Archive for the ‘Religion’ Category


N.C. Christian Action League misleads again

Monday, July 7th, 2008

InterstateQ.com was the first to tell you about the Christian Action League of North Carolina and the misleading, inaccurate op-ed written by Mary Frances Forrester, wife of anti-gay state Sen. Jim Forrester (R-Gaston County). Now, the Christian Action League is misleading the public and their members again. From a recent Christian Action ...

My friends speak out and Pastor Baity rears his ugly, hateful head

Tuesday, June 17th, 2008

WFMY News 2 (Greensboro) did a wonderful story (video here) on my two good friends and mentors Gary Trowbridge and Frank Benedetti, a couple whose been together for decades. They are looking forward to a legal wedding in California. The state started legal marriages for same-sex couples yesterday at 5 ...

N.C. pastor candidate for Southern Baptist Convention prez

Monday, June 2nd, 2008

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. -- A pastor at a Southern Baptist Church in Lewisville, N.C., a suburb of Winston-Salem, is one of six candidates for the presidency of the Southern Baptist Convention. Les Puryear, who worked as a telecom executive for 25 years, has been a pastor since 1996; this is his third ...

Anti-gay fundie connections to hate group?

Saturday, May 24th, 2008

The American Family Association's OneNewsNow.com recently ran an article titled "Schools out forever... for NC illegals." The article profiles Americans for Legal Immigration PAC or ALIPAC. The group is "commending" N.C. Attorney General Roy Cooper for his ruling that illegal immigrants cannot enroll in state community colleges. It is already known that ...

Christian Action League responds to ‘Agenda’ criticism

Saturday, April 12th, 2008

The president of the Christian Action League of North Carolina, the Rev. Mark Creech, has responded to my various criticisms of an earlier op-ed published on their website ("The Real Homosexual Agenda" Feb. 29, 2008) by Mary Frances Forrester, wife of anti-gay marriage amendment sponsor N.C. State Sen. Jim Forrester. In ...

Standing Above Reproach, II

Thursday, February 14th, 2008

Two days ago, I addressed the incidents surrounding Ken Hutcherson's appearance at a Mt. Si High School assembly for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. While respecting, and even supporting, the need for teachers and students to address the anti-gay rhetoric put forth but Pastor Hutcherson, I wondered if there ...

Standing Above Reproach

Tuesday, February 12th, 2008

Ken Hutcherson was invited to speak at Mount Si High School in observance of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. KOMO TV reports that two teachers booed Hutcherson, who is known for espousing anti-gay attitudes, at the assembly. Citizen Link is asking readers to contact the school and the ...

A sign of God?

Thursday, February 7th, 2008

Every time a natural disaster strikes, we can count on Pat Robertson to blame it on the queers. In fact, we don't have to wait for disasters to hit us; he "predicts" they will happen. But when natural disasters hit "holy" places like Union University, which actively discriminates against LGBT students, ...

This and that

Wednesday, February 6th, 2008

I don't have much time this morning, so here is a quick run-down: "The Fighting Words of Michael Brown" -- David Rattigan over at Ex-Gay Watch profiles Dr. Michael Brown. The esteemed doc responds throughout the 250-post long comment thread. David says: "Brown’s disclaimer is that [his movement] is “a non-violent ...

BeyondExGay.com organizes around Memphis ‘Love Won Out’ conference

Tuesday, February 5th, 2008

BeyondExGay.com (see the ad in the sidebar) has organized around the Feb. 23 Memphis Love Won Out Conference being thrown by the anti-gay, ex-gay Focus on the Family and Exodus International. Video: