Tag Archives: JONAH

Quote Of The Day – Maggie Gallagher

“Professor Nicholas Cummings, rather a giant in the field of psychology who gave a deposition in this case, published an op-ed Wednesday in USA Today. Some have accused Cummings of supporting damaging forms of what they call ‘reparation therapy.’ But the SPLC lawsuit originally claimed any form of sexual-orientation change therapy was necessarily fraud because it never helps people. Cummings’s …

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Former APA Head Denounces SPLC’s Lawsuit Against “Ex-Gay” Group JONAH

Nicholas Cummings, who headed the APA for one year back in 1979, has penned a USA Today column slamming the SPLC for their fraud lawsuit against the New Jersey-based “ex-gay” group JONAH. Cummings, who has keynoted the convention of NARTH, the most vile, lying “ex-gay” group in the nation, claims that hundreds of his patients successfully became heterosexual. Of the …

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Double Talk From Maggie Gallagher

“I don’t back something called ‘conversion therapy.’ I don’t even really know what conversion therapy is, and I’m not qualified to express an opinion on a particular kind of therapy. I back the right of gay people to seek the kind of counseling help they want, not the kind the SPLC lawyers want them to have, including help to live …

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Maggie Gallagher Backs “Ex-Gay” Group

“Chuck Limandri, my old friend from the Carrie Prejean, Prop 8 fights, is a heckuva a lawyer and one brave man. He’s taking on the Southern Poverty Law Center’s massive legal machine to defend the right of Jewish gay people to seek help. SPLC is using consumer-fraud laws to try to bankrupt these small nonprofits and if it wins this …

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NEW YORK CITY: Gay Activist Wins $3.5M Molestation Lawsuit Against His Cousin

The Brooklyn Supreme Court yesterday awarded $3.5M to activist Chaim Levin, who sued his cousin for childhood sexual abuse. Levin is also a plaintiff in the Southern Poverty Law Center’s pending lawsuit against JONAH, a New Jersey-based Jewish “ex-gay” organization. The New York Daily News reports on yesterday’s win: Chaim Levin, now 24, claimed in a Brooklyn Supreme Court lawsuit …

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Maggie Gallagher: Farewell To Optimism

“So in this, my final column, I say my farewell to optimism and my hello to hope. What is the difference? Optimism is a prediction; hope is a virtue. My hope rests on this: The truths to which I’ve dedicated my life, both professionally and personally, are too important to ignore, too foundational to be abandoned, too much a part …

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Maggie Gallagher To Defend Jewish “Ex-Gay” Group Against SPLC Lawsuit

A recently-formed legal group chaired by Maggie Gallagher announced today that they will defend the “ex-gay” Jewish group JONAH against the fraud lawsuit filed last month by the Southern Poverty Law Center. JONAH is a faith-based, nonprofit organization that offers assistance to men and women seeking to resolve their sexual conflicts, including unwanted same sex attractions. JONAH has been unjustly …

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Orthodox Rabbis Denounce “Ex-Gay” Therapy By Jewish Group JONAH

Pink News reports today that the Rabbinical Council of America has denounced JONAH, the Jewish “ex-gay” group based in New Jersey which was just sued for fraud by the Southern Poverty Law Center. They also want JONAH to remove a letter from their website which claims that the Rabbinical Council has endorsed their work. Their statement: “As rabbis trained in …

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SPLC Sues “Ex-Gay” Group

The Southern Poverty Law Center today announced that it has filed a lawsuit against an “ex-gay” group, accusing them of fraudulent business practices.  The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), pro bono co-counsel Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP and the law firm of Lite DePalma Greenberg, LLC filed a lawsuit today against Jews Offering New Alternatives for Healing (JONAH), its …

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