We just stumbled across this video, entitled "Gay Education."

It's fairly informative and covers a lot of ground, like possible biological explanations for the world's homosexuals and the negative impact of the ex-gay movement.

Today's Friday. Indulge yourself…

Canadian viewers got an earful when CTV ran an ad advocating gay change.

The 30-second spot featured a man confessing his own queer conversion:

You hear a lot about gay rights, gay marriage and the gay lifestyle being taught in our public schools for children, but what many people don’t realize, and seldom hear, is that many homosexuals don’t want to be homosexual. What many who are struggling with homosexuality don’t realize, and seldom hear, is that they can change. I should know - for 13 years, I used to be one.

It didn't take long for irate activists to take to Facebook and launch a campaign against the commercial. And, as you can tell from the headline, it worked.

CTV spokesman Scott Henderson also insists he and his colleagues weren't feeling the commercial either: It was something that was taken very seriously at the highest levels of CTV. It's completely against all of our own codes."

Mary Jean Smith and her husband are sick and tired of wing nuts trying to cure gay people. "Regardless of what the "experts" say, there are no "former" homosexuals… They cannot live a lie. Our lesbian daughter cannot change her sexual orientation any more than our four heterosexual daughters can change theirs."

The ex-gay movement remains one of the most insidious threats to gay life today.

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Whether or not you believe controversial gospel star Donnie McClurkin is sincere in his assertion that he was "delivered" from a his homosexuality by the power of God's graces, his performance last night in Columbia, South Carolina had "drama queen" written all over it.

McClurkin has been a hot potato for Prez hopeful Barack Obama in recent weeks, splitting his Democratic supporters along lines that usually differentiate the Democratic Party from the GOP. And according to The New York Times, McClurkin's contribution to Sunday's gospel rally and concert in support of Obama didn't do much to mend fences. At the close of the three-hour show, McClurkin took center stage to give the crowd a finale that included some of his greatest pulpit hits to date, including:

Don’t call me a bigot or anti-gay when I have suffered the same feelings!"

God delivered me from homosexuality!"

The greatest change a person can have is not in politics!"

and the sure-to-be-hit…

Believe the Bible over the blogs!"

"Obama's Gospel Concert Tour" [New York Times Caucus]

An enthusiastic Wayne Besen and his Truth Wins Out crew are taking a new approach to everyone's favorite day of gay explosion, National Coming Out Day.

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The Ex-Gays are at it again. We just ran into Truth Wins Out's Wayne Besen - welcome back to NYC, Wayne! - and he told us that Pat Robertson and his cronies will release a new "study" on the benefits of religion-based conversion.

Though it's too early to know just how flawed the study will be, Besen's skeptical:

It comes as no shock that anti-gay ‘researchers’ at Wheaton College and Pat Robertson University would release a study that claims you can pray away the gay. I suppose their next study will provide support for Pat Robertson’s theory that homosexuality causes meteors and hurricanes.
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This study may be a deceptive sham with the goal of making it appear as if science backs fundamentalist beliefs on homosexuality.

Any ‘ex-gay’ study that does not include physical components that measure truth are essentially meaningless.

"Essentially meaningless"? Ha!

Here's one book our imaginary children won't be reading: Alfie's Home by ex-gay activist Richard A. Cohen.

Cohen's main claim to fame comes from his queer approach to "homo trauma": clutching a pillow and pleading for his father's love. Judging from the looks of this book, he's been chatting up Without Prejudice's prejudiced panelist who thinks all gays were raped.

Check out more highlights after the jump…

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• We came across this video from The Sound of Music and got a bit nostalgic. Now we're passing it on to you, because we know you love it. If you don't, we suggest you start…

• Ex-gays plan to use sham science to back-up conversion claims.

• Janeane Garofolo joins 24. Guess she doesn't mind taking money from Fox, Rupert and the other conservatives she blasts.

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We dedicate this video to Alan Chambers and his pals at Exodus International.

Another constitutional victory for some ex-gay lovers. Arlington, Virginia's public school board will allow Parents and Friends of Ex-Gays, preciously abbreviated as PFOX, to distribute their pro conversion pamplets on school ground.

The board originally refused PFOX's request, but buckled when the non-profit threatened legal action. Now educators must allow PFOX to join more socially responsible groups in passing out literature.

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"In his grip". That's how Love In Action Reverend John Smid signed his emails to homo-journo Joshua Lyon, who went undercover to cover conversion therapy for August's Jane.

After shelling out $3,500 of (hopefully) Conde Nast's dough, Lyon put his homosexuality on the line at LIA's Memphis HQ. Apparently Smid and his cultish company enjoy restraints as much as leather loving Reverend Mark Sorvillo.

As we pull in LIA's A-framed church headquarters, we're surrounded by at least 10 residents, who promptly disappear with my luggage. No one makes eye contact with me. Inside, I'm given a black binder with more than 100 rules listed in it. [We] sit in a large circle in the basement and take turns spouting off the most important ones from memory.

"You must have two other people with you at all times - even when you go to the bathroom - for accountability," says a beefy-looking jock.

LIA may sound like a God awful drag, but the Bible thumpers know how to have a good time. Lyon's suburban sanctuary came complete with Reader's Digest Treasury of Great Show Tunes. Rocking!

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Broadway's the gayest street in all the land. Unfortunately, the ex-gay parasites have already launched a successful invasion:

A wacko group claiming to "cure" gays of their homosexuality is running secret meetings for closeted Broadway stars, according to a new documentary, "Gay No More?" Bill Hussung - who produced and directed the film with his wife, Mashara Canino-Hussung - says audiences will be "shocked" to see 20 popular Broadway dancers and actors who belong to the Life Ministry support group meeting twice weekly in underground locations. "It's an ex-gay movement with the core belief that you are gay because of a sexual trauma in your background. When you discover what that is, you can release it and be cured of gay desires," Hussung said. "People will be shocked to learn how widespread among the New York theater community this is."

Watch your backs, theater fags, the ex-gays are coming for you…

Surgeon General nominee Dr. James Holsinger goes before Senate today, where he'll have to defend himself against some tough questioning, including inquiries into his homo-hating past.

Holsinger helped homophobes when he penned a United Methodist Church-endorsed piece entitled, "Pathophysiology of Male Homosexuality". In that paper, Holsinger dissects gay misdeeds - and their medical discontents.

While ex-gays may love Holsinger, some pretty powerful folk are coming out against him.

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