Anti-gay researcher and Regent University prof Mark Yarhouse is at it again. He’s released several studies and what not exploring “ex-gays” and human sexuality. His most recent release is a survey of 104 “sexual minority” youth at Christian colleges.
In a “study” of the (extremely undersampled) surveys, Yarhouse (and a host of other researchers: Stephen Stratton, [...]
Monthly Archives: August 2009
Aug 31
Confusion or coercion?
Aug 25
Southern Baptists in their final death throes?
Dr. Albert Mohler, Jr., president of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Ken., says the Southern Baptist Convention is in danger of collapse.
The Associated Press reported today on a recent Mohler speech on the campus of the seminary. He told students, faculty and staff that Southern Baptists must either change and grow or die [...]
Aug 22
Gays, gays and gays… Oh My!
Everyone knows the radical right is, for whatever reason, absolutely fixated on anal sex. Everything they do and say always seems to come back to the “homosexual agenda.”
This week, the Christian Action League of North Carolina takes the cake. In their weekly email newsletter, the group sent out summaries of their four latest “news stories.” [...]
Aug 17
Follow-up: N.C. senator victim of homophobia?
On Aug. 14, I posted briefly about the continuing controversy down in North Carolina’s coast. Democratic State Sen. RC Soles has been accused of molestation.
In the piece on Aug. 14, I incorrectly stated two young men had accused the senator of misconduct. Only one has. Twenty-seven-year-old Stacy Scott has claimed Soles attempted to fondle him [...]
Aug 14
N.C. state senator accused of molestation
Where in the hell have I been?
For a couple of weeks, TV news down on the North Carolina coast has been reporting of sexual misconduct allegations thrown toward 74-year-old Democratic N.C. State Sen. R.C. Soles.
It seems there are two men, a 17-year-old and a 27-year-old, who claim the senator had a sexual relationship with them. [...]
Aug 14
Bill Clinton and me
I don’t know Bill Clinton. I’ve never met him. I’ve only seen him speak live once — last night when he gave the opening keynote at Netroots Nation in Pittsburgh. Nonetheless, I do feel like I know good ol’ Bill. He was my president as a child growing up in little Winston-Salem, N.C. He’s a [...]
Aug 13
From Prop 8 to full equality
The small workshop room is almost full for one of the first morning panels at Netroots Nation. The panel is “From Prop 8 to full equality,” and the panelists are Julia Rosen, online director for the Courage Campaign; blog mistress extraordinaire Pam Spaulding; Michael Wilson from Americans for Democratic Action; Monique Hoeflinger, from the LGBT [...]
Aug 13
Hello Pittsburgh
Good morning America, live from Pittsburgh. Today is the day. Thousands of progressive bloggers, journalists, activists and politicians gather in the Steel City for four days of networking, conferencing, workshops, education and more at this year’s Netroots Nation.
I’m here, too. Completely excited and overwhelmed by the sheer volume of everything to be taken in. I [...]
Aug 11
A new South Carolina secession?
It seems Palmetto State Episcopalians aren’t too happy with their national denomination. Will the Diocese of South Carolina pull out of the Episcopal Church and join ranks with The Anglican Church of North America (ACNA), or will they stay in the church as “loyal opposition”?
A new commentary at VirtueOnline.org asks this very question:
Is the Bishop [...]
Aug 11
Christie Hefner’s famous last name
Did anyone else see Christie Hefner on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” on Tuesday? She provided her input on Hillary Clinton’s outburst at a press conference in the Congo and talked about the pressure of having a famous last name.
I’m sure Christie knows how that feels. I can’t imagine living life with her father’s name.
Maybe [...]
