Alan Simpson, the former Republican senator for Wyoming, told Hardball‘s Chris Matthews how it is on homophobia in the GOP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7gSxCYlvbKs Tip of the hat to Towleroad.
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Ex-gay group Parents & Friends of Ex-Gays has announced a plan to subvert the pro-equality Day of Silence by encouraging conservative Christian students to distribute anti-gay literature. LGBT students and their supporters will draw attention to homophobic bullying, prejudice and…
In an opinion piece for Christianity Today, Timothy Shah absolves American evangelicals from any responsibility for homophobia in Uganda and says the Anti-Homosexuality Bill is “a single legislative stunt by a single low-level politician.” Shah responds to the claim that a…
Florida Abstinence Program Linked to Ssempa
An abstinence group based in Jacksonville, Florida, has ties to the anti-gay Ugandan activist Martin Ssempa, according to a report in the Florida Independent. Project SOS founder Pam Mullarkey is quoted on Ssempa’s website as saying that Ssempa is “the…
Wendy Gritter: It Gets Better
Wendy Gritter, of Ontario-based Christian ministry New Direction, tells bullied kids, “It gets better“: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pX9wBaGxVtg
Subtitle: A Biblical and compassionate response to same-sex attraction. Main authors and editors: Joe Dallas, Nancy Heche. Part 1, Part 2 This book is an anti-gay training manual. A veritable bible on how to be the best anti-gay Christian you…
Joel Burns shares his moving personal story of surviving anti-gay bullying with his fellow Fort Worth City, TX, council members: Hat tip: Towleroad
Several anti-gay and ex-gay Christian and political groups want to prevent schools from addressing homophobic bullying by name. Day of Truth, sponsored by Exodus International, exists in deliberate opposition to Day of Silence, a day established to address the problem…
An anti-gay pastor with a congregation of over 25,000 has been accused of sexually abusing three male teenagers. According to the allegations, Bishop Eddie Long, a fierce critic of same-sex marriage, coerced three young men, aged between 17 and 19…