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February 13th, 2009
This is the fourth post in a five-part a series about anti-gay arguments that get the short shrift in public debate. We examine them here. Readers are encouraged to contribute to the discussion below. #4: Being gay is a choice. That old canard. In the past few years, the question of whether being gay is […]
February 12th, 2009
Anti-gay activists in Utah were outraged that their Governor, Republican Jon Huntsman Jr., supported – at least in principle – gay citizens and couples having rights up to and including civil unions. This is hardly new. Plenty of conservatives have objections to equality based on their fears about what this might mean to them. Any […]
February 11th, 2009
The American Family Association has been flogging a paid program to television programs called “Speechless: Silencing Christians” Already one television station had agreed to air the special before backing down from a national outcry. WOOD-TV in Grand Rapids, Michigan originally scheduled the program to air right before President Barack Obama’s Monday news conference. Program director […]
February 10th, 2009
The Terrence Caster family gave nearly $700,000 to the Yes on 8 Campaign. And while Californians Against Hate has declared a boycott on the family’s A-1 Self Storage company, Caster has received little publicized impact. But now he has suffered his first high visibility consequence. Ion Theatre, a small but well-regarded young theater company, has […]
February 10th, 2009
Peter LaBarbera called out his minions to protest an S&M conference taking place in the Columbus, Ohio suburb of Worthington. Here’s who turned out: “Is it a homo paper?” asked a scruffy 50+ man who spoke broken English with an Appalachian twang. In one hand he waved a large sign with the anagram “Gross Anus […]
February 9th, 2009
Jennifer Venasco has a well reasoned argument why gay and gay-supportive religious organizations should step up and take our rightful place in the community of faith that is receiving federal assistance for charitable efforts. And while I agree with Venasco that gay men and women of faith should not be excluded from national efforts or […]
February 8th, 2009
There’s some disappointment that President Obama chose to remake President Bush’s Office of Faith-Based Initiatives into the Council for Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, instead of dismantling it completely. But Jennifer Vanasco reminds us that faith-based means us, too: Gays and lesbians have given religion over to the right. This is not good. There are many […]
February 6th, 2009
New Hamphire’s legislature is debating whether to allow its same-sex couples to marry. But, of course, to have an effective debate one must at least be within shouting distance of comprehension and logic. I don’t think Rep. Itse is quite within range: Republican state Rep. Daniel Itse said gay marriage would cause out-of-wedlock births to […]
February 5th, 2009
Jim David Adkisson, the man who opened fire at the Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church in Knoxville, Tennessee and killed two people, will receive two concurrent life sentences without parole for each of the two slayings in exchange for a guilty plea. Adkisson will also receive concurrent 25-year prison terms for six counts of attempted […]
February 5th, 2009
There’s more from Grant Haas’ appearance on Michelangelo Signorile’s show this week. If you want to know more about “Ted Two,” you’ll have to check that out on Michael’s web site, along with his defense of why he thinks it’s newsworthy. I’m not so sure, myself. But this one, I think, is. It’s where Grant Haas […]
February 4th, 2009
This is the third post in a five-part a series about anti-gay arguments that get the short shrift in public debate. We examine them here. Readers are encouraged to contribute to the discussion below. #3: Being gay is against the natural order of things; it is against evolution; if everyone were gay humanity would end. […]
February 4th, 2009
Grant Haas, the young man who came forward last week with new allegations about Ted Haggard, appeared on Michelangelo Signorile’s program yesterday and spoke for about an hour and a half. Mike will be posting shorter audio portions over the next few days. Today, he posted an edited clip of their discussion of New Life […]
February 3rd, 2009
Human trials are about to begin on a form of gene therapy that could immunize people against the most common type of HIV. Recruiting for the human trials began yesterday. According to Wired.com: Since the discovery that a small portion of people who are exposed to HIV do not get infected, scientists have been working […]
February 3rd, 2009
A pitch for adultery found a home in Houston, where local television stations aired a commercial for AshleyMadison.com, an online dating service for married people looking for outside lovers. Even though heterosexuals like to talk a blue streak about the virtues of monogamy, the Toronto-based dating service — their tagline is “Life is short. Have […]
February 1st, 2009
The new chairman of the Republican Party, Michael Steele, told Chris Wallace this morning that the party needs to reach out to supporters of abortion rights and gay rights: WALLACE: You are one of the co-founders of something called the Republican Leadership Council… STEELE: Yep. WALLACE: … which supports candidates who favor abortion and gay […]
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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"
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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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