In an stunning display of circa-1984 logic, today’s guest Peter LaBarbera pretends closing the baths will keep gay men from doing unsafe things. In the name of compassion and being pro gay rights, gay men are dying young. They’re dying…
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The effort by Peter LaBarbera and the Family Research Council to lock HIV-positive gay travelers out of the United States reminds me of a Christian song. In 1985, conservative Christian contemporary singer Steve Taylor released a song called Lifeboat (lyrics)….
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On his web site, African-American exgay activist D.L. Foster acknowledged yesterday that he is an active supporter of the Constitution Party. Foster says he spoke at the Party’s 2004 Georgia convention. Foster appears to be correct that no professed racists…
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Peter LaBarbera’s Illinois Family Institute identifies itself as an independently financed partner of Focus on the Family, the Family Research Council, and the Alliance Defense Fund. His career has been spent protesting against communism, leftist Latin American Christians, liberal freedoms,…
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Concerned Women Oppose Burial Rights
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Sometimes I’m shocked at the degree to which anti-gay activists will go to bring pain and harm to gay people. This is one of those times. The State of New York overwhelming voted to allow domestic partners to make decisions…
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LaBarbera: Your Immorality’s Worse Than Mine
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Conservative Christians may be corrupt — but that’s OK because liberal Christians are worse. So suggests antigay activist Peter LaBarbera in a press release that is subtitled “Says ‘Greatest Corruption to Religion’ Comes from Left, Not Right.” LaBarbera is an…
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Exgay activist Stephen Bennett lent his support Sept. 26 to an Oak Park, Ill., antigay church’s rally against marriage and civil unions for gay couples. He claimed to “love” gay people because he “was once gay,” but he nevertheless supported…
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Students who contemplatively or prayerfully honor a “Day of Silence” in protest against antigay violence and harassment in the schools should be punished, according to Peter LaBarbera of the Illinois Family Institute. Ten days ago, LaBarbera threatened Illinois schools and…
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Ex-Gay Rally At Illinois State Capitol
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The State Journal-Register in Springfield, Ill., reports today on an ex-gay rally at the state Capitol, sponsored by Concerned Women for America and Peter LaBarbera’s group, the Illinois Family Institute. Stephen Bennett said: “I’ve had both worlds, I’ve been in…
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A Human Rights Campaign study found that most Fortune 500 companies have policies opposing discrimination against same-sex-attracted workers. And a rising number of top companies reportedly offer some limited benefits to the families of gay workers or advertise to gay…