-The North Dakota House of Representatives kills an anti-discrimination bill. -Nate Silver of Five Thirty Eight runs state-by-state projections for the decline of opposition to marriage equality. -Pam Spaulding catches Rick Warren in the act of bearing false witness on…
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As reported elsewhere, blogger Glenn Sacks wrote a post about his concerns that an organization such as Christian News Wire would issue bigoted, anti-gay press releases by Peter LaBarbera. Sacks describes his own organization, Fathers & Families, this way: Fathers…
Newspaper: How to Spot a Gay Ugandan
The Observer, a newspaper in Uganda, has written a compendium of suggestions and comments by people there on how to spot a gay Ugandan. No doubt brought about by the heightened negative attitudes towards gays there brought on by a…
Six gay men have been killed over a period of 10 days, according to an Iraqi official. In two separate incidents, the men were disowned by their families before their tribes pursued and executed them. The report comes in the…
Open Forum: Ex-Gay Labels
The term “ex-gay” is probably the most common one used to describe people who enter into reparative therapy. One can call themselves “ex-gay” even if they have not shaken their sexual attraction to the same sex. After years of public…
XGW Digest: April 4, 2009
-Anti-gay activists blame gay newsman George Weber for his own murder. -Former governor Howard Dean encourages Vermont legislators to vote for gay marriage. -Sweden legalizes same-sex marriage. -An anti-gay amendment is quashed in socially conservative West Virginia. -The Alliance Defense…
Chambers Is Blind to His Own Prejudice
In his latest article for Charisma magazine, Exodus President Alan Chambers speaks a lot of truth, but is blinkered to how it applies to his own organization. With amusing timing, Chambers remembers a school bully who picked on him for…
We’re No Longer American, Says Exodus
In a formal statement, Exodus has confirmed that after 23 years in the US, the organization will be going ex-American. Speaking from Exodus’s Florida base yesterday, President Alan Chambers said emphatically that “we are no longer in the US.” Let’s…
Gay Rights Groups Speak Up in Uganda
Source: ugpluse.com Gay rights activists in Uganda held a press conference today in response to a recent anti-gay push coordinated by Family Life Network (FLN) leader Stephen Langa. Ex-Gay Watch has posted exclusive video (here and here) of Langa addressing…
Ex-Gay Guru Richard Cohen Reaches Into Uganda
At the same meeting in Uganda described here, Family Life Network (FLN) leader Stephen Langa continues his discussion with the group on the evil, clever “gay agenda.” In doing so, he turns to Richard Cohen’s book, Coming Out Straight :…