Exodus: Live Out Loud

'Brokeback' hides truth, converted homosexual says

http://www.towersonline.net/story.php?grp=baptists&id=110

"On the day the controversial film "Brokeback Mountain" was lauded with eight Oscar nominations, a former homosexual sounded the alarm about the dangers such a film can pose to society when it only tells half the story about the experience of homosexuals in American culture.

"The real truth is that those who struggle with homosexuality, like the two lead characters in 'Brokeback Mountain,' can leave homosexuality and the pain and emptiness that so often accompanies it," Mike Haley, director of gender issues for Focus on the Family, said in a news release Jan. 31. "Thousands of men and women have done just that — have decided to come to terms with what lies at the roots of their same-sex attractions to work diligently toward overcoming them."- Erin Curry Roach, Towers Online, Feb. 22, 2006

Massachusetts Tells Catholic Church it Must Permit Homosexual Adoption

http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2006/feb/06022010.html

"Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and a top government leader have told a group of bishops that their request that Catholic institutions be exempt from placing foster children with same-sex parents will be denied.

“My understanding is that any exemption would require legislation and would not be something I would be authorized to do on a personal basis,” Romney said, according to a Boston Globe report. He has in the past indicated that he is opposed to same-sex “marriage.”-Terry Vanderheyden, LifeSiteNews.com, Feb. 20, 2006

Georgia Considers Outing Extracurricular Clubs

http://www.family.org/cforum/news/a0039594.cfm

"Some Georgia lawmakers say they have a solution for parents who worry about controversial school clubs: The House passed a bill requiring parents to sign off on their child's participation in all extracurricular groups.

Support for the legislation grew after homosexual activists threatened to sue schools for blocking gay student clubs — often called "gay-straight alliances."- CitizenLink, Feb. 20, 2006

Ky. students can't skip anti-gay harassment training

http://www.firstamendmentcenter.org/news.aspx?id=16508

"Students have no religious or free-speech right to opt-out of school training aimed at stopping anti-gay harassment in Boyd County schools, a federal judge has ruled.

U.S. District Judge David Bunning said "there is simply no basis for an opt-out" because the training does not endorse any viewpoint or require students to disavow their religious beliefs. Three students had skipped the mandatory sessions at Boyd County schools.

Bunning wrote in an opinion issued Feb. 17 that mandatory training "to address the issue of harassment at school, including harassment based upon actual or perceived sexual orientation, is rationally related to a legitimate educational goal, namely to maintain a safe environment."- Associated Press, Feb. 20, 2006

Drives to ban gay adoption heat up in 16 states

http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2006-02-20-gay-adoption_x.htm

"Efforts to ban gays and lesbians from adopting children are emerging across the USA as a second front in the culture wars that began during the 2004 elections over same-sex marriage.

Steps to pass laws or secure November ballot initiatives are underway in at least 16 states, adoption, gay rights and conservative groups say. Some — such as Ohio, Georgia and Kentucky — approved constitutional amendments in 2004 banning gay marriage. (Related story: Both sides cite concern for children)

"Now that we've defined what marriage is, we need to take that further and say children deserve to be in that relationship," says Greg Quinlan of Ohio's Pro-Family Network, a conservative Christian group."- Andrea Stone, USA Today, Feb. 20, 2006

Boy George calls gay marriage 'tragic'

http://www.soundgenerator.com/news/index.cfm?articleid=7072

"Gay unions, what is that all about? I haven't been invited to any ceremonies and I wouldn't go anyway. The idea that gay people have to mimic what obviously doesn't work for straight people anymore, I think is a bit tragic."

"I'm looking forward to gay divorces," he adds."- Feb. 21, 2006 Soundgenerator.com

Homosexual Activists' War Against Christianity

http://headlines.agapepress.org/archive/2/212006a.asp

Church Seen as Main Obstacle Hindering Wholesale Acceptance of Homosexual Agenda

"All churches who condemn us will be closed." That was what Michael Swift, a "gay revolutionary," declared in a February 1987 issue of the Gay Community News.

"Michael Swift" was a pseudonym, and the first line of the now-infamous homosexual rant -- which was even reprinted in the Congressional Record -- claimed that the entire piece was a "cruel fantasy" that explained "how the oppressed desperately dream of being the oppressor."

The "dream" was filled with a nightmare scenario that seemed like something out of a fascist coup d'etat: "All laws banning homosexual activity will be revoked .... [W]e shall make films about the love between heroic men .... The family unit -- spawning ground of lies, betrayals, mediocrity, hypocrisy and violence -- will be abolished .... All churches who condemn us will be closed."-Ed Vitagliano, Agape Press, Feb. 21, 2006

New Disease Strains Heighten Risks of Unhealthy Homosexual Lifestyle

http://headlines.agapepress.org/archive/2/212006f.asp

"Culture and Family Institute (CFI) director Bob Knight says the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has discovered some new reasons why homosexual men need to stop their destructive and potentially deadly lifestyle.

The CDC recently reported that a rare strain of chlamydia called LGV (lymphogranuloma venereum) in the U.S. have been HIV-infected men who have sex with other men. was found in several dozen U.S. patients. Public health officials say this strain of the sexually transmitted disease is extremely hard to diagnose and poses a serious health threat, as it compromises a person's immune system and makes the infected person even more susceptible to other kinds of infections. "-Mary Rettig, Agape Press, Feb. 21, 2006

Love Won Out Billboard Vandalized in St. Louis

http://www.family.org/cforum/news/a0039610.cfm

"A St. Louis billboard bearing a photograph of an African-American ex-gay man and the message "I Questioned Homosexuality: Change is Possible" was bombarded apparently with paint balls today -- the latest in a series of attacks against the Love Won Out conferences.

Four billboards were placed by Exodus International in conjunction with an upcoming conference. The one-day event, presented by Focus on the Family, is designed to offer help for people who struggle with -- and people with loved ones who struggle with -- unwanted same-sex attractions. "-Wendy Cloyd, assistant editor, CitizenLink

Colloquium discusses the language of genders, sexualities

http://www.dailynebraskan.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2006/02/21/43fa93a3ee4f2

"Bisexual, intersexual, transgendered. As there become more classifications for sexuality, more terms are created to describe people.

But the amount of terms, as well as the discrepancy of their meanings, can complicate writing papers or doing research on a gender topic.

The University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s Women’s Center presented the second in a three-part colloquium series Monday in Love Library. The fall and spring series have both covered issues of sexuality to match the new gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, and queer minor under Women’s Studies."- Katie Nieland, Daily Nebraskan, Feb. 21, 2006