Comments on: My lunch date with Caleb Lee Brundidge

By: the rhetoric of violence — exported to uganda | What's that you said?

the rhetoric of violence — exported to uganda | What's that you said? — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 20:49:16 +0000

[...] Turtle Bulletin describes My lunch date with Caleb Lee Brundidge: In his write-up in the summer 2009 IHF newsletter (PDF: 7MB/12 pages), Brundidge gives few details [...]

By: Ten Things to Oppose the Kill-The-Gays Bill in Uganda | Big Gay Sam

Ten Things to Oppose the Kill-The-Gays Bill in Uganda | Big Gay Sam — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:56:34 +0000

[...] Many of the US Evangelicals including Scott Lively, founder of Abiding Truth Ministries; and Caleb Lee Brundidge of International Healing Foundation were part of a conference that was credited for sparking the [...]

By: Peter

Peter — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 11:07:56 +0000

Great story! I’ve always wanted to infiltrate these anti-gay places and secretly sabotage them!
Keep up the good work!!

By: Bruce Garrett

Bruce Garrett — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 01:29:53 +0000

Leaders of the ex-gay movement still don’t see how they are pawns in the hands of people like Don Schmierer and Scott Lively…

Really?

By: wackadoodle

wackadoodle — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 22:46:59 +0000

This whole mess in Uganda is an example of how ex-gay ministries play both sides of the field: Brundidge and company speak of love and tolerance and being true to yourself while simultaneously spreading paranoia about gay activists recruiting children. They then feign shock when countries like Uganda draft “kill the gays” legislation.

Exactly. The bigots are quick to apologize and claim they totally oppose criminalizing homosexuality, but they NEVER refute any of the claims made about homosexuals. You don’t tell everyone in town _____ is a sick, deluded child molesting pervert out to get you and then pretend to not be involved when someone murders _____.

By: Raising the dead — for Jesus « el blogo de tedrick

Raising the dead — for Jesus « el blogo de tedrick — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 22:24:05 +0000

[...] http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2009/12/22/18681 [...]

By: Roger

Roger — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 21:32:54 +0000

Martin, I hadn´t read your comment above before I made my own. You are right and I now realize that the “ex”-gay case is just a specific case of a much more widespread religious pratice: bribing for Jesus, be it the hungry, the poor, or the emotionally unstable.
Dreadfull.
When I find a christian denomination or lets be more embracing: when I find ANY religion at all that REALLY makes good deeds without saying ONE SINGLE WORD about their “beliefs” this will have my respect. But, well… I guess I won´t be holding my breath…

By: Roger

Roger — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 21:11:41 +0000

A very interesting reading indeed.
is it just me or has anyone else noticed something very odd in the passage about “gay people paying straight youth to pass by gay” ?
This supposed bribing into gayness carries an uncanny similarity with the behavior we all know is the hallmark of the professional ex-gays, closeted pastors and other religious self-hating GAY bigots; i.e. they receive money to say they “became” straight. They make a living out of saying they are something they can´t possibly be. Some don´t even need the money: they will settle for beeing praised by their fellow religious freaks.
Spreading these lies about the simetrical situation amounts to a level of somber irony that I can find no paralel at all.
It´s really a joke. A sad, sick, twisted, horrible joke.

By: Martin

Martin — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 17:09:57 +0000

“Where these ideas come from other than the imaginings of Christian ministers I do not know.”

This particular lie comes naturally to people who are accustomed to missionizing to bribing people to convert by offering clothing, food and/or health care.

By: cowboy

cowboy — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 17:01:25 +0000

Interesting. I speculate Mr. Brundidge has tasted the fruit of being a celebrity (of sorts). That might be a factor into his behavior.