Dean Hamer is the geneticist whose groundbreaking 1992 research is periodically misused by exgay activists to conjure up an imaginary belief (among unnamed and impossible-to-find gay people) in a solitary “gay gene.” Hamer was profiled Oct. 3 in The Philadelphia…
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Dr. Throckmorton and Exodus Media are touting a new study that shows reorientation therapists rating well amongst their clients. Exodus brags for several paragraphs about how it was published in the Journal of Psychology & Christianity, which they note “is…
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In case you’re ever in an argument and want to prove “intelligent design” is creationism in disguise, here’s the proof from within the religious right: “And creation versus evolution or intelligent design versus evolution, it’s been nuanced, it’s changed a…
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Focus on the Family performed a disservice to its readership today when it raised the strawman argument that unnamed gay activists claim 10 percent of the population is gay — only to refute that long-abandoned claim with additional half-truths about…
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Alan Keyes’ renewamerica.us web site published a rubbish-strewn article by Nathan Tabor on Sept. 8. Without attribution, the article relies upon: ostracized Dr. Paul Cameron’s claims that gay men tend to die by age 42; rightist hate groups’ myth that…
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Various arms of the AFA such as OneMillionYouth.com and the AgapePress have been promoting a new bible distributed by Tim Todd Ministries containing comic book style inserts on various cultural issues. Comics can be viewed at the Truth For Youth…
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Jim Burroway: ‘Liar Detector’
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Jim Burroway of Looking for Sam crunches some numbers and discovers that Arizona antigay activists are marketing several statistical lies as “facts.” Among the misrepresentations: The myth that homosexual men have on average eight partners per year The myth that…
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The Boston Globe ran an excellent story July 31 about religious-right researcher Paul Cameron. According to the article, Cameron and his “Family Research Institute” — identified as a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center — buy space in…
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Blogger Brady of “Some Guys Are Normal” first noticed on June 14 that Exodus was distributing propaganda by long-discredited “researcher” Paul Cameron. Cameron runs an antigay propaganda service called the “Family Research Institute,” based in Colorado Springs. Cameron was kicked…
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When I reviewed recent MSNBC coverage of exgays on July 4, I confess I had not thoroughly read this article: Choosing research to prove your point Both sides in gay-change contest latch onto landmark 2001 study By Alex Johnson, MSNBC,…