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Really? Museveni to donor nations: Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni on Friday urged international donors not to let concerns for gay rights affect development aid, saying homosexuals also needed roads, power and trains. “Before anyone gives me a lecture about homosexuals and their rights, first talk about railways,” Museveni told delegates…
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In one of the better studies of the effects of lesbians as parents of sons and daughters, researchers reported that 17-year old boys raised by lesbians were no more likely to be gay than those raised in straight homes. Gartrell, Bos and Goldberg found that 5.6% of boys raised in…
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Last week, I commented on what I see as an evangelical blackout of sexual orientation research by Christian media and organizations. While I stand by that viewpoint, the situation is actually worse than a blackout. The blackout is selective; some new research is reported. However, the studies reported and the…
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Ah, ’tis the season to be jolly. And for me, ’tis the season to reduce the number of blog posts I write. This will probably hold true through the month of December. After the finals are given and graded, it will be time to relax a bit. There are some…
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I am late to this story which unfolded on Tuesday, Human Rights Day. The Obama Administration called on the rest of the world to decriminalize homosexuality, punctuating this call with remarks from Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in Geneva. The full text of these remarks are here. I am going…
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Of late, I have given several talks to a variety of evangelical groups about the current research on sexual orientation. Along the way, I have been contacted by evangelicals who ask about the current status of sexual orientation research. After the conversations and speeches, many questions come up. One question…
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Does engaging in same-sex behavior cause people to become gay? NARTH Scientific Advisory Board member Chris Rosik posed this question in a recent review of a study on risk behavior among gay and bisexual men. The study, led by David Huebner at the University of Utah found that gay and…
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While examining NARTH’s 2009 review of past studies on homosexuality (Journal of Human Sexuality, Vol.1 – click the link for the entire issue), I ran across this citation: Nicolosi (in press) found that while conducting reparative therapy, a 50-year-old male client reported a sudden and dramatic freedom from unwanted homosexual…
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Article at Exgaywatch this morning: Exclusive: Secret Conference Held to ‘Save Exodus International’ from Ruin The crux of the article is this: Exodus President Alan Chambers called a meeting together this past November 16. The subject was quite simply how to keep Exodus International from social and financial oblivion. In…
