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• Straights Struggle When Asked "When Did They Choose to be Straight?"

  
  Michael-In-Norfolk - - Coming Out In Mid Life — Authority: 154
  The Christofascist - and the Catholic Church through its bogus "Courage" program - routinely describe being gay as a "lifestyle choice" as if LGBT people at some point make a conscious decision to be attracted physically and romantically attracted to those of the same gender.   If this were true, then obviously at ...
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• U.S. Catholic Bishops Step Up Anti-Gay Efforts

  
  Michael-In-Norfolk - - Coming Out In Mid Life — Authority: 154
  While we continue to see sex abuse scandals exploding around the world - e.g., Australia and now Africa -  involving sexual predator priests and a Vatican orchestrated conspiracy to cover up crimes and protect child rapists what do the U. S. Catholic bishops focus their efforts on?  Stopping gay marriage and placing ...
  6 days ago

• LaBarbera: Gays Can Change Like Murderers, Rapists and The Most Vile Criminals

  
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  Channeling Pat Robertson , Americans For Truth About Homosexuality’s Peter LaBarbera said that it is an “insult to God” to argue that gays and lesbians have an innate sexual orientation when God can change “murderers” along with “the most vile criminals, rapists, alcoholics [and] drunks.” LaBarbera ...
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• Pat Robertson: Gays Can Change Just Like Murderers and Rapists

  
  Michael-In-Norfolk - - Coming Out In Mid Life — Authority: 154
  The Hampton Roads area of southeastern Virginia desperately needs to diversify its economy and attract new progressive business so as to reduce the areas dependence on federal defense spending.  And some efforts are being made to enhance the areas image.  But unfortunately, time and time again snake oil ...
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• The "Choice Myth" - Denial and Life in the Closet

  
  Michael-In-Norfolk - - Coming Out In Mid Life — Authority: 154
  As this blog notes frequently, one of the linchpins to the Christofascists anti-gay agenda is promoting the lies that homosexuality is a "choice," that gays can "change," and that "ex-gays" number in the hundreds of thousands (even though they never seem to be able to produce anyone except the same old "ex-gays for ...
  1 week ago

• Lunatic Philadelphia preacher, in a huff over puff, declares that ‘America has gone to pot’

  
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  LAST Saturday was National Pot Smoking Day in America, and in Philadelphia a group of marijuana enthusiastiasts gathered at at Independence National Historical Park to celebrate the occasion. Also there was Michael Marcavage of Repent America, well-known for his homophobia and and a keen “pray away the gay” ...
  2 weeks ago

• Growing Up Godly, but Gay

  
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  Joel Barrett Joel Barrett, a resident of South Bend, Indiana, recently flew to NYC with his partner David to get married on their 7th anniversary. He is working on a book about his experiences of growing up “godly” but gay in a conservative Baptist home and of his struggles of going through 2 1/2 years of ex-gay ...
  2 weeks ago

• ‘Ex-gay’ advocate repents of homophobia, admits that ‘reparative therapy’ is just bollocks

  
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  CHRISTIAN fundie John Paulk once co-authored a book with his wife called Love Won Out: How God’s Love Helped Two People Leave Homosexuality and Find Each Other but this week he urged people to disregard everything it contained. Paulk. for years the poster boy for the Christian “ex-gay” movement, has formally ...
  3 weeks ago

• Take 500 Volts, and Call Me in the Morning…

  
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  By Guest Writer, Addison I want you to close your eyes, and imagine that you’re 12-years-old again.  Maybe you’ve mentioned to your Mom that a girl in your class is beautiful.  Maybe your geometry teacher called home to alert them to your “concerning” behavior.  Maybe your little brother raided your stash ...
  3 weeks ago

• Former Focus The On Family Spokesman Apologizes For Advocating Ex-Gay Therapy

  
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• Ex-Gay John Paulk Now Officially Gay, Officially Sorry

  
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  A week after his half-assed apology , ex-gay poster boy John Paulk put his whole ass into it by issuing the following statement, renouncing his ex-gay past and apologizing for the harm he caused: For the better part of ten years, I was an advocate and spokesman for what’s known as the “ex-gay movement,” where ...
  3 weeks ago

• Life-Cycle of a Christian Lesbian

  
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  Originally published as “About the Author” on March 25, 2006. [Note: This post summarizes my life through Spring 2006 and is not reflective of my current status.]     Original Post: In case you’ve not noticed, I’ve changed the intro … Read more ›
  3 weeks ago

• Former Ex-Gay Spokesman Issues Formal Apology

  
  Michael-In-Norfolk - - Coming Out In Mid Life — Authority: 154
   In addition to the gay marriage defeats in France and Rhode Island, the Christofascists have another reason to be depressed: John Paulk, perhaps the most high profile "ex-gay" has issued a formal apology for his "ex-gay" activities and has admitted that despite previous claims, his sexual orientation never changed ...
  3 weeks ago

• A Formal Apology from John Paulk

  
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  John Paulk, once the poster-boy for Focus on the Familys "ex-gay" organization, "Love Won Out" has written a formal apology and renounced his formal ex-gay past. In it, he writes that during his tenure at the top of the countrys most famous conversion therapy organization, his "life did change as a Christian," but his ...
  3 weeks ago

• Truth Out: Kerry Rhodes Burned By Ex-Gay Lover

  
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  Photo Credit: Bossip.com A few months ago, there were some rumors that gay athletes were playing for the Arizona Cardinals. Not that there’s anything wrong with gay individuals playing a sport, but when people start to question if someone’s gay, it’s more or less better to tell the truth rather than hide the ...
  4 weeks ago

• Right Wing Round-Up - 4/18/13 4/17/13

  
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  Michael B. Keegan @ Huffington Post : The Background Check Filibuster: ‘Who’s Laughing Now?” Brett LoGiurato @ Business Insider : Joe Scarborough Explodes At GOP For Voting Down Gun Control: ‘This Party Is Moving Toward Extinction.’ Evan Hurst @ Truth Wins Out : Former ‘Ex-Gay’ Superstar John ...
  4 weeks ago

• Ex-Gay John Paulk No Longer Ex-gay; Apologizes

  
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  By Tim Peacock In news that should surprise no one (other than fundamentalists perhaps), one of the most well known ex-gays has come out against the ex-gay movement and apologized for the harm hes caused the LGBT community. John Paulk said in a recent interview that he regrets harming LGBT families and ...
  4 weeks ago

• Has Ex-Gay Poster Boy John Paulk Finally Admitted He’s Gay? And Do We Have To Take Him?

  
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  As the public face of the ex-gay movement, John Paulk has a lot to answer for. He and his wife Anne were ubiquitous in the 1990s, arguing that they overcame homosexuality, so everyone else can too. The only problem is that John kept backsliding — a lot — most notably when he was photographed in a gay bar in ...
  4 weeks ago

• Staver Warns of Back-Alley Ex-Gay Therapy; Huckabee Wonders About Gay People Deciding To Be Straight

  
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  Liberty Counsel head Mat Staver has been spearheading efforts to strike down a California law barring ex-gay therapy for minors. Today, he chatted with Mike Huckabee about Liberty Counsel’s case before the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals. Staver warned that if the law stands, minors will be forced to turn to ...
  4 weeks ago

• Former Ex-Gay Spokesperson Finally Rebukes Harmful Therapy

  
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  John Paulk was once one of the most visible spokespeople for the ex-gay movement, appearing on the cover of Newsweek in 1998 under the headline “Gay For Life?” and championing Love Won Out ex-gay conferences across the country. For years, the group Truth Wins Out has been tracking Paulk’s continued presence at ...
  4 weeks ago

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