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In a comment posted here yesterday and at Towleroad, some potential new wrinkles in the Dakota Ary case were asserted. Ary is the high school Freshman, represented by Liberty Counsel, who was briefly suspended over comments made in a Fort Worth High School German class. The initial report was that…
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The Golden Rule Pledge has again partnered with the Pacer Center and National Bullying Prevention Month for October’s effort to reduce school bullying. The GRP works to mobilize churches and youth groups to take a stand against bullying in school. I started the GRP in 2008 in response to a…
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Writing in the second edition of NARTH’s (National Association for the Research and Therapy of Homosexuality) Journal of Human Sexuality, Neil Whitehead proposed a reanalysis (NARTH summary here) of a paper by Ariel Shidlo and Michael Shroeder on potentially harmful outcomes of sexual orientation change efforts. NARTH’s headline describing the paper…
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Wow, Hermann Cain scored a big win in the Florida straw poll today. Beat out Perry – who was expected to win – by nearly 22 points. Herman Cain: 37.11% Rick Perry: 15.43% Mitt Romney: 14.00% Rick Santorum: 10.88% Ron Paul: 10.39% Newt Gingrich: 8.43% Jon Huntsman: 2.26% Michele Bachmann:…
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Dakota Ary a Fort Worth area high school student wants an apology from the school district after he was removed from class for a negative comment about homosexuality. The school is investigating but the media reports have the boy making an offhand comment to another student proclaiming his Christianity and…
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Recently, Uganda’s Daily Monitor summarized diplomatic cables from the office of U.S. Ambassador to Uganda Jerry Lanier. Some of those communications, released on Wikileaks website, implicated Uganda’s First Lady Janet Museveni as the originator of the Anti-Homosexuality Bill. Today, in the government affiliated media outlet New Vision, Mrs. Museveni responded…
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The National Association for the Research and Therapy of Homosexuality (NARTH) bills itself as “a scientific, secular organization.” However, this year the organization’s annual conference in Phoenix, AZ will begin with a decidedly religious and political tone. On the first day (Nov. 4) of the conference, Rev. Michael Brown and Sharon…
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United in Purpose wants to bring biblical change to America via five million newly registered evangelical voters. They want to do this through their efforts called Champion the Vote and One Nation Under God house parties. Watch the plan: Five million new Christian voters can sway any election, so the thinking…
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The Golden Rule Pledge group on Facebook is slated to be archived soon as Facebook makes changes to how groups work. In response, I created a GRP Fan Page on Facebook here: http://www.facebook.com/goldenrulepledge Please click the link and click the Like button while there. I hope you will also invite…
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This time in Buffalo, NY. Parents carry on anti-bullying message: wivb.com Jamey Rodemeyer’s parents believe years of bullying drove their son to suicide. The Williamsville North freshman took his life Sunday, he was only 14 years old. Jamey Rodemeyer posted a message online hoping that others would be inspired by his…
