Both the editorial board and columnist Steve Dunleavy at the New York Post call the New York City public schools’ announcement of a predominantly gay high school “un-American,” “insane,” “idiotic, socially wrong, morally wrong and politically suicidal.” Dunleavy says several…
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Having already helped remove harassment-free zones from a northwestern Pennsylvania high school, the American Family Association is battling to silence a Gay-Straight Alliance that has formed at the school. In April, allies of the AFA cornered and taunted a student…
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A “news brief” from Focus on the Family’s CitizenLink today: Boy Scout Funding Pulled The United Way of Miami-Dade County has pulled its yearly grant of $480,000 from the Boy Scouts of South Florida because the Scouts refused to submit…
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Journalists Far Better Educated?
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From the American Journalist Survey at The Poynter Institute: U.S. journalists are much more likely to have earned college degrees than the overall adult population in the United States (89.3 percent vs. 25.6 percent) and the overall U.S. civilian labor…
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Exodus: Stop Tolerance in Florida Schools
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Exodus is alarmed at tolerance in Florida. Legislation being considered by a Florida senate panel targets harassment committed in public schools on the basis of basis of real or perceived identity or expression of race, color, religion, national origin, marital…
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Against Violence, But in Favor Of… What
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An Exodus media spotlight acknowledges and opposes antigay violence in U.S. schools. That’s a good thing; religious-right organizations regularly deny the existence of antigay violence and discrimination, so it’s encouraging to see an ex-gay organization acknowledge violence after it happens….
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Revised Feb. 16, 2005 The Washington Post ran an article Jan. 24 (2003) depicting the state of affairs in colleges’ recruitment of student athletes. Some antigay coaches for women’s teams are apparently running amok, telling prospective students that rival coaches…
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Ex-gay minister Tom Cole remembers being gaybashed as a child. I was called a fag, a queer, or a sissy. Although I did not fully understand the meaning of these terms, I began to identify with them. School became a…
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