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Slouching Towards Kampala: Uganda’s Deadly Embrace of Hate
When we first reported on three American anti-gay activists traveling to Kampala for a three-day conference, we had no idea that it would be the first report of a long string of events leading to a proposal to institute the death penalty for LGBT people. But that is exactly what happened. In this report, we review our collection of more than two hundred posts to tell the story of one nation’s embrace of hatred toward gay people. This report will be updated continuously as events continue to unfold. Check here for the latest updates.
David Benkof: Behind the Mask
At first glance, David Benkof appears to be a young gay man who believes that same-sex marriage will damage the institution of marriage, that there are better options for gay couples than marriage, that the community should join him in prioritizing other more pressing issues, and that the marriage discussion is harming the efforts of gay couples in red states to get recognition for their unions. He also claims that he’s a gay columnist, that he speaks for an influential collection of gay thinkers, and that he is part of the gay and lesbian community and that he shares our goals and dreams. But none of that is true.
“Repeat After Me”: The Reparative Therapy Echo Chamber
The April 2008 edition of the pay-to-publish vanity journal Psychological Reports featured a new report from NARTH. Written by NARTH president A. Dean Byrd, past president Joseph Nicolosi, and Richard W. Potts, the report carries the unwieldy but self-descriptive title, “Clients perceptions of how reorientation therapy and self-help can promote changes in sexual orientation.” While the title describes what the authors meant to show — how clients describe the benefits of reparative therapy — the report itself actually illustrates something very different: the ex-gay movement’s remarkable ability to instill an almost robot-like parroting of ex-gay rhetoric among their clients.
Testing the Premise: Is MRSA The New Gay Plague?
The Toronto Star said that a new study “discover[ed] a new strain” of a super-bug “hitting gay men.” Headlines in Britain screamed, “Flesh-eating bug strikes San Francisco’s gay community,” and anti-gay extremists across America spread the alarm that gays were introducing another plague into “the general population.” But there was a small problem with all of this: None of it is true!
Paul Cameron’s World
In 2005, the Southern Poverty Law Center wrote that “[Paul] Cameron’s ‘science’ echoes Nazi Germany.” What the SPLC didn”t know was Cameron doesn’t just “echo” Nazi Germany. He quoted extensively from one of the Final Solution’s architects. This puts his fascination with quarantines, mandatory tattoos, and extermination being a “plausible idea” in a whole new and deeply disturbing light.
From the Inside: Focus on the Family’s “Love Won Out”
On February 10, I attended an all-day “Love Won Out” ex-gay conference in Phoenix, put on by Focus on the Family and Exodus International. In this series of reports, I talk about what I learned there: the people who go to these conferences, the things that they hear, and what this all means for them, their families and for the rest of us.
Prologue: Why I Went To “Love Won Out”
Part 1: What’s Love Got To Do With It?
Part 2: Parents Struggle With “No Exceptions”
Part 3: A Whole New Dialect
Part 4: It Depends On How The Meaning of the Word "Change" Changes
Part 5: A Candid Explanation For "Change"
The Heterosexual Agenda: Exposing The Myths
At last, the truth can now be told.
Using the same research methods employed by most anti-gay political pressure groups, we examine the statistics and the case studies that dispel many of the myths about heterosexuality. Download your copy today!
And don't miss our companion report, How To Write An Anti-Gay Tract In Fifteen Easy Steps.
Testing The Premise: Are Gays A Threat To Our Children?
Anti-gay activists often charge that gay men and women pose a threat to children. In this report, we explore the supposed connection between homosexuality and child sexual abuse, the conclusions reached by the most knowledgeable professionals in the field, and how anti-gay activists continue to ignore their findings. This has tremendous consequences, not just for gay men and women, but more importantly for the safety of all our children.
Straight From The Source: What the “Dutch Study” Really Says About Gay Couples
Anti-gay activists often cite the “Dutch Study” to claim that gay unions last only about 1½ years and that the these men have an average of eight additional partners per year outside of their steady relationship. In this report, we will take you step by step into the study to see whether the claims are true.
The FRC’s Briefs Are Showing
Tony Perkins’ Family Research Council submitted an Amicus Brief to the Maryland Court of Appeals as that court prepared to consider the issue of gay marriage. We examine just one small section of that brief to reveal the junk science and fraudulent claims of the Family “Research” Council.
Review: The Gay Report
When Karla Jay and Allan Young published The Gay Report in 1979, it quickly a favorite source of statistics for many anti-gay extremists. But before you accepts these statistic at face value, you should examine the inner workings of this survey very carefully. What you learn might surprise you.
Daniel Fetty Doesn’t Count
The FBI’s annual Hate Crime Statistics aren’t as complete as they ought to be, and their report for 2004 was no exception. In fact, their most recent report has quite a few glaring holes. Holes big enough for Daniel Fetty to fall through.
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Steve Boese
June 11th, 2008 | LINK
In Firefox on WinXP Pro, accessing all of the links for the first time ever, I got Page not found.
Erica B.
June 11th, 2008 | LINK
1) No
2) Yes
3) No
4) Firefox / WinXP / work
What I think happened is this: if you already had the page in the cache [or, if your upstream provider had it cached], you will still see the original page. However, if you visited for the first time AFTER they changed the code, you’ll see the current version, which is a redirect to kzoffer.html (the new, “sorry nothing found” page).
My theory weaker if anybody visiting for the first time sees it, though :)
Timothy Kincaid
June 11th, 2008 | LINK
I was redirected – hadn’t been there before
NG
June 11th, 2008 | LINK
I’m getting a PAGE NOT FOUND.
Norm!
June 11th, 2008 | LINK
1. Does TiVo’s page load for you?
No
2. Is this the first time you tried accessing the web page at TiVo?
Yes
3. Did you clear your browsers’ cache and/or deleted cookies? Do you get a different result if you do?
Yes, no.
4. Please specify which browser, operating system, and internet provider is giving you your results.
IE 7.0, WindowsVista, Comcast
AlexM
June 11th, 2008 | LINK
I didn’t think of the cookies, but when I cleared the one cookie from the TiVo site, it still redirected me again.
Oh, and I’ll try not to comment on one article more than 3 times. :)
Willie Hewes
June 11th, 2008 | LINK
Page not found for both. First time visiting, IE on my work machine.
Devlin Bach
June 11th, 2008 | LINK
1st time accessing Tivo. Page not found. Browser not cleared Vista / IE / AOL
Stefano
June 11th, 2008 | LINK
1. Does TiVo’s page load for you?
No. Neither the original link or the redirected link load. Even if entered manually into the browser address field so that no referrer would be detected.
2. Is this the first time you tried accessing the web page at TiVo?
No
3. Did you clear your browsers’ cache and/or deleted cookies?
Yes. By default my browser doesn’t cache pages. However, even if I completely shut down and run a wash and bleach of all temporary, caches, and cookies, and then attempt to load either link, I still get a 404 error.
Do you get a different result if you do?
No
4. Please specify which browser, operating system, and internet provider is giving you your results.
Windows OS
IE 6x
Independent local ISP
Have you (or Jeremy at Good As You attempted to contact TiVo’s medica contact or web master?
Scott
June 11th, 2008 | LINK
I get “page not found” on all the Tivo links you posted. This is the first time i’ve ever visited Tivo’s website. I’m using Windows XP, Firefox, and Qwest.
ScottJ
June 11th, 2008 | LINK
I cannot find the page either…however, the Tivo promotion is still on the FOTF website.
Emily K
June 11th, 2008 | LINK
Page not found. Firefox on Mac OS X. first time visiting.
Gabriel Hudson
June 11th, 2008 | LINK
1. Does TiVo’s page load for you?
No
2. Is this the first time you tried accessing the web page at TiVo?
Yes
3. Did you clear your browsers’ cache and/or deleted cookies? Do you get a different result if you do?
Yes, no.
4. Please specify which browser, operating system, and internet provider is giving you your results.
Mozilla Firefox on my mac, Mac for windows, cable internet from Cox
Bene D
June 11th, 2008 | LINK
1. Does TiVo’s page load for you?
Page not found
2. Is this the first time you tried accessing the web page at TiVo?
No.
3. Did you clear your browsers’ cache and/or deleted cookies? Do you get a different result if you do?
Yes. No.
4. Please specify which browser, operating system, and internet provider is giving you your results.
Firefox, XP, Bell Canada
PiaSharn
June 11th, 2008 | LINK
When I click on the first link (fotf.html), I get redirected to the other page (kzoffer.html), and it loads just fine. If I try to go directly to the second (kzoffer.html) link, though, I too get an error. (However, the first link still works, although it continues to redirect me.)
I’m using IE with Windows XP (Home Edition), I get my internet access through Alltel, and this was the first time that I tried to visit the site.
Bruce Garrett
June 11th, 2008 | LINK
omeone else wrote that the first page loaded up fine for them, but they noticed the two different URL’s. So they went to the second link manually and got the same “page not found error.”
Ditto here. But the second link you are redirected to from the old Focus link isn’t “kzoffer.html” its “kzoffers.html” You’ve dropped the ’s’ and that’s why it isn’t working.
Of course, the question is why did the father’s day contest and affiliation with Focus suddenly vanish?
Jim Burroway
June 11th, 2008 | LINK
Bruce,
I suspect that was a coding error on TiVo’s part. I didn’t type the link out, but copied it from my address bar. But yes, it looks like the redirected link is working now.
It looks to me as if TiVo has corrected the problem with their web site — their technical problem, at least. They’ve also apparently scrubbed their site of any mention of Focus On the Family.
But as far as I know, there has been no statement. I think they still owe us an explanation of why they partnered with FOTF in the first place.
Zeke
June 11th, 2008 | LINK
It loaded immediately for me but there was nothing there about FOF. It was a page for a TiVO KidsZone promotion.
Interestingly, once I got on the page I couldn’t page back to this site. My “back” option wouldn’t work at all from the site. I had to go back to my favorites to get back to BTB.
Bruce Garrett
June 11th, 2008 | LINK
I suspect that was a coding error on TiVo’s part. I didn’t type the link out, but copied it from my address bar.
Yeah…me too. I think you caught them right in the middle of making the changes to their web site and things were still in a state of flux. And you’re absolutely right…they need to explain themselves. There is something unmitigatedly ugly about holding a father’s day contest that red lines the good words some kids put in for their dads, because either the dad or the kid is gay. It’s not that they’re treating the dads and the kids with contempt. They’re treated that filial love with contempt.
You really see how ugly the mindset is in there with this one. Look at this in light of the idea that “same sex attractions” are the result of poor relationships with parents, particularly the fathers. They seem so concerned that families should have good strong bonds. And here they are, seeing loving kids and loving parents, and they red line it, not like it shouldn’t exist, not like they don’t believe it really exists, but like they’re offended that it’s there.
A Stitch in Haste
June 12th, 2008 | LINK
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