-The Supreme Court of California rules that conservative congregations that split from the Episcopal church will not get to keep the property they meet on. -Former congressman Bob Barr, who authored the Defense of Marriage Act, now calls for its…
‘In the Life’ Explores the Ex-Gay Equation
In God We Trusted This month IN THE LIFE explores the power of religion to shape our lives, worldview, and our political convictions… providing spiritual guidance and comfort, but often used to promote intolerance and hatred of LGBT people. Looking…
Never one to be deterred by the facts, Dr. Joseph Nicolosi of the National Association for the Research and Therapy of Homosexuality (NARTH) goes up against the mother of a transgender child. Glenn Stanton of Focus on the Family joins…
Gay columnist Dan Savage has examined a recent event involving the receipt of ricin-laced letters by several gay bars. He theorizes that an embittered gay man must be the perpetrator. The letters strike me as having been written by a…
YouTuber “Planet Narth” gives us a light-hearted vocabulary lesson with the help of Joseph Nicolosi. XGW covered the incident featured in the video, for those who are curious about it.
XGW Digest: December 31, 2008
–Melissa Etheridge and ex-evangelical Frank Schaeffer endorse Obama’s pick of Rick Warren to pray at his inauguration. -Jim Johnson of Straight, Not Narrow comments on the current decline of the Southern Baptist denomination. -The Yes on 8 campaign moves to…
A crescendo of voices can be heard at the second floor of a shop lot singing Christian praise and worship songs such as “Lord, I Offer My Life” and “I Could Sing Of Your Love Forever”. Kenny the worship leader,…
Ted Haggard, the megachurch pastor who abandoned his ministry after the revelation that he had sexual relations with a male prostitute, admits in a new documentary that he “still struggles” with his sexuality. The married father of five stepped down…
XGW Digest: December 19, 2008
-The Times of South Africa takes a look at the ex-gay movement. -A former ex-gay leader who now helps GLBT individuals come to terms with their sexuality is named one of samesame.com.au’s 25 Most Influential Gay and Lesbian Australians for…
Just in time for Christmas? We have heard a strong rumor with partial confirmation that Mike Ensley is no longer working for Exodus and further that he may have been laid off. If so, this would further confirm suspicions of…