Friday, March 11, 2011
Exposing the "Ex-Gay" Myth - Exodus Head Admits It Isn't True
from the blog of Michael in Norfolk
Yesterday I vented at the idiocy - and underwriting of bigotry - of Apple allowing iPhone and iPad applications for Exodus International. That Christian Right funded organization that deliberately spreads the lie for political purposes (and, of course, the money they shake down from desperate parents and individuals). Well interestingly enough - although it's no real surprise to anyone who has followed the utterly fraudulent "ex-gay" ministries for any period of time - the head of Exodus International has apparently admitted that despite the propaganda he puts out, he's still gay. Lisa Ling, of the Oprah Network, went on the The View yesterday and said that the head of Exodus International, the supposed "ex-gay" ministry that pretends to believe that you can "pray away the gay," admitted to her that even he hasn't changed his sexual orientation. Yep, it's all a lie. A deadly and deliberately deceptive lie. Here some highlights from the clip set out below:
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LISA LING: The truth of the matter is that he, and people who are part of the Exodus movement - we spent a lot of time with them, got exclusive access into the Exodus movement - they say that you can't completely turn it off, you can't change your sexual orientation. But you can try to live a life according to what the Bible says, with help.
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BARBARA WALTERS: You talked to a great many people, as you say all around the country.
Do you think it is possible to change your sexuality, is that what you've come to as a conclusion.
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LISA LING: Even the head of Exodus says he doesn't believe you can change your sexual orientation. He says that he constantly has to fight his attraction for men.
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And what about the straight spouses who get caught up in marriages (marriages that are doomed to fail) with those trying to convince themselves that they are no longer gay? They apparently do not matter to the Christo-fascists who back these programs who apparently view their wrecked lives as acceptable collateral damage in the war to denigrate and marginalize LGBT individuals. These people make the nastiest prostitute look virtuous.
Yesterday I vented at the idiocy - and underwriting of bigotry - of Apple allowing iPhone and iPad applications for Exodus International. That Christian Right funded organization that deliberately spreads the lie for political purposes (and, of course, the money they shake down from desperate parents and individuals). Well interestingly enough - although it's no real surprise to anyone who has followed the utterly fraudulent "ex-gay" ministries for any period of time - the head of Exodus International has apparently admitted that despite the propaganda he puts out, he's still gay. Lisa Ling, of the Oprah Network, went on the The View yesterday and said that the head of Exodus International, the supposed "ex-gay" ministry that pretends to believe that you can "pray away the gay," admitted to her that even he hasn't changed his sexual orientation. Yep, it's all a lie. A deadly and deliberately deceptive lie. Here some highlights from the clip set out below:
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LISA LING: The truth of the matter is that he, and people who are part of the Exodus movement - we spent a lot of time with them, got exclusive access into the Exodus movement - they say that you can't completely turn it off, you can't change your sexual orientation. But you can try to live a life according to what the Bible says, with help.
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BARBARA WALTERS: You talked to a great many people, as you say all around the country.
Do you think it is possible to change your sexuality, is that what you've come to as a conclusion.
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LISA LING: Even the head of Exodus says he doesn't believe you can change your sexual orientation. He says that he constantly has to fight his attraction for men.
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And what about the straight spouses who get caught up in marriages (marriages that are doomed to fail) with those trying to convince themselves that they are no longer gay? They apparently do not matter to the Christo-fascists who back these programs who apparently view their wrecked lives as acceptable collateral damage in the war to denigrate and marginalize LGBT individuals. These people make the nastiest prostitute look virtuous.
The Tragic Consequences of Parental Non-Acceptance
from the Blog of Michael in Norfolk
I've focused on bullying and the lies of the "ex-gay" myth a lot lately. The two go hand in hand because the fraudulent "ex-gay" propaganda fuels the animosity of bigots who often like to believe that LGBT individuals have chosen their sexual orientation. Both play a role in gay teen suicide. Another factor that can in some instances be a further catalyst pushing LGBT youth towards suicide is parental rejection and/or refusal to accept their children as God made them. Driving home, I spoke by telephone with Alise Williams, bullycide victim Christian Taylor's mother, who expressed what to me EVERY decent parent should feel towards their child: gay, straight or whatever, I love and will continued loving him/her because he/she is my son/daughter. Sexual orientation should not matter to a loving parent. Sadly, too many LGBT youth are not dealt that hand. A case in point increasingly seems to have been openly gay 18 year-old high school student Lance Lundsten who took his life back in January, 2011. Timothy Kincaid has a post at Box Turtle Bulletin that, while focused on the local media's attempts to cover up Lundsten's suicide, also offers some disturbing commentary on his father, Jon Lundsten. If true, Jon Lundsten may have helped set the stage for his own son's death. I don't know if Kincaid's conjectures are accurate, but if they are, as a parent myself, I cannot comprehend the mindset. Was pleasing the Catholic Church - and likely, worrying about his own embarrassment at having a gay son - worth a his son's life? Here are some post highlights:
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[L]ack of “factual basis” did not limit others from engaging in a public relations effort to deny who Lance was, squelch any talk about issues that could have led to his death, and craft a pretty lie to replace the story that fellow students were presenting. Rather than allow the tragedy to be an opportunity to acknowledge that Alexandria, MN, has a culture of animus and hostility towards gay people, including their own children, those who should have protected Lance instead joined together to bully him after his death.
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Lance had a strained relationship with his parents and was living with his grandparents at the time of his death. After his son killed himself, his father stepped up as spokesman for his estranged and now dead son and declared that it was a medical condition that killed the young man.
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And although the coroner refuted this claim, Jon Lundsten was not interested in considering whether his son had been bullied or whether Jon’s own difficulties with his son had contributed in any way to Lance believing that life was not worth going on. So he stuck with his “enlarged heart” tale.
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Besides diverting any need to talk about any icky gay stuff, this solved a more immediate problem. Declaring Lance’s death not to be a suicide allowed for his memorial and burial to be through the Catholic Church. Rev. Father Steve Binsfeld could officiate.
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And Jon Lundsten had found himself an ally in his campaign of denial and deceit: Al Edenloff, the editor of the local newspaper. . . . . But across town, the television news was not going along with Jon Lundsten’s diversion. Instead, they ran a story on the reports of bullying, talked with the coroner’s office, interviewed a gay former student from Jefferson, and exposed the truth that Jon Lundsten, Al Edenloff, and Terry Quist wanted to keep hidden.
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And fellow students who saw through all the denials began to band together, insisting that if the adults wouldn’t protect gay kids, then they would do what they could to help.
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Not to sound cruel, but I hope Jon Lundsten is haunted the rest of his life with the knowledge that he might have been a cause of his son's suicide. He engaged in a form of child abuse that to me is unconscionable.
RELIGIUOS BIGOTRY IS SIMPLY CRIMINAL BULLYING
I've focused on bullying and the lies of the "ex-gay" myth a lot lately. The two go hand in hand because the fraudulent "ex-gay" propaganda fuels the animosity of bigots who often like to believe that LGBT individuals have chosen their sexual orientation. Both play a role in gay teen suicide. Another factor that can in some instances be a further catalyst pushing LGBT youth towards suicide is parental rejection and/or refusal to accept their children as God made them. Driving home, I spoke by telephone with Alise Williams, bullycide victim Christian Taylor's mother, who expressed what to me EVERY decent parent should feel towards their child: gay, straight or whatever, I love and will continued loving him/her because he/she is my son/daughter. Sexual orientation should not matter to a loving parent. Sadly, too many LGBT youth are not dealt that hand. A case in point increasingly seems to have been openly gay 18 year-old high school student Lance Lundsten who took his life back in January, 2011. Timothy Kincaid has a post at Box Turtle Bulletin that, while focused on the local media's attempts to cover up Lundsten's suicide, also offers some disturbing commentary on his father, Jon Lundsten. If true, Jon Lundsten may have helped set the stage for his own son's death. I don't know if Kincaid's conjectures are accurate, but if they are, as a parent myself, I cannot comprehend the mindset. Was pleasing the Catholic Church - and likely, worrying about his own embarrassment at having a gay son - worth a his son's life? Here are some post highlights:
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[L]ack of “factual basis” did not limit others from engaging in a public relations effort to deny who Lance was, squelch any talk about issues that could have led to his death, and craft a pretty lie to replace the story that fellow students were presenting. Rather than allow the tragedy to be an opportunity to acknowledge that Alexandria, MN, has a culture of animus and hostility towards gay people, including their own children, those who should have protected Lance instead joined together to bully him after his death.
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Lance had a strained relationship with his parents and was living with his grandparents at the time of his death. After his son killed himself, his father stepped up as spokesman for his estranged and now dead son and declared that it was a medical condition that killed the young man.
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And although the coroner refuted this claim, Jon Lundsten was not interested in considering whether his son had been bullied or whether Jon’s own difficulties with his son had contributed in any way to Lance believing that life was not worth going on. So he stuck with his “enlarged heart” tale.
*
Besides diverting any need to talk about any icky gay stuff, this solved a more immediate problem. Declaring Lance’s death not to be a suicide allowed for his memorial and burial to be through the Catholic Church. Rev. Father Steve Binsfeld could officiate.
*
And Jon Lundsten had found himself an ally in his campaign of denial and deceit: Al Edenloff, the editor of the local newspaper. . . . . But across town, the television news was not going along with Jon Lundsten’s diversion. Instead, they ran a story on the reports of bullying, talked with the coroner’s office, interviewed a gay former student from Jefferson, and exposed the truth that Jon Lundsten, Al Edenloff, and Terry Quist wanted to keep hidden.
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And fellow students who saw through all the denials began to band together, insisting that if the adults wouldn’t protect gay kids, then they would do what they could to help.
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Not to sound cruel, but I hope Jon Lundsten is haunted the rest of his life with the knowledge that he might have been a cause of his son's suicide. He engaged in a form of child abuse that to me is unconscionable.
RELIGIUOS BIGOTRY IS SIMPLY CRIMINAL BULLYING
Thursday, March 10, 2011
Wednesday, March 9, 2011
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
Questions to the self alleged "christian" gay haters:
- If the God you say you worship is a God of Love
WHY DO YOU SO RABIDLY HATE?
-If the God you say yoy worship is a God of Charity
WHY ARE YOU SO UNCHARITABLE TO INNOCENT GLBT PEOPLE BULLIED BY YOUR CRIMINAl ACCOMPLICES?
-If the God you say you worship is a God of Mercy
WHY ARE YOU SO UNMERCIFUL TO THE VICTIMS OF YOUR EVIL BIGOTRY?
-If the GOd you say you worship is a God of Truth
WHY YOU GO AROUND SPEWING LIES?
Or your God is a false God, or you're false.
WHY DO YOU SO RABIDLY HATE?
-If the God you say yoy worship is a God of Charity
WHY ARE YOU SO UNCHARITABLE TO INNOCENT GLBT PEOPLE BULLIED BY YOUR CRIMINAl ACCOMPLICES?
-If the God you say you worship is a God of Mercy
WHY ARE YOU SO UNMERCIFUL TO THE VICTIMS OF YOUR EVIL BIGOTRY?
-If the GOd you say you worship is a God of Truth
WHY YOU GO AROUND SPEWING LIES?
Or your God is a false God, or you're false.
Bullycide Victims - A Photo Gallery
Some may wonder at my passion/anger when it comes to teen and youth suicide that arises from malicious bullying. Take a good look at this gallery of photos if you need a wake up call. NO ONE has the right to make someone else's life a living Hell. Yet that's the precise message that is disseminated daily by false Christians and whore like professional Christians who make a living spreading hatred towards LGBT individuals and perpetuating deliberate lies. And, yes, I mean folks like Maggie Gallagher, Tony Perkins, Scott Lively, and GOP elected officials who place pandering to Christianists ahead of saving young lives. They all literally have blood on their hands and the y continue to oppose effective anti-bullying laws and policies under the lie that suck laws and policies would promote homosexuality.
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Not all of these "bullyside" victims were LGBT, but a number of them were or were taunted for being perceived as gay by their tormentors. Conservative versions of Christianity and Islam are a truly toxic and deadly force in the world more often than not.
They are not true christians, they're criminals accomplices of the bullies. May Maggie Gallagher, Scott Deadly and Tony Perkins rot in some jail (and finally in hell)!
Monday, March 7, 2011
Sunday, March 6, 2011
Saturday, March 5, 2011
Friday, March 4, 2011
Spam most weird
-Well I never did, unique mousseline
never said you did anything, whoever you are
-Sex comes to her natural bedroom.
As opposed to a Supernatural Bedroom?
Jack pumpkinhead and after he called Betsy
I wonder what Betsy thought of Jack Pumpkinhead
never said you did anything, whoever you are
-Sex comes to her natural bedroom.
As opposed to a Supernatural Bedroom?
Jack pumpkinhead and after he called Betsy
I wonder what Betsy thought of Jack Pumpkinhead
Thursday, March 3, 2011
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
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