The pastor of a Connecticut Pentecostal church in the news for performing an exorcism on a gay teen told CNN that her church is not against homosexuality. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9oIuBNx-3A “We do not hate [homosexuals]. We do not come up against them….
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Farrah Fawcett Dead at 62
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Actress and 70s sensation Farrah Fawcett lost her battle with cancer today. She was 62. R.I.P. Farrah https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZrxjNcxBZw
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Michael Jackson Dead at 50
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According to TMZ, Michael Jackson suffered a heart attack at his home and could not be revived by paramedics on scene. He was 50 years old. Michael is survived by three children: Michael Joseph Jackson, Jr., Paris Michael Katherine Jackson…
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Dr Gary Cass of the Christian Anti-Defamation Commission has defended a church that performed a gruelling exorcism on a 16-year-old boy. Manifested Glory Church in Bridgeport, CT, has been widely condemned after a video was released showing the boy writhing…
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Synchroblog, and Why I Just Can’t
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Like many, I accepted the invitation to participate in a blogging experiment started by Wendy Gritter and New Direction, a ministry in Canada and a former member of the Exodus network. The idea, as I understand it, is to elevate…
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Ex-Gay Watch’s investigation into Pastor Matthew C Manning has failed to find evidence for his miraculous healing claims. But more disturbingly, it has revealed a history of accusations, charges and at least one plea of no contest for sexual offenses.
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George Barna, the evangelical author popular with conservative Christians for his research into faith and culture, has said that common stereotypes of gay people and their relationship to Christianity are wrong. As his research company, The Barna Group, released the…
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Anti-Gay Phelps Clan Now Targeting Jews
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Sometimes we gay Jews describe ourselves as being “twice blessed,” but in the Phelps’s case, we’re twice targeted. According to the Southern Poverty Law Center, which monitors hate groups, Westboro Baptist Church is declaring that “God Hates Jews” for being…
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XGW Digest: June 20, 2009
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-Dr. Gregory Herek remembers LGBT researcher Larry Kurdek. -Focus on the Family continues to perpetuate the myth that homosexuality is caused by sexual abuse. -Lesbian filmmaker Paige Williams debuts Mississippi Queen, her documentary about growing up gay in rural Mississippi….
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In Brief: Focus on the Family’s Doublespeak
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In a June 17 Citizenlink article, Focus on the Family speaks out in support of Italian pop singer’s ex-gay song “Luca Used to be Gay.” The autobiographical song advocates that gays can become straight, which XGW predicted would bring it…