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Self-Denial Comes Back to Haunt South African Ex-Gay Pastor
South African ex-gay pastor Ben Dlamini invited controversy when he sought police assistance to evict a gay couple from his house for allegedly violating house
Briefly: Focus on the Family Distorts Psychologists’ View on Sex-Orientation Origin
Focus on the Family falsely claimed on Friday that the American Psychological Association believes sexual orientation “is likely developmental in nature.” Focus downplays emphasis by
Briefly: Concerned Women for America Caught Lying about Ex-Gay Fugitive, Life Expectancy
Jonathan Rowe of Positive Liberty and Ed Brayton of Dispatches from the Culture Wars catch Concerned Women for America’s Matt Barber issuing lies about ex-gay
Briefly: Does Abstinence-Only Sex Ed Promote Abortion?
Amid news of the widespread failure of antisex education and virginity pledges to reduce sexual activity and pregnancies, recent discussions have asked whether “abstinence-only” advocacy
Roundup: Australia / Kern and more Kern / Antigay Violence / Reclaim Judaism / Unshocking Mormons
Become ex-gay — or else: Sydney, Australia, Anglican Rev. Richard Lane once wrote to High Court Justice Michael Kirby, urging him to join an “ex-gay”
Roundup: Ex-Gay Starbucks Card / Antiagenda Agenda / Ex-Straight?
Portland Fellowship, an Exodus affiliate program in Portland, Oregon, has launched a web site to recruit churches to the ex-gay cause. Supporters are asked to
Roundup: Antigay Catholics / Non-Violence A ‘Special Right’ / Gays and Genetics
Against freedom: An antigay Catholic group is upset that many Catholic universities permit freedom of speech and freedom of association among their gay-tolerant students and
Roundup: Export Gays? Christians Misadvised. Kern Foams
Send them to Mexico. Commenting on federal legislation that would allow foreign individuals to join their gay American partners on U.S. soil, Family Research Council
Roundup: Focus Coverup / Investor Activism
Focus science coverup: While acknowledging his role in cultural warfare, Glenn Stanton of Focus on the Family declines to acknowledge that his employer covered up
Roundup: Pro-Family, Anti-Couple. Natural Global Warming? Chicago Protest
Update: ‘Repent America’ Leader Guilty: Michael Marcavage, whose Philadelphia-area band of followers uses megaphones to shout down public events, was found guilty of disorderly conduct
