Although I recently poked fun at the lameness and PFOX’s hypocrisy in calling for a high school ex-gay club, I wouldn’t suggest students should be denied their rights under equal-access. Wayne Besen has taken a more aggressive position on the…
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Exgay Critic of NGLTF Report on Exgays
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The exgay blog Disputed Mutability posted some criticisms of the NGLTF’s recent report on the exgay movement. I haven’t read the report, so I don’t know whether DM’s criticisms are accurate. The tone of the criticisms is moderate compared to…
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Legal threats from the fundamentalist, anti-diversity Liberty Counsel recently forced the cancellation of Diversity Day at a Wisconsin high school. In response, a columnist for the Wisconsin State Journal wrote the column, Hijacked diversity day can’t deny differences. In retaliation,…
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As Timothy Kincaid notes, the less-than-objective WorldNetDaily and Warren Throckmorton say the antigay parents group PFOX was asked last week to leave a conference of the Virginia Schools Counselors Association. Antigay parents who subscribe to PFOX’s e-mail discussion group are…
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The First Amendment Center, along with BridgeBuilders, school administrators, conservative Christians, and pro-tolerance advocates, recently drafted a framework within which local communities can discuss sexual orientation and harassment within public schools. The agreement was based on the idea that all…
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Baptist Kids Reject Abstinence
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Some conservative activists believe that if “abstinence only” is taught in schools it will eliminate the need for sex education and information on sexually transmitted diseases. After all, if teens aren’t having sex before marriage, then no problem, right? One…
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The Soulforce Equality Ride brought its nonviolent call for fairness for gay Christian students to Lee University in Cleveland, Tennessee, in mid-March. (Here are first-person Ride diaries for March 16, 17, 18) The goal of the Ride has been for…
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It’s quite likely the only place many gay people will see the diversity day story is in 365gay.com. Mike covered the story in a previous post here, as it was reported by the local paper. Frankly, 365gay is on par…
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From the La Crosse Tribune, La Crosse, Wisconsin, March 21: In 2004, about 400 people signed a petition asking that speakers on gay, lesbian and transgender issues not be included in [Viroqua High School’s] Diversity Day. The school board cancelled…
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Today’s extra-special guest on Straight Talk Radio (03/15/06) was Michael Johnson of ADF talking about their upcoming event, The Day Of Truth. Johnson kept a pretty mild tone speaking about such agreeable things as equal-access and freedom of speech. Bennett…