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February 22nd, 2007
The parents who attended Love Won Out seemed to have a lot of questions. Based on what I heard in the Q&A sessions and in casual conversations, most of these questions revolved around two specific themes: 1) “Why is my child gay?” and 2) “What can I do about it?” The Love Won Out organizers made sure there was plenty of information on hand to answer these questions. This essay will focus on the first question.
February 15th, 2007
Those who say that Love Won Out is all about hate have it all wrong. It’s not. Tragically, it’s about something much deeper and far more personal for most of those who attend.
February 14th, 2007
Teach The Facts noticed that the website for PFOX (Parents and Families of Ex-Gays and Gays) has gotten quite a makeover. (It’s also a severely jumbled mess if you try to view it using Firefox or Safari) And in the process, they placed a video of Dr. Robert Spitzer front and center of the web page.
February 12th, 2007
Last weekend, I did something I never thought I would do. I went to Bethany Bible Church in Phoenix, where Focus on the Family and Exodus were conducting a Love Won Out conference. I walked up to the registration desk, gave them my name, got a blue wristband, and I sat right down to see what it was all about. And now, I’ll begin to tell you all about it.
February 8th, 2007
Outsports is reporting that John Amaechi, a former player for the Cleveland Cavaliers, Utah Jazz and Orlando Magic, has become the first NBA player to come out as gay.
February 7th, 2007
With Ted Haggard’s recent miraculous transformation from fallen boy-toy customer to “completely heterosexual” in only three weeks, people are starting to ask questions. Last night’s edition of “Anderson Cooper 360” on CNN explored the claims of the ex-gay movement.
February 6th, 2007
Alana Burke, of the Redding (CA) Record Searchlight believes that “gays might do well to stay in the closet.” Not surprisingly, I beg to differ.
January 29th, 2007
We now shop in shopping centers and worship in worship centers. And when the church builds an auditorium instead of a sanctuary and engages in stagecraft instead of contemplation, when the bright spotlight shines on the “humble servant” on the stage, it seems that stage is set for a lot of things, including the suspension of disbelief. And in the midst of that suspension, an awful lot of falseness can slip through.
January 28th, 2007
Will the real Donnie Davies please take a bow.
January 25th, 2007
My friend Richard is one of the gayest people I know. He’s not only gay, but he is one of the happiest, friendliest and most cheerful souls you could ever hope to meet. He fits every definition of the word. One morning he was watching one of those news-chat programs in which a well-meaning guest was intoning with great sympathy that gay people are “that way” because they were born gay. It’s not their fault; they didn’t have a choice. Richard responded to that condescending tone by throwing up his hands and exclaiming, “Well if it’s not a choice it oughta be!”
January 24th, 2007
The Family “Research” Council’s Tony Perkins issued a press released in which he complained about President Bush’s State of the Union address last night. Apparently, the Uniter-In-Chief’s message wasn’t divisive enough.
January 17th, 2007
Focus on the Family and Exodus both have tried to derail this bill by acting like Chicken Little, crying that our constitutional sky is falling. It isn’t. But Exodus and Focus may end up with egg on their faces.
January 16th, 2007
The hate crime laws that Congress in considering doesn’t address speech for one simple reason: It can’t. Our constitution won’t allow it. For Exodus to claim otherwise shows an abysmal ignorance of the law — or dishonesty. It’s one of the other. Take your pick.
January 16th, 2007
As I said before, kids can be very passionate. Thank God for that. It’s clear that the younger generation is truly our best hope for a better future. But progress doesn’t come without a price. No pain, no gain, as one Santa Cruz high school student recently discovered.
January 12th, 2007
Dr. Kevin Kaatz noticed something interesting about Peter LaBarbara’s so-called “Americans For Truth’s” 501(c)(3) tax-exempt designation…
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