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Day of Truth Is This Thursday

April 13, 2010 By Randy Thomas
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Don't forget that Day of Truth is this Thursday. Focus On The Family did an article on the project yesterday.  In it they quote Jeff Buchanan: Jeff Buchanan, senior director with Exodus, said it's no accident they named it the Day of Truth. "We want to talk and have the conversations and it be laced with love and grace," he said, "but we cannot steer away from the firm foundation of the Truth when we do talk about biblical sexuality." While students should engage in respectful discourse about gay issues, Buchanan cautions that some may encounter resistance at school.  For that, … [Read more...]

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Georgia Counselor Wrongly Terminated for Religious Views

March 29, 2010 By Randy Thomas
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From the Alliance Defense Fund (ADF): FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ADF to appeal decision against wrongly fired Ga. counselor Christian counselor acted in best interests of client but loses job for honoring professional, ethical obligations Friday, March 26, 2010 ATLANTA — Alliance Defense Fund attorneys will appeal a judge’s ruling against a licensed counselor fired after she referred a person seeking same-sex relationship counseling to a colleague. Rather than attempt to provide a service that would conflict with her sincerely-held religious beliefs on homosexual behavior, … [Read more...]

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Boundless Covers Day Of Truth in Weekly Podcast

March 16, 2010 By Randy Thomas

Last Friday our own Jeff Buchanan appeared on the weekly Boundless podcast to discusss Day of Truth.  Here is there description: Speaking Truth About Same-Sex Attraction: 14:58 Jeff Buchanan is the Senior Director of Church Equipping for Exodus International. Which means he is in charge of helping churches minister to individuals struggling with unwanted same-sex attraction. For this week's Culture segment, Lisa and Jeff unpack the particulars of this important ministry and talk about the upcoming Day of Truth event on college campuses all over the country scheduled for April … [Read more...]

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Disney Makes Right Decision Concerning “Ex-Gay” Policy

March 15, 2010 By Randy Thomas
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Over the past year, PFOX worked within Disney circles to force a vote by shareholders to include "ex-gays" as a part of the Disney corporate non-discrimination policy.  Disney rejected the measure in terms that would make "landslide" seem a vast understatement (by 98%.) As stated before here and here, I don't think trying to adding another layer of identity politics to the culture war is a good idea. The language PFOX uses is confusing. It appears they are doing a "find and replace" word processing function on their organizational messaging.  They are copying gay activist talking … [Read more...]

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Day of Truth – Students Talk to Peers About Faith & Sexuality

February 24, 2010 By Julie Neils
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From The Exodus Press Office: Day of Truth Offers Students a Chance to Talk to Peers About Faith & Sexuality February 23, 2010 Orlando, FL- Christian high school and college students wanting to demonstrate the love of Christ to their peers have a unique opportunity to do so by participating in the Day of Truth. This annual student-led event is dedicated to facilitating dialogue about relationships, sexuality and faith and will be held on April 15. The Alliance Defense Fund originally launched the Day of Truth in 2005 to give Christian students an opportunity to express their … [Read more...]

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Molotov Mitchell’s Videos Create Firestorm

February 23, 2010 By Randy Thomas
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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 … [Read more...]

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Reflections In The Desert – Andy Comiskey Blogs For Marriage Throughout Lent

February 18, 2010 By Randy Thomas
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Desert Streams Ministry, an Exodus Member Ministry, is blogging through Lent.  I received the following message through Facebook: You are invited to please join us as we pray and fast during Lent. Andy has written 40 brief reflections on the power of God's mercy throughout the history of Desert Stream. Join us for Life in the Desert: http://andycomiskey.wordpress.com/ As you read and reflect may you encounter the Lord of life. Reflections number 1 and number 2 are already up.  Andy concludes his first reflection by explaining the purpose of blogging his 40 reflections during … [Read more...]

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Gay Activist “Good As You: G-A-Y” Blog Asserts A Measure of Civility

February 16, 2010 By Randy Thomas
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It's very interesting that G-A-Y blog extended a brief measure of commendation a couple of months ago about a post I did concerning Matt Barber's crass quote, SoulForce (another gay activist group) agreed with us about Uganda last week and today G-A-Y has a few benevolent things to say about Alan.  They state: Alan Chambers is clearly a smart and passionate man. He also comes across like a decent person who sees many flaws within the frequently overheated "pro-family" movement, and, to his credit (one that's reserved for few in the professional anti-LGBT world), Alan is somewhat willing … [Read more...]

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Message from And Responding to a “Happy Lesbian”

February 11, 2010 By Randy Thomas
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If you look at the comment counts on our blog you would think that we only get a few sporadic ones from time to time with sudden bursts here and there.  Not true. We get a lot actually. The problem is that most of them involve some new way for me to burn in hell. So because of our Comment Policy, a vast majority of those comments never make it through.  This blog won't be hijacked by that type of ... discussion. However, today it seemed a good idea to turn one comment we received overnight into an actual post.  The person who left the comment used a fake email and the alias "Happy … [Read more...]

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President Obama & Secretary Clinton Speak Out Against “Odious” Ugandan Bill

February 4, 2010 By Randy Thomas

Thank you Mr. President and Secretary of State Clinton. Of course I don't agree with them on a whole lot concerning issues surrounding homosexuality but it is nice to be able to agree with them about this. MORE: New York Times Picks up Uganda Story Rick Warren Graciously and Strongly Denounces Uganda Anti-Homosexuality Bill Rachel Maddow vs. Richard Cohen – Interview Review & Missing the Point About Uganda Rachel Maddow, Uganda and Me – Guest Post by Don Schmierer Don Schmierer Added to Letter Opposing Ugandan Anti-Homosexuality Bill Charisma News Online Picks Up … [Read more...]

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