The antigay parents organization PFOX issued a press release Jan. 30 praising Exodus chairman and Focus on the Family exgay activist Mike Haley. Haley had testified before a congressional panel addressing taxpayer funding of faith-based organizations. But just two paragraphs…
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Gay Group to PFOX: Fight Fire with Fire
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The Human Rights Campaign is launching anti-exgay ads in the Washington, D.C., subway system, according to 365gay.com. The action is in response to ads in October by PFOX, an organization of antigay parents. WorldNetDaily misquotes HRC as saying exgay conversion…
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Ex-Gay Ads: Throwing Out Baby with Bathwater
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The ex-gay group PFOX may no longer be able to post ads for free in the Washington, D.C., subway system. One of the city’s gay newspapers reports that Metro may stop giving free ad space to non-profit groups. The policy…
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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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PFOX Ex-Gay Ads: History Repeats
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Parents and Friends of Ex-Gays and Gays promotes job discrimination against homosexuals. A past webmaster promoted the killing of gay people and arson against gay-tolerant churches. PFOX-guided discussion boards periodically protest the availability of gay-tolerant messages in public venues, and…
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PFOX Can Blame Itself for NEA Silence By Wayne Besen The audacity was breathtaking. The same week ex-gay poster boy Michael Johnston was revealed as a fraud, Parents and Friends of Ex-Gays filed a frivolous complaint with the District of…
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Exgay Declaration of Independence?
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In June, I analyzed the principles espoused by the ex-gay movement during Ex-Gay Lobby Days. This week, PFOX executive director Regina Griggs changed her description of the principles. She titles them: Ex-Gay Declaration of Independence. Independence from what, Griggs does…
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Ex-Gay Lobby Days
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PFOX’s key points in its press release today, copied below, are representative of the spin that I’ve been seeing lately from the ex-gay umbrella group Exodus. I see little effort by the better-known ex-gay ministries to minister to gays anymore….
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PFOX Right to Privacy?
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In regard to the PFOX webmaster’s personal web site: Is it appropriate to hold PFOX partly responsible for the public (albeit anonymous) actions of its webmaster, particularly when a PFOX official offered moral support for those actions? Alternatively, is the…
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An old acquaintance of mine, Johanna, notes in fairness to the PFOX webmaster that his lengthy 1/10/2002 death threat against homosexuals is a parody or spoof of this 1987 battle cry by Michael Swift. I wish to thank Johanna for…