365gay.com reports that a Bronx high school teacher was fired for “15 specific incidents of discrimination, harassment and misconduct during the 2001-2002 school year.” Other incidents dated as far back as 1985. Teacher Terence Brunson, 44, demanded the transfer of…
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Relayed to XGW by Wayne Besen: The Dallas Voice reported two weeks ago that an ex-ex-gay man, Mark Hufford, has dropped a lawsuit against Texas ex-gay counselor Christopher Joe Austin, and is seeking to drop criminal charges of sexual assault….
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I have updated the original XGW story. In addition to accusing the student of having bad grades, the school continues to assert that the student is guilty of sexual immorality when there is no indication that the student has been…
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Ex-Gays Spell Out Planned Legal Threats
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Here is the memo from ex-gay activist Arthur Goldberg announcing the ex-gay movement coalition’s detailed plan to sue schools, counselors, insurers, doctors, and organizations such as Big Brothers/Big Sisters if they act in ways contrary to ex-gay ideology.
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Activist Dares Ex-Gays to Sue Schools
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Gay activist Wayne Besen responds to a threat by an ex-gay political coalition to sue school districts that do not promote ex-gay claims, or that suggest homosexuality may have a biological component.
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Comments on Eviction From Pro-Ex-Gay School
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Camassia points to worthwhile comments about the eviction of a gay Christian student from a pro-ex-gay school (XGW story). Read the discussion at Joshua Claybourn’s blog.
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A few hours’ drive south of the Exodus national office, an 18-year-old gay Christian student and his mother are suing his Jupiter, Fla., private high school after it outed and expelled him. From the Sun-Sentinel: Jeffrey Woodard said Jupiter Christian…
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Exodus Opens Door to Insubordination
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The Exodus Spotlight for Oct. 14 says this letter from an “anonymous high school counselor” is “very moving”: I am currently a high school counselor in a public school in the Midwest. I am seeing first hand the students dealing…
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Exodus on Violence in Schools
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From Tuesday’s Exodus Spotlights: Today’s youth are bombarded with conflicting messages concerning sexuality and identity. The culture war has created such a clamor that it can place inordinate pressure on an already “pressurized” time in young people’s lives. Very true,…
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Exodus on ‘How to Be Gay’
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Exodus spokesman Randy Thomas earns a one-thumb-up approval rating for accurately describing — albeit momentarily — the Michigan university class, “How to Be Gay.” Unfortunately, Mr. Thomas demonstrates some persistent ignorance about gay opinions regarding the origins of same-sex attraction….