Tag Archives: ex-gay

BREAKING: Oregon Bans “Ex-Gay” Torture

Via press release from the National Center for Lesbian Rights: Today, the Oregon State Senate passed HB 2307, a bill that will protect lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) youth from the dangerous and discredited practice of conversion therapy. The bill was overwhelmingly approved by the State House on March 17 and is now heading to the desk of Governor …

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Mat Staver Has The “Ex-Gay” Sadz

“It’s unbelievable that the Supreme Court would sit on the sidelines while there’s this conflict that’s taking place between the courts of appeal over this major issue. And when this particular situation presents an issue of national, significant, public importance, the Supreme Court should make sure that ideology doesn’t guide its decisions – and unfortunately I think sometimes that’s what …

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SCOTUS Rejects Liberty Counsel’s Appeal Of New Jersey’s “Ex-Gay” Torture Ban

Via Yahoo News: The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday left intact New Jersey’s ban on counseling intended to change the sexual orientation of gay children. The court declined to hear a challenge to the law, meaning that a September ruling by the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upholding the ban is the final word on the matter. The appeals …

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Robert Oscar Lopez: The Government Will Pay Reparations To Kids Of Gay Parents

“Over time, there is no doubt that there will be at least 100,000 citizens, probably well over 500,000, placed into same-sex homes entirely or predominantly because of the state’s response to demands for expanded marriage rights from gay lobbying organizations. These citizens will not have chosen to be deprived of a parent of one gender and subjected to the authority …

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NEW YORK: Assembly Passes Ban On “Ex-Gay” Torture Of LGBT Youth

Via press release from the Pride Agenda: “Today the New York State Assembly stood with us and agreed that we’ve allowed our children to be subjected to harm for too long and that state licensed therapists should not be allowed to practice widely discredited and damaging conversion therapies that try to change a young person’s sexual orientation or gender identity,” …

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Jimmy Kimmel Interviews “I’m Not Gay No More” Guy About Yogurt Store Fracas

Via the St. Louis Fox affiliate: “It’s a good thing you didn’t order hot fudge, huh? That could’ve been really bad,” host Jimmy Kimmel said. “Right, my skin would’ve been burnt,” Caldwell said. The cashier, Stephanie Diaz, was charged with third-degree assault. Diaz denies calling Caldwell a homosexual slur, adding that she is gay. Kimmel said his show contacted her …

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Reporter To “Ex-Gay” Nutter: You’re Gay As A Goose And Just Can’t Admit It

British anti-gay group Christian Concern has posted the below BBC interview in which Buzzfeed UK reporter Patrick Strudwick confronts an “ex-gay” proponent, telling him that they’d met while Strudwick was undercover and he is clearly “as gay as a goose and just can’t admit it.” RELATED: Five years ago I reported on Strudwick’s undercover work in Britain’s “ex-gay” network.

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“I’m Not Gay No More” Viral Video Dude Involved In Yogurt-Throwing Fracas

So this happened in Missouri: A heated confrontation at a University City FroYo Frozen Yogurt shop ended with a cashier throwing frozen yogurt on a customer, according to police. Security video from the business shows a customer throwing money at a cashier. Seconds later you can see the cashier throw a bowl of frozen yogurt at the customer. The customer, …

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NEW YORK: State Assembly Committee Advances “Ex-Gay” Torture Ban

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NEW JERSEY: Liberty Counsel Appeals “Ex-Gay” Torture Ban To SCOTUS

On Monday the Third Circuit Court handed the Liberty Counsel their fifth consecutive loss in their battle to repeal bans on “ex-gay” torture. And because they are gluttons for punishment, here comes the inevitable appeal to SCOTUS, which smacked them down on California’s ban just a few months ago. Liberty Counsel asked the Court to grant review to resolve the …

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Gay Men Married To Women Tell SCOTUS: Don’t Demean Our Opposite-Sex Marriages

Mark Joseph Stern writes at Slate: There are a lot of terrible arguments against same-sex marriage, but this may be the worst: The Supreme Court must not protect gay couples’ marriages, because doing so would demean marriages between gay men and their wives. That, in a nutshell, is the argument put forth in an amicus brief recently filed by a …

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NEW JERSEY: Liberty Counsel Loses Yet Another “Ex-Gay” Torture Ban Challenge

Via Reuters: A federal appeals court on Monday rejected a fresh challenge to New Jersey’s ban on so-called gay conversion therapy for minors, saying the prohibition does not violate the rights of either children or their parents. By a 3-0 vote, the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said the ban did not infringe the First Amendment rights of minors …

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Quote Of The Day – Vivek Murthy

“Being gay is not a disorder. Being transgender is not a malady that requires a cure. Had I been Leelah Alcorn’s physician, I would have told her exactly that. And that’s the message I want other doctors, nurses, health professionals, and public health leaders to help get out to parents and children who may be confronting these issues.” – Surgeon …

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White House Posts YouTube Clip In Support Of “Ex-Gay” Torture Bans

Posted minutes ago to the official YouTube channel.

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“Ex-Gay” Crackpots: Obama Is Promoting Suicide And Enabling Pedophiles

Via Christian Newswire: Under the guise of liberating young people, President Obama reduced their freedom by condemning all therapeutic efforts to alter one’s sexual identity. His administration went on record Wednesday night to ensure that all gay people in the USA have no clinical option but to embrace their homosexuality. “It is tragic that children who have been exposed to …

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COLORADO: State Senate Committee Rejects “Ex-Gay” Torture Ban Bill

Via the Associated Press: A bill to ban gay-conversion therapy for kids has been rejected by Republicans that control the state Senate. The bill would have banned therapists from trying to change the sexual orientation or gender identity of children. It was rejected 3-2 on a party-line vote in a Senate committee Wednesday. The bill earlier passed in the House, …

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LGBT Groups Applaud Obama’s Support For Laws That Ban “Ex-Gay” Torture

GLSEN Studies conducted by major mental health organizations and personal testimony from lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender youth have shown that conversion therapy can create dangerous and even life-threatening effects, including depression, decreased self-esteem, substance abuse and suicidal behavior. We are thrilled that President Obama will call for an end to the use of conversion therapy on minors. It is …

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BREAKING: White House Supports Bans On “Ex-Gay” Torture Of LGBT Youth

In December 2014 transgender teen Leelah Alcorn threw herself into traffic after writing a suicide note describing how her parents forced her to undergo “ex-gay” torture. Leelah’s death brought national attention to “ex-gay” torture therapy and spawned a petition to the White House which demands a federal ban on such abuses. After receiving more than 120,000 signatures, tonight White House …

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PFOX To SCOTUS: Stop Same-Sex Marriage Because Gays Totally Make Fun Of Us

The “ex-gay” loony tunes at PFOX have filed an amicus brief to the Supreme Court in which they argue that same-sex marriage must not be approved because, among other nonsensical reasons, people make fun of them. From the conclusion of their brief: Same-sex attraction is not an immutable characteristic determined at birth, like race or gender. The growing public acknowledgment …

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