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Happy 1st Blog/Facebook Birthday Exodus!

August 6, 2010 By Randy Thomas View Comments
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It's hard to believe we have had this blog, and complementary Facebook page, for a full year as of today! I am very glad to see this blog succeed. We had one serious attempt to have a ministry blog in the past that just didn't quite work.  So with lessons learned and the advent of social networking ... this blog took off right out of the gate! While I don't know that our blog will *ever* be a top dog blog like Instapundit (who knows really? :) ) we don't do this for "the numbers."  Regardless, I am a stats-a-holic so here are some statistical tidbits that those who do read this blog might find … [Read more...]

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TIME Covers Disney Gay Days

June 14, 2010 By Randy Thomas View Comments
Photo: TIME, Click Image to read "Gay Days In The Magic Kingdom"

From TIME's Gay Days In The Magic Kingdom: Like pretty much every child who walks up Main Street U.S.A. at Disney World for the first time, Alix, 10, and her brother Evan, 11, can barely contain their anticipation. Evan wants to ride Space Mountain. Alix is so excited, she can't even say what she wants to do. She is jumping up and down. It's a typical Disney scene, except that Evan, Alix and their sister Jamie, a desultory 4-year-old shielded from the sun in a stroller, have come to the Magic Kingdom with their two moms. It is the 20th anniversary of Gay Days at Disney, and the whole family has … [Read more...]

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Follow Up Interview with Bradlee Dean

June 7, 2010 By Randy Thomas View Comments
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Last week I posted about Bradlee Dean's controversial radio program where it seemed he was praising Muslim countries for how they handled the issue of homosexuality. He called me first thing the very next day. He shared his heart and agreed to do a follow up interview via email.  I promised him that I would publish his answers unedited. There were a total of five rounds of questions and an opportunity to share whatever else he wanted to share.  To date he has sent me responses to the first four rounds of questions and I will update this post with the final round of questions and his further … [Read more...]

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Living Word Christian Center Issues Statement Concerning You Can Run But You Cannot Hide Ministries

June 2, 2010 By Randy Thomas View Comments
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We just received the following statement from Living Word Christian Center (An Exodus Church Association Member) clarifying how they had once worked with Bradlee Dean of You Can Run But You Cannot Hide Ministries: Statement Regarding You Can Run But You Cannot Hide Ministries Living Word Christian Center (LWCC) did host You Can Run But You Cannot Hide Ministries on March 25, 2009 in our Senior High School Youth department. The speaker was Jacob MacAulay the chief operations manager of their ministry, his topic was on the influences of pop culture in our society. LWCC does not support financially … [Read more...]

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Responding to Jennifer Knapp’s “Coming Out”

April 19, 2010 By Randy Thomas View Comments
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As you all are probably aware, Jennifer Knapp stated last week that she has embraced her same sex attraction and is now identifying as gay.  She has done a number of interviews including this one with Christian Today.  From the article (Parenthesis mine): Now, the finished product (her new album), titled Letting Go, is slated for a May 11 release and will be the first test of her fans’ loyalty given confirmation of her sexuality. While the decision to "come out" one month before her new album’s release is a risky one, The Advocate said Knapp chose to do so partly because she didn’t … [Read more...]

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Karl Lagerfeld’s Discusses Gay Public Policy, AIDS History & Porn

March 17, 2010 By Randy Thomas View Comments
Self-portrait by Karl Lagerfeld

No commentary here, I will just let Lagerfeld speak for himself (bolded text is the Vice Magazine reporter, answers of course are Lagerfeld): You are against the idea of gay marriage. I totally agree with you on that. Yes, I’m against it for a very simple reason: In the 60s they all said we had the right to the difference. And now, suddenly, they want a bourgeois life. It’s normalizing. For me it’s difficult to imagine—one of the papas at work and the other at home with the baby. How would that be for the baby? I don’t know. I see more lesbians married with babies than I see … [Read more...]

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Molotov Mitchell’s Videos Create Firestorm

February 23, 2010 By Randy Thomas View Comments
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UPDATED with response from G-A-Y Blog at the end of the post. Molotov Mitchell is definitely making a name for himself. I met Molotov in DC in March of 2009.  He and his wife were hilarious and very personable.  I could relate to his zeal in talking about Christ but when it came to public policy ... not so much.  Granted we had some of the same ideas that certain things politically and culturally needed to be forthrightly addressed but his reasoning and approach seemed unnecessarily harsh.  I didn't say anything at the time because I just met the guy and I didn't want to jump right in with … [Read more...]

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The Gospel And Elton John

February 19, 2010 By Randy Thomas View Comments
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I've seen many gay protesters over the years hold up signs that say, "What Jesus said about homosexuality is _______." Thus inferring that He never said anything about being gay.  Not all, but a few of those same folks who seem to want to make facts out of thin air (arguing from silence in a negative sense) would probably believe, like Elton John, that Jesus was gay Himself.  From Parade.com: "I think Jesus was a compassionate, super-intelligent gay man who understood human problems. On the cross, he forgave the people who crucified him. Jesus wanted us to be loving and forgiving. I don't … [Read more...]

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“Bromances” Gone Wild – Boundless Seeking Input

February 17, 2010 By Randy Thomas View Comments
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Ted Slater with Boundless, who is a great guy by the way, posts: So I've heard the same thing from two different people in two different states. The guys in their class or singles group seem overly affectionate with each other, sometimes even feigning homosexual interest. A few weeks ago I may have seen a hint of this at church: A high school guy, whom I don't believe experiences same-sex attraction, was acting peculiarly effeminate in his interactions with the guys in the worship band during practice. He was light-hearted about it; I'm just not sure why he'd joke about something like … [Read more...]

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Joy Behar’s Observation of Gay Male Fidelity and The Radical Redefinition of Marriage … by Heterosexuals

February 2, 2010 By Randy Thomas View Comments

Joy Behar, God bless her (and I mean that) ... you never have to guess what she's thinking.  She recently made a statement on how she has heard that gay male couples do not hold to monogamous relationships like heterosexual couples. … [Read more...]

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