Feb 24 2010

Can God turn gays straight?

Category: HomosexualityNewtaste @ 7:36 pm

The Australian television program Hungry Beast last night looked at Christian ‘gay conversion’ therapy programs. Continue reading

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Feb 02 2010

Family Research Council Wants to Outlaw Gays

Category: Homosexuality, Religion and PoliticsPolycarp @ 8:39 pm

You’ve got to watch this. Peter Sprigg seems to say that homosexual behaviour should be outlawed:

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Dec 17 2009

Gary Skinner’s Watoto supports anti-gay legislation in Uganda

Category: HomosexualityNewtaste @ 6:23 am

In 2007, Uganda’s highest court struck down a law that made adultery a crime. Religious leaders took to their pulpits the next Sunday, which was Easter, to denounce the ruling. Gary Skinner, the founder and pastor at Watoto Church, was among them. Continue reading

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Dec 03 2009

Frank Schaeffer on Uganda and the Domionists @rickwarren

Category: Homosexuality, Joel's Army, Rick Warren, The FamilyPolycarp @ 10:55 pm

Frank Schaeffer is the son of Francis Schaeffer, a big name in the Religious Right – before Dobson, Falwell, and others. We are on the precipice of watching Uganda, which is currently governed by a man well-connected to the Religious Right in this country, pass a bill which would make homosexuality a crime, and a possible capital offense. They are going to kill homosexuals and those who know of homosexuals will end up in prison, for now.

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Nov 30 2009

Disturbing: Is Rick Warren Okay with Uganda’s New Anti-Gay Law?

Category: Homosexuality, Rick Warren, The FamilyPolycarp @ 12:33 pm

It’s not even the laws which Europe had, is it? But something worse.

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Nov 24 2009

Minn. Pastor Parts with Congregation Over Homosexuality

Category: HomosexualityPolycarp @ 9:31 pm

A Little Falls, Minn., pastor recently spoke out about his decision to resign after his congregation rejected a motion to leave the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.

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Nov 20 2009

Council of Europe to Debate Forced Acceptance of Homosexual, Bisexual, Transgender Ideology

Category: Homosexuality, Religion and PoliticsPolycarp @ 8:36 am

NEW YORK, November 19, 2009 (C-FAM.org) – Next week in Europe, a committee of human rights “experts” will discuss a draft recommendation on measures to “combat discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation and gender identity to ensure respect for human rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender persons and to promote tolerance towards them.”

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Nov 19 2009

Exodus opposes Uganda’s proposed anti-gay law

Category: Homosexuality, Religion and PoliticsPolycarp @ 12:05 am

Glad to see this…

Exodus International has sent a letter to Uganda’s president, expressing concern over legislation that would prosecute homosexual behavior and would require pastors, missionaries, health care providers and counselors to report people suspected of such behavior.

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Nov 18 2009

New Lutheran body to form after gay pastor vote

Category: Homosexuality, Religious NewsPolycarp @ 7:32 pm

The split over gay clergy within the country's largest Lutheran denomination has prompted a conservative faction to begin forming a new Lutheran church body separate from the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.

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Nov 15 2009

More on Hate-Speech By Left and Right

Category: Homosexuality, Religion and PoliticsPolycarp @ 2:51 am

Last week, I posted on a right-wing attack on a left-wing blogger which I believe is really an attempt at controlling speech. I’ve read the comments, and like I have on other statements – much to the contrary of a comment left on the previous post – did not see the problem with it. (I will defend this thing we call freedom of speech.) However, Matt Barber has cited several examples of direct threats against people:

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