Alan Chambers, president of Exodus International, has announced that they will no longer sponsor the annual Day of Truth (DOT) event which has been used for the past few years to counter the Day of Silence. The DOS was first…
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XGW Digest: September 25, 2010
-Russian LGBT activist Nikolai Alekseev resurfaces, shares what really happened following his abduction by Russian authorities. -Houston mayor Annise Parker receives favorable ratings from her constituents. -Lady Gaga hosts a rally in Maine urging the state’s senators to vote to…
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…
XGW Digest: September 18, 2010
-Arson is suspected in the burning of a Tennessee lesbian couple’s home. -A gay Saudi Arabian diplomat seeks asylum in the US. -Florida governor and US senate candidate Charlie Crist assembles a paper supporting gay rights in general but not…
Exodus Global Alliance has enjoyed tax-exempt status in New Zealand for more than 10 years. This year, however, they have been denied that status on the grounds that they do not meet one of the requirements for being declared a…
XGW Digest: September 11, 2010
-The Atlanta, GA police department creates an LGBT advisory board. -Montana’s Tea Party organization fires its president for posting anti-gay comments on Facebook. -Serbia’s LGBT community plans its first pride parade since 2001. -Religious right activists in Iowa twist Sandra…
RIP Actor, Beetlejuice Co-Star Glenn Shadix
The actor Glenn Shadix has died at the age of 58. His films included Demolition Man, The Nightmare Before Christmas and Planet of the Apes, but his most-celebrated role was as the camp interior designer Otho in Tim Burton’s 1988…
Andrew Marin has provoked fellow evangelical Professor Robert Gagnon to fury after Gagnon published a 24-page debunking of Marin’s book Love Is an Orientation. Gagnon is perhaps the most prolific biblical scholar supporting the traditional reading of the Bible on the…
XGW Digest: September 4, 2010
-Focus on the Family reiterates its objection to protecting gay students from bullying. -The New Zealand government denies charitable status to an ex-gay program. -African viewers respond negatively to the sight of two women sharing a bed on an episode…
Subtitle: A Biblical and Compassionate Response to Same-Sex Attraction (part2, part3) “Wouldn’t it be great if this book could be a one-stop resource?” So we selected the main topics associated with homosexuality —theological, clinical, social, political, and familial—then solicited contributions…