Tag Archives: ex-gay

HomoQuotable – James Hartline

“Iceland didn’t get the memo from God: After recently being struck with a catastrophic volcano that threatens to destroy their nation, Iceland has pressed forward with their governmental rebellion against God’s commandments. Voting 49-0, Iceland has voted to legalize same-sex marriages under the reign of their satanic prime minister, open lesbian Social Democrat Johanna Sigurdardottir. “In recent months the entire …

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LGBT Youth Group Launches To Fight Exodus & “Ex-Gay” Therapy

Launching this week in advance of the upcoming Exodus International “ex-gay” conference is Stand- Together, a new group whose mission is to tell LGBT youth that they are fine, normal, and beautiful just as they are. Below, they invite young LGBT people to record a video message of strength and self-acceptance and upload it to YouTube for inclusion on the …

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Did Liberty Counsel Smuggle Lisa Miller And Her Daughter Out Of The Country?

For many months we’ve been wondering about the whereabouts of “ex-gay” Lisa Miller and her daughter Isabella, both of whom disappeared after a Vermont judge ruled that Miller must surrender custody of the child to her former partner. Miller had been represented by the anti-gay Liberty Counsel, who since January have claimed to have no knowledge of the pair’s location. …

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PFOX Complains: The PTA Won’t Let Bigots Like Us Come To Their Convention!

“Ex-gay” group PFOX is stamping their widdle footies because the PTA says they don’t allow hate groups to come to their national convention. PFOX says they called and emailed for eight months, requesting a booth at the convention, only to finally be told they don’t meet the PTA’s standards. Via Christian Newswire: “Why is it gay groups meet the PTA …

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Fake Pediatricians Group Dumps Rekers

You’ve really got to be a scumbag when other scumbags won’t be seen with you. After being disavowed by the Family Research Council (which he co-founded) and by NARTH, for whom he wrote extensively and sat on their board of directors, Dr. George Rekers has now been dumped by that fake pediatricians group fronted by NARTH members. Wayne Besen reports …

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Researcher May Sue NARTH For Falsely Citing His Work On Gay Youth

The University of Minnesota’s Dr. Gary Remafedi is furious with NARTH for falsely citing his work on their website and in the letter sent to the nation’s schools by their fake pediatricians group. The letter, and the Facts About Youth website it pointed school officials to, was dense with footnotes citing scientific studies. Remafedi’s research was at the top of …

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Your NARTH Proposal Is Due July 1st

If you are interested in being a presenter at NARTH’s convention this November in Philadelphia, you must submit your proposal by July 1st. The theme this year is “Preserving Personal Freedom: The Scientific & Ethical Treatment of Unwanted Homosexuality.” Email Kim Niquette at [email protected] with your ideas.

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Will Rekers Scandal Affect Prop 8?

Following up on the New York Times story about the legal implications of the Dr. George Rekers scandal, Amanda Terkel at Think Progress has found four instances of Rekers’ ties to the Perry Vs. Schwarzenegger trial to overturn Proposition 8. I don’t usually excerpt another blogger’s work so extensively, but this is a must-read. 1. Blankenhorn was the defendants’ star …

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Exodus Family Values

Via Ex-Gay Watch, below is an exultant Facebook posting from Exodus International president Alan Chambers in which he excitedly celebrates that a lesbian couple has broken up after 22 years and “come to Christ.” Knowing Chambers, of course, it’s possible that the couple doesn’t exist at all. Still, the posting is a window into the grief that Exodus and its …

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Rentboy Patron George Rekers Used To Advocate Spanking The Gay Away

Rentboy lover Dr. George Rekers used tell the parents of effeminate boys that they could spank the gay out of their kids. Via Miami New Times, here’s how one boy was treated: In 1974, Rekers, a leading thinker in the so-called ex-gay movement, was presented with a 4-year-old “effeminate boy” named Kraig, whose parents had enrolled him in the program. …

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Quote Of The Day – Leonard Pitts

“Put yourself in the shoes of the teenager, bewildered and frightened by these feelings he or she is not ‘supposed’ to have, feelings of sexual attraction to people of the same gender. You try to deny them, try to ignore them, try to suppress them, but they will not go away. You are all alone, isolated behind a secret that …

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PhoboQuotable – Greg Quinlan

“Ms. Nooyi, you lead PepsiCo’s Diversity and Inclusion Governance Council. I don’t want to hear any more words from you about diversity and inclusion — I want you to actually practice it. As for Peggy Moore, who represents PepsiCo on the PFLAG Board Workplace Diversity Committee, she should be fired because she doesn’t know the first thing about diversity if …

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Luggage Will Be Lifted

NARTH has announced their 2010 convention, which will be held at Philadelphia’s Renaissance Hotel on November 5th-7th. This year’s “ex-gay” confab will be called “Preserving Personal Freedom: The Scientific & Ethical Treatment of Unwanted Homosexuality.” Who’s down for a drop-in? The luggage prop opportunities are irresistible!

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HomoQuotable – LZ Granderson

“The gay and lesbian community has plenty of Uncle Toms trying to blow us up from inside, but what we don’t have is our own word or phrase to identify them. Some call them ‘closet cases,’ but there is a difference between someone who is unwilling to live openly and honestly, and someone who takes that a step further and …

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Ex-Gay Freeze Tag

Good As You calls this ad from “ex-gay” nutters Stonegate Fellowship “creepy,” probably because of the zombies who come to life momentarily to spew “we can save you from the gay” nonsense before turning back into statues. They’re from Texas! Zombie, Texas!

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Roy Zimmerman: George Rekers Is Completely Heterosexual

Musical satirist Roy Zimmerman updates his classic.

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George Rekers: I Am Getting Spiritual Counseling For My Weaknesses

Even though he’s still saying the he will sue all the involved parties for saying he is a homosexual, Dr. George Rekers told Christianity Today via email today that he is getting counseling to overcome the “weaknesses” that made him hire Jo-Vanni Roman. “I confessed to the Lord and to my family that I was unwise and wrong to hire …

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NARTH Is Purging Rekers From Their Site

At Pam’s House Blend, Autumn Sandeen notes that NARTH has begun purging their site of documents that reference Dr. George Rekers, including his article about the evils of gay adoption. Man overboard!

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Austin Radio Interview, 7PM EDT

At 7PM EDT, I’ll be on KOOP-FM in Austin, Texas to talk about the Rekers scandal. I’ve done several of these in the last few days, but THIS time I’m remembering to tell you in advance! Stream the show live here. UPDATE: I’ll post the station’s podcast of the interview tomorrow.

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Disgraced Rentboy Patron Dr. George Rekers Resigns From NARTH

Everybody’s least favorite homosexual, the publicly shamed Dr. George Rekers, has resigned from the board of directors of NARTH, the nation’s most repulsive “ex-gay” organization. Talking Points Memo has the story: NARTH vice president of operations David Pruden tells TPMmuckraker that Rekers first offered his resignation last Thursday, and officially resigned today. NARTH is a group that promotes the idea …

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