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This morning Carrie Prejean issued a statement via her publicist about naughty photos of her circulating on the internet. SAN DIEGO, May 5 /PRNewswire/ — “On April 19, I chose to answer a question during the 2009 Miss USA pageant in an honest and personal manner that expressed my views…
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In my 2002 article on ex-gay research, I cited a study by Nottebaum et al which explored change among Exodus participants. In addition to comparing gay and ex-gay groups on change, the study compared self-assessments of quality of parent-child relationships. Here is the portion of my article where I refer…
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Is anyone else puzzled by the response to our new family values spokeswoman? For taking a position against same-sex marriage in a beauty contest, she gets invited to the Dove Awards and offered a scholarship to attend Liberty University during her senior year by Chancellor Jerry Falwell, Jr. Now she…
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The New Paltz, NY Times Herald-Record has a story this morning on the conviction of Amy Little, Tate Hausman and Yolanda Hippensteele. Political organizer from New Paltz guilty of illegal voting By Alexa James Times Herald-Record Posted: April 30, 2009 – 2:00 AM NEW PALTZ — Conspicuous political mobilizer Amy…
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I have referred to this story several times. Seems like a fitting parable for our discussion. The Blind Men and the Elephant John Godfrey Saxe It was six men of Hindustan To learning much inclined, Who went to see the Elephant (Though all of them were blind) That each by…
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During his visit to London, Joseph Nicolosi touted the research supporting reparative therapy. He also said on at least one occasion that NARTH was petitioning the American Psychological Association with studies which verify the approach. From Virtueonline: Nicolosi said his organization – the National Association of Research and Therapy of…
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I investigated and followed this story along with Palestra through the Fall. You can get caught up quickly at this post. Months later, the three leaders of Vote Today Ohio were found guilty of voter fraud. Here is the story from the Columbus Dispatch: 3 voting advocates guilty of fraud…
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On other threads, we have discussed why reparative therapy vignettes and ex-gay testimonies are so often alike. I have suggested that there are different causal pathways which lead to different sexual orientation outcomes. Also, therapists like Joe Nicolosi and Richard Cohen have strong public positions which promote a particular causal…
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SEE UPDATES BELOW… Last week I blogged about a homosexuality conference in London hosted by the conservative Anglican Mainstream, and featuring Joseph Nicolosi, Jeff Satinover and Arthur Goldberg. One attendee was David Virtue who runs Virtueonline.com. His website is popular among conservative Anglicans. Virtue had much to say about the…
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Beginning today, the Anglican Mainstream is hosting a conference called Sex in the City in London. The speakers are Joseph Nicolosi, Jeff Satinover and Arthur Goldberg. A Christian Today article provides a description of the speakers about the content. The Sex and the City Conference, hosted by Care and Anglican…
