From the Straits Times, Singapore: The ex-transsexual has thrown the dresses – together with a few skeletons – out of his closet. Religion, he says, was his saviour. It was a relief to me that, if this individual found it…
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Good Gesture
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Pastor D.L. Foster of witnessfortheworld.org wrote last week: Your ideology is truly modern, but over 2,000 years ago Christ said “render to Caesar things that are Caesar’s and unto God things that be God’s.” Actually the basic philosophy of this…
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Mature Ministry
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An Ex-Gay Watch reader found this item on Yahoo’s exgaydiscussionboard group. Someone there had asked whether an ex-gay should “minister” to gays at a gay pride festival. The response: I would say that an ex-gay better be fully equipped with…
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Foley’s Privacy
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Nick at morons.org defends Rep. Mark Foley’s right to privacy, which seems to have been violated by both the Christian Coalition and Florida Democrats in a column by Bob Norman of the New Times of Broward-Palm Beach. A supporter of…
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Antigay Dems, Progay GOP?
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From today’s Orlando Sentinel: U.S. Senate candidate and Florida GOP congressman Mark Foley blames unnamed Democrats for circulating a rumor in the media that he is gay. Foley’s legislative record has earned high ratings from gay-rights groups, and negative ratings…
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Freedom to Lobby
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Thoughts of blogger Bob Griffith on PFOX and Ex-Gay Lobby Days. Thoughtful reading — respectful of the right to lobby, stating that some gay activists engage in “mind-bending justifications,” but disagreeing with PFOX’s use of flawed reasoning to take away…
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PFOX-Approved Racial Strife
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Regina Griggs, executive director of PFOX, approvingly shares confused strawman arguments, racial stereotypes, and conspiracy theories about those she claims to minister to. Read about it in her Wednesday night entry on Yahoo’s exgaydiscussionboard. The message archives are open to…
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Overgeneralization
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As often as ex-gay political leaders emulate the anger and the strawman arguments of the religious right, I believe it’s important to avoid overgeneralizing. I have noted over the years (long before this Salon blog) that there are ex-gay ministers…
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Micro-morality
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From an article in today’s Denver Post: “American society is good at focusing on micro-morality but it misses the larger morality,” media historian Robert McChesney said. The quotation is directed at the trendy obsession with fake news at the New…
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From today’s Atlanta Journal-Constitution: An African cardinal and leading candidate to succeed Pope John Paul II disrupted a Georgetown University graduation ceremony when he used his commencement speech to mock homosexuals and unmarried couples in the audience. Ironically, the cardinal…