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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"
Part 6: The Science Of "Love Won Out"
Part 7: The Politics Of "Love Won Out"
Part 8: Hope For Parents Who Struggle
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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Jason D
December 2nd, 2008 | LINK
someone save California from the tyranny of their elected officials!!
You know, people used to stand up for important traditions like bigotry, paranoid, and xenophobia.
What’s the use of being a majority if the courts, the legislature, and the governor want to take your precious bully clubs away?
THE NOIVE!
queerunity
December 2nd, 2008 | LINK
i hope it passes, would it have any bearing or would it be purely symbolic?
Richard W. Fitch
December 2nd, 2008 | LINK
It would seem that the mere fact both chambers have initiated bills with such specific language would make it more than just symbolic even if it doesn’t pass. When it DOES pass, the implied endorsement for the CA Supreme Crt to nullify Prop 8 is overwhelming. If same-sex marriage rights had not already been on the books it would be another story; but emphasizing that citizens have been stripped of their rights cannot but make most CA citizens realize the gravity of this “rule by majority” debacle. -rwf - Indy
queerunity
December 2nd, 2008 | LINK
Well Richard it shows the controversy over whether this was legal, but even if the house did say it was wrong and voted in favor of repeal I am not sure it does anything. It all lies in the hands of the supreme court at this point.
Louie
December 2nd, 2008 | LINK
And lets not forget that Prop. 8 passed by a slim majority. Less than 5%?
mgh
December 3rd, 2008 | LINK
not to be dismissive of this effort, but this is well out of the legislature’s hands.
just as the legislature couldn’t overrule the prior proposition which amended the statutes, they can’t try to “undo” this one by forcing the AG to stop defending it.
we have a duty to our constitutions, as awful as they may be…this is dangerous ground to be treading on, unless they want to acknowledge this as an act of civil disobedience (in which case, full steam ahead, but admit it).
QueerinSoCal
December 3rd, 2008 | LINK
I agree that this is dangerous territory - and I’m relatively sure that the legislature knows it. But I see two dangers here, one is the rejection of the outcome of an election by the legislature, the other is the gutting of Constitutional rights by a bare majority vote. When weighing the dangers, I have to come down on the side of maintaining civil rights.
And I really do believe that I’d feel the same way even if the minority in question was one I disagreed with. I don’t like that the ACLU has argued for the right of KKK members to march on MLK day, and I don’t think I could bring myself to do it in their position, but I’m glad someone is there to do it. A Constitution that only works for the popular groups isn’t a Constitution I want to live under.
David C.
December 3rd, 2008 | LINK
Probably the real danger is that a revision/amendment procedural error would be allowed to go unchallenged were the legislature not to speak up. The usurpation of a right/responsibility of the legislature should not go unchallenged.
This is probably the result of a defect in the whole initiative process. No initiative should be allowed to be placed upon the ballot without a determination being made as to whether the legislature has some duty to act first under the constitution. It would not be hard to fix, but it would need to be done carefully to avoid the creation of more ambiguity.
SharonB
December 8th, 2008 | LINK
This is exactly the way to go! I hope it passes with wide margins.
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