bomb was found. A parent,…
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Ex-Gay Minister’s AIDS-Cure Appeal
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Hidden Updates At Ex-Gay Watch
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I have added new material to these messages: Queer Eye vs. Shmomosexuals Musician A Possible Role Model for Ex-Gays
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Prof. Throckmorton’s Stereotypes
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Warren Throckmorton, an antigay psychology professor at a small Pennsylvania conservative-Christian college, is a prolific writer on behalf of the ex-gay movement. (Google search.) Unfortunately, Dr. Throckmorton sometimes bases his commentaries upon his own stereotypes about gay activists. He even…
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Ex-Gay Spokesman’s Lost Blog
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XGW readers have already noticed that Exodus spokesman Randy Thomas discontinued his blog on Aug. 28. Eventually the blog is likely to be purged from the Internet. In the interest of preserving some of his key statements, I will post…
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Simply Being, Sans Labels
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Tom McGeveran names himself a “shmomosexual” and frets over the work of the Fab Five becoming more prominent in public consciousness than that of the supreme nine. The stories of chiseled hotties on Boy Meets Boy labor under the weight…
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Malaysian Condemns Lipstick Ex-Lesbians
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Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad reminded the world of how much the Islamic nation of Malaysia dislikes gays. Same-sex acts in Malaysia are punishable by up to 20 years in prison and a flogging. Mahathir warned that “if there are any…
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Ex-Gay Finances: Double-Talk?
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Exodus spokesman Randy Thomas says that while two of the largest gay-rights groups, Human Rights Campaign and GLAAD, reported a hypothetically combined income of $27 million in 2002, Exodus received $640,000. Mr. Thomas neglects to mention that Exodus outreach depends…