Exodus International began their 3-day regional “Freedom Conference” on Thursday at The Bridge Evangelical Free Church in Fresno, CA. The theme for this year is “A New Day.” The conference will run through the 5th. Keynote speakers are Alan Chambers,…
Critics
Gays are too wealthy and successful to be discriminated against, according to Randy Thomas’ January 14th blog post. I think everyone deserves the same basic set of civil rights across the board. However, many gay activists proclaim that they deserve…
Growing up in a 1960’s conservative evangelical home, Scott Harrison not only knew homosexuality was a sin, he knew it was “the worst sin a person could do. It was worse than murder.” He described to the Southern Poverty Law…
The gay author Armistead Maupin slammed Scientology at a book-signing in London last week: [The] Church of Scientology comes in very handy. It’s the biggest ex-gay movement in America. They catch you when you’re young and confused, tell you they’ll…
Focus on the Family has apparently gained the ability to travel into the future and, once there, report on events which have not happened yet for the rest of us. Early yesterday they reported the following via their political mouthpiece…
In a book review written last month, writer Jesse Monteagudo compared two gay activists: famous conservative Andrew Sullivan and not-so-famous liberal Wayne Besen, who is a longtime critic of the exgay movement. Monteagudo asked why Sullivan is famous while Besen…
Federal legislation on expanding hate crimes to include violent attacks against individuals on the basis of “gender, sexual orientation and gender identity” is currently being reviewed by the Senate. Christians have strongly voiced opposition to the expansion, arguing that the…
Karen Booth Decides to Apologize to Mike Jones
Karen Booth is the leader of the Exodus member ministry Transforming Congregations who just recently led a charge to force eBay to remove the massage table “where it all happened” from auction. Today she has decided that, though she stands…
Truth Wins Out on The Daily Show
Updated: Truth Wins Out Executive Director Wayne Besen appeared on Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart” tonight (March 19) at 11 p.m. Eastern time. Besen appears in a show segment titled “Diagnosis: Mystery” along with sexual reorientation coach…
More About Ex-Gays on Public Radio
Peterson Toscano and Jack Drescher will be guests on Thursday’s broadcast of “To The Point” which comes from my local NPR station KCRW. Catch it streaming live on KCRW’s website from noon to 1 PM pacific time. If you miss…