Update: Throckmorton emailed me this same evening with the material presented. He directed me to www.respectandthefacts.com. I’ll have a look in the next day or so. “This weekend PFOX will be presenting materials and methods designed to protect all students…
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A Glimpse At PFOX Supporters’ Prejudices
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PFOX publicly declares that it favors tolerance for gays and exgays. But PFOX’s own Yahoo-based e-mail discussion and “support” list, advertised on the front page of its web page, tells a different story: In dozens of messages every month, several…
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National PTA Chooses PFLAG Over PFOX
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The National Parent-Teacher Association has agreed for a second year to feature a pro-homosexual group [PFLAG] at its annual convention while rejecting a group [PFOX] that contends homosexuality is not an inborn and immutable trait. Begins the AgapePress today; Gee…
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A judge this week issued a temporary restraining order preventing the Montgomery County, Md., Public Schools from testing a revised sex-education curriculum.
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PFOX Suing Maryland Schools to Stop Sex-Ed
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The Washington Post reports today that the antigay parents/spouses group PFOX plans to join a Maryland religious-right group, Citizens for a Responsible Curriculum, in suing the Montgomery County Public Schools. The lawsuits were announced after CRC and PFOX failed to…
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Showtime Comedy Show Profiles PFOX President
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Tonight I happened to catch political comic duo Penn & Teller’s latest episode, “Family Values,” in a TV series with a name that can’t be printed on a family web site. (Episode profile and airtimes.) The series airs on Showtime….
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PFOX Scores Near-Miss on Hate Crimes
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They’ve opposed the inclusion of sexual orientation in hate crimes laws. Now they’re calling for the inclusion of former homosexuals in a Maryland hate-crimes bill that would add "sexual orientation" to an existing state hate-crimes law. Antigay parents group illogically…
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PFOX, Pro-exgay Pundit Seek Special Rights
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AP reported today (via Newsday) that Prof. Warren Throckmorton had been "removed" from a national advisory board of Magellan Health Services. That much appears to be false: Previous media reports said that Magellan had rethought its decision to renew Throckmorton’s…
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Reacting to Scandal, PFOX Changes the Subject
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In a March 18 op-ed in The Washington Blade, aggrieved-parents group PFOX responds publicly to the disclosure (months ago) that its president, Richard Cohen, had been expelled from the American Counseling Association for ethical violations in 2002. Speaking for PFOX,…
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In correspondence published in January 2005 by Teach The Facts, the professional American Counseling Association said it found merit in six specific ethical-misconduct charges against ex-gay activist Richard Cohen. ACA said it approved the charges, which were sufficient for membership…