Ex-gay and antigay movement leaders see profit in the battle against marriage and civil unions for gay couples. As Stephen Bennett sees the situation, one way to make money from cultural anger, fear, and hate is to host and sell…
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After a "lesbian identified" Methodist minister is acquitted in an official church trial, Exodus executive director Alan Chambers criticizes the church leadership before launching into a tirade against "liberal" churches as a class. Chambers begins by accusing the Methodist jurors…
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Anniversary: Archbishop Oscar Romero
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Jeanne D’Arc of Body and Soul remembers Archbishop Romero, who was an outspoken advocate for El Salvador’s population. He risked (and lost) his life defending human dignity and justice at a time when thousands of liberal Salvadorans were being slaughtered…
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Exodus leaders Alan Chambers and Randy Thomas have frequently expressed support for President Bush’s re-election in 2004 — most recently they did so on Janet Parshall’s radio program. (Parshall is also a Bush supporter.) But as Christian evangelical Jim Wallis…
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In an interview with Human Events, Sandy Rios of Concerned Women for America maps out the organization’s strategy on gay marriage. Specifically, CWA believes the Federal Marriage Amendment to ban gay marriages in every state is too weak, because the…
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Besen: Coral Ridge Gang Trying to ‘Reclaim the Dark Ages’ Express Gay News, Oct. 10 At an Oct. 10 rally hosted by a South Florida church, author and gay activist Wayne Besen protested the Rev. D. James Kennedy’s “Reclaiming America…
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We are unlikely to see ex-gay activists call for that. Because, despite the desire of Exodus leaders and the religious right to see the nation’s homosexuals made prosecutable on sodomy charges, it appears they do not wish for their own…
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Coral Ridge Ministries Shortchanges Repentance
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I received a press release, not posted online, issued by Coral Ridge Ministries. It was forwarded to me by Wayne Besen. Here is the full text: The recent moral failure of Michael Johnston — for which he has reportedly repented…
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Exgay Declaration of Independence?
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In June, I analyzed the principles espoused by the ex-gay movement during Ex-Gay Lobby Days. This week, PFOX executive director Regina Griggs changed her description of the principles. She titles them: Ex-Gay Declaration of Independence. Independence from what, Griggs does…
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Exodus executive director Alan Chambers will speak at the Center for Reclaiming America’s 2003 political conference.