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In this original BTB Investigation, we unveil the tragic story of Kirk Murphy, a four-year-old boy who was treated for “cross-gender disturbance” in 1970 by a young grad student by the name of George Rekers. This story is a stark reminder that there are severe and damaging consequences when therapists try to ensure that boys will be boys.
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 500 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.
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.
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"
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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Leonard Drake
September 21st, 2009
Well, I am still here. But, it is nice to know I’ll be able to save a lot on postage stamps this year for my father’s side of the family (_insane_ Pentacostals). They won’t need Christmas cards this year, as I am sure they have already moved on. 0;-)
tavdy79
September 21st, 2009
I’m still here. Good to know I won’t be spending eternity with Pope Ratty and the NOMskulls.
Duncan
September 21st, 2009
We have the Earth to ourselves! Just as Jesus said. Now to make sure all those prophecies do NOT happen. Let the Antichrist come, we’ll judge him on his merits before the Lord does.
One lot of fundamentalists gotten rid of (forgive my grammar), now we can go after the rest. This means you, advocates of a global Caliphate!
Marisa
September 21st, 2009
“Can you hear me now?…” I have already been raptured and this coverage is GREAT! You see? God loves the LGBT too.
Mel
September 21st, 2009
Why do I get the feeling that somebody is going to be very disappointed today?
JT
September 21st, 2009
Like Carlotta in “Follies”, though honestly I’m not really a candidate for rapture. Maybe the traffic will be especially light today here in South Carolina.
AdrianT
September 21st, 2009
“…….is it me you’re looking for?”
Timothy (TRiG)
September 21st, 2009
I’m not here. I’m an illusion.
TRiG.
William
September 21st, 2009
I’m left behind – and loving it!
Timothy (TRiG)
September 21st, 2009
I tend to think these people don’t live in this world anyway.
TRiG.
Christopher Waldrop
September 21st, 2009
“Why, this is Hell, nor have I left it.”
This reminds me of a joke. A man dies and goes to Heaven. He’s being shown around by an angel, and when they get to one spot the angel tells him they have to be very quiet and walk by without making any noise. Later the man asks, “Why couldn’t we make any noise in that one place?” The angel replies, “That’s where the fundamentalists are. They’re the only ones here.”
TJMcFisty
September 21st, 2009
Hopefully they’ll do another round of it cuz traffic, while pretty thin for a Monday, was still a little too congested. Thanks for clearing the roadways, Jeebus!
Xaocoh
September 21st, 2009
I can’t speak for New York, but this morning we here in Phoenix were greeted by a 15 megaton nuclear detonation just as he predicted.
Shortly afterward, an EMP blast was detonated which brought down our entire communications network. Good thongy iPhone is still working.
Bill S
September 21st, 2009
Christopher W., I think the punchline is, “They think they’re the only ones here.”
mykill
September 21st, 2009
Good, now maybe i won’t have to see insane facebook posts from my sister. Assuming they don’t have wireless in heaven, of course.
John
September 21st, 2009
Betcha the fundamentalists are surprised…
Even as a lapsed Catholic that one never gets old… ;-)
JimInMa
September 21st, 2009
It’s kind of like reading the label from one of Dr Bronner’s Miracle Soap bottles!
!00’s of uses! See Below! Wash Rinse Cleanse Sanitize!
Candace
September 21st, 2009
I learned not to trust Rapture Alerts was back 40 years ago, when I was a senior in a christian high school…. the Principal convinced most of my class that we would be raptured during the Christmas break (it was generally acknowledged, even at such an early time in my life, that I had as much chance of catching a flight with Jesus as a snowball in hell) which resulted in several people not doing their research paper on Shakespeare and getting a big fat F in the English class that happened right on schedule when we came back in January.
Regan DuCasse
September 21st, 2009
Where I come from, it’s the Ghost Dance.
But hey…the disappearance of enemies, pain and suffering and so on is in the dream scape of so many cultures.
Hi everybody!
Priya Lynn
September 21st, 2009
I’m really impressed with the amount of work that went into that web site. I found a quote at the bottom of the page that was particularly ironic:
“There are some very bizarre end-time groups in the world, with some strange beliefs”
Gina9223
September 21st, 2009
Well, Grandma always said that when the rapture came I’d be left sitting on the toilet.
Anyone got some TP?
Jim
September 21st, 2009
For those of us in Tucson….
Finally, we get rid of that obnoxious city to the north!
U of A gets the big win!
LOL
Tim
September 22nd, 2009
::cough::
http://twitter.com/#search?q=%23luciferiscoming
Mike in MI
September 22nd, 2009
I thought maybe their calculations were wrong so I checked again today and damn, I’m still here!
Richard Rush
September 22nd, 2009
As I struggle to imagine how Carrie Prejean could have enough to say to fill her upcoming book, Still Standing, I’m thinking she was clairvoyant, and the full book title will be:
STILL STANDING! . . .
How I was rejected for the rapture just for getting a boob job.
Vancity
September 22nd, 2009
I note that the website has changed its message, and no longer predicts that the rapture will take place yesterday….
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