Exodus: Live Out Loud

Golden Globe Awards Hype Gay-Themed Movies

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Ex-Gay Organization Says Hollywood’s One-sided Portrayal of Gay Life is Damaging & Harmful

Alan Chambers, President of Exodus International, the largest evangelical network of former homosexuals in the world, says tonight’s Golden Globe awards is once again pushing the envelope with nominations for Brokeback Mountain and Transamerica — two controversial new movies centered around the issue of homosexuality and transexuality.

Chambers, himself a former homosexual, says that while some of the themes in both movies explore the unhappiness, pain and promiscuity in gay life, the overarching premise sends the wrong message to Americans about culture and sexuality.

“We hear from hurting individuals every day who are looking for answers beyond the culture’s one-sided ‘born-gay’ response to the issue of homosexuality,” said Chambers. “Messages like the ones emphasized these films only further add to their confusion and desperation.”

“Hundreds of thousands of men and women have rejected the notion that life must be dominated by our unwanted same- sex attractions and have found a way out of homosexuality through Jesus Christ,” said Chambers. “Our desire is to empower others with more information and offer the same hope for change that has brought life and freedom to us.”

Exodus International is a resource and referral organization with over 125 member ministries across North America. The organization has been in existence for 30 years and offers help to the over 400,000 people who contact the ministry each year.

Alan Chambers is available for interviews on this story. He is a national spokesperson on the issue of homosexuality and serves as President of Exodus International, the largest network of former homosexuals in the world. He has been interviewed by numerous mainstream media outlets across North America and Europe including Time magazine, ABC’s 20/20, MSNBC’s Buchanan & Press and NBC’s Nightline.

Gay Adoption Makes Children “Guinea Pigs in Some Distorted Social Experiment”

http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2006/jan/06011608.html

" A decision by Scottish lawmakers to allow same-sex couples to adopt has been condemned by Roman Catholic prelate Cardinal Keith O’Brien, who warned that the measure would make Scotland’s orphans “guinea pigs in some distorted social experiment.”

The Cardinal has asked that Catholic adoption agencies be allowed a “conscience clause” to exempt them from the ruling, so as not to be forced to place children in homes with same-sex guardians. O’Brien is worried that Catholic adoption agencies would eventually be forced into placing children with same-sex couples." - Terry Vanderheyden, LifeSiteNews.com Jan 16, 2006

Same Sex Marriage Ban

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"A Senate committee today is scheduled to debate a proposed constitutional amendment that would outlaw same-sex marriage, a measure that sailed through the House with no discussion.

The House voted 76-20 yesterday on the legislation that would allow the question to be put to voters on Nov. 7. After emotional debate on Friday, the House agreed on the proposal that would define marriage as between one man and one woman."- Pamela Stallsmith, Times-Dispatch Staff Writer, Jan. 17, 2006

Registered Sex Offenders Cleared to Work in UK Schools

http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2006/jan/06011202.html

"United Kingdom, January 12, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Ministers in the U.K.’s Department for Education and Skills (DfES) have allowed registered child sex offenders to teach in schools.

Norfolk Police arrested Mr. Paul Reeve in 2003 during Operation Ore, the largest investigation into child pornography Internet rings the UK has ever seen. Mr. Reeve, believed to be in his 30’s, received a police caution for accessing pornographic images of children on the Internet. He was then registered as a sex offender."- Gudrun Schultz, LifeSite News.com, January 12, 2006

Now marriage out of order

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The word 'marriage' is to be taken off register office signs in case it offends gay couples turning up for civil partnership ceremonies.

Councils in the West Midlands are being recommended to remove references to marriage suites at register offices after the introduction of the new partnerships last month."- Ashley Rogers, IC Birmingham.co.uk, Jan 11, 2006

Study Shows Increase in Homosexual Experimentation

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"According to a new report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), more women are experimenting with homosexual activity.

The report was based on data collected in 2002 in the National Survey of Family Growth. It found 11 percent of women said they had had a sexual experience with another woman. That is compared to 4 percent of women who said the same thing in a 1992 survey."- AFA Journal, January 11, 2006

AIDS Educator accused

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A 42-year-old North Carolina AIDS activist, who said his highest priority was talking to kids about the disease, has been busted, along with his roommate for raping a 13-year-old boy.

Ricky Odell Yow, 42, the founder of Global Wheel of Hope, an organization that performs AIDS-HIV education in schools and who just last month was the subject of a heart-rending feature story in the Greensboro News & Record, is now being held on $1.5 million bond after being charged with five counts of taking indecent liberties with a child, three counts each of a first-degree sex offense with a child, using a minor to assist in an obscenity, first-degree sexual exploitation of a minor, crimes against nature and two counts of contributing to the delinquency of a minor. "- Joseph Farah, WorldNetDaily, January 11, 2006

Legislation Gives Unrestrained Power to State Superintendent Concerning Pro-Homosexual Curriculum

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To: National Desk

Contact: Karen England of the Capitol Resource Institute, 916-498-1940, 916-212-5607 cell

SACRAMENTO, Calif., Jan. 9 /Christian Wire Service/ -- Last week AB 606 (D-Levine) was gutted and amended to permit the state superintendent to withhold state funds if a school district fails to create policies on how to combat discrimination and harassment against homosexuals.

The superintendent may also withhold funds if a school district fails to increase awareness, prevent, and ensure appropriate responses to incidences of discrimination or harassment.

AB 606 would also force school curriculum to contain pro-homosexual instruction. Current provisions in the law exempting pro-homosexual curriculum from the classroom would be repealed under AB 606.

"All violence on school campus is unacceptable, schools should be able to deal with specific incidences of violence without being required to indoctrinate children that homosexuality is acceptable," said Karen England of Capitol Resource Institute.

"It is outrageous that AB 606 would permit Jack O'Connell to arbitrarily withhold funds from a school district if he happens to think they are not adequately promoting pro-homosexual sentiment on a particular campus," said England. "This is too much power for one elected official. It should be up to the courts to determine whether the conduct of a school board is in compliance with state law. "

"Under AB 606, a school board's hands will be completely tied. They will have to either completely cater to the state superintendent's whim or decide to go without funding for education in order to fight for their policy."

Capitol Resource Institute is opposed to expanding pro-homosexual curriculum in our public schools because it infringes upon parental rights and the sincerely held religious convictions of both parents and students.

Read AB 606 online at: http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_0601-0650/ab_606_bill_20060104_amended_asm.html

Lesbian Couple Sues Christian School

http://www.family.org/cforum/news/a0039132.cfm

"California Lutheran High School in Riverside is facing a lawsuit after expelling two lesbians for not following the school's code of conduct...Richard Ackerman, president of the Pro-Family Law Center, said state law will make the school's defense difficult..."We think that the school has a First Amendment right to associative activity in terms of being able to associate with who it wishes — including students, and there's a behavioral code of conduct that ties right into that First Amendment right"..."If these lesbians do win this case, it will send shockwaves to private, religious schools across America telling them they are not protected to practice their faith."- Brad Dacus, President of the Pacific Justice Institute." - CitizenLink, Jan. 9, 2006

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Coming Soon: 'Polyamorist Rights'?

http://headlines.agapepress.org/archive/1/92006e.asp

"It may only be in its beginning stages, but the "polyamorist movement" may be grabbing onto the coat tails of the increasingly effective homosexual movement.

"Polyamorists" are individuals who maintain more than one emotional-sexual relationship simultaneously, believing that monogamy is unnatural. Relationships can be heterosexual, homosexual or bisexual.

Paul Harris, a New York reporter for The Observer, a London, England, newspaper, writes in words that sound strangely similar to those used to describe the homosexual movement.

He said "polyamorists are coming out of the closets across America. Several groups have sprung up. In New York, Polyamorous NYC holds monthly meetings, has an e-mail list of about 800 and holds a Poly Pride Day each year in Central Park."- AFA Journal, Jan. 9. 2006