Continuing their grand tradition of inciting sexual panic, Focus on the Family released this ad in the Colorado Tribune. They’re evidently still pissed off about the state’s trans-inclusive non-discrimination bill.

We can’t quite make out the small print, but can see that it begins “Human decency dictates…” As if these people know anything about human decency - remember that vile radio ad claiming trans folk would prey on small children? Well, they’re at it again with yet another radio ad decrying “sexual predators.”

Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell gets fresh life today. And it’s not a military matter.

A number of shareholders will tomorrow ask the board of Well Fargo to remove sexual orientation from their anti-discrimination policy. Rather than railing entirely against “gay sins,” as Ken Hutcherson did against Microsoft, these clever little homophobes insist that “gay” can’t be seen, like race, and therefore fagalas should just keep a lid on it:

Whereas, it is similarly inappropriate and legally problematic for employees to discuss personal sexual matters while on the job.

Whereas, unlike the issues of race, age, gender and certain physical disabilities, it would be impossible to discern a person’s sexual orientation from their appearance.

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The Family Research Council honcho Peter Sprigg apologized today for saying that the government should export binational gay couples. Though he continues to oppose the Uniting American Families Act, Sprigg said “I used language that trivialized the seriousness of the issue and did not communicate respect for the essential dignity of every human being as a person created in the image of God. I apologize for speaking in a way that did not reflect the standards which the Family Research Council and I embrace.” [Good As You]

Barack Obama’s spiritual supporters keep causing him headaches!

First, we had Donnie McClurkin, the man who nearly derailed the Senator’s mega church campaign. Then came Jeremiah Wright, Obama’s preacher who damned the United States and spurred that revolutionary race speech.

And now Fox’s ire-inducing Sean Hannity & Alan Colmes have turned their attention to another Obama “spiritual counselor,” Reverend James Meeks, a state Senator who spends his free time blasting the bent boys and girls. Obama’s camp already denounced the remarks, saying: Obama has appeared at hundreds of churches and served with scores of colleagues and can hardly be expected to be held responsible for all that they say. While that may be true, Meeks’ history will certainly propel a few news stories this week.

Catch up on all the sensational fun, after the jump…
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God bless free press, huh?

Focus on The Family’s Mike Haley takes to right wing Breakaway Magazine this month to “debunk” the ever-pressing “gay myths,” including the gays’ nagging insistence that their relationships matter. Myth #3: Homosexual relationships are no different than heterosexual ones. Homosexual advocates want their relationships to be treated the same as heterosexual ones, enjoying legal rights to marriage and adoption. And some gays really do love each other. Haley deconstructs this so-called fabrication with the usual conservative tools: religious fear! Apparently our gay ways make God unhappy and to say otherwise is a “mockery of God’s divine act of creation and His ordination of marriage”.

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Chemistry.com struck another blow against rival eHarmony. The dating sites have been at war for months now, largely because of Chemistry.com’s aggressive ad campaign. A previous series questioned eHarmony’s queer exclusion. Now a new round rags on eHarmony founder Dr. Neil Clark Warren’s celibacy celebration: Dr. Warren, a former seminary student who has had several books published by Focus on the Family, an evangelical Christian group, has publicly voiced his belief that premarital sex can increase the likelihood of one’s marrying the wrong person. No way, Warren: screwing helps weed out the losers.

eHarmony, meanwhile, reiterated that they have nothing against gays. Nor are they swayed by Warren’s evangelical roots. The … Continued…

Denver-based musician James Roy and his pals have some serious balls.

The gay activists took a tour of Focus on The Family’s “Welcome” Center last weekend in hopes of starting a dialogue with the anti-gay group and its evil leader, James Dobson. In a personal letter to Dobson, James Roy wrote about his own commitment to being a positive impact in the lives of others. “I think it benefits us to reflect on what we have in common….I am here today to take a tour to better understand you and invite you to the possibility of dialogue.”

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• Britney Spears loses kids. (As if you didn’t see that one coming.)

• Mark Foley scandal still stinking up GOP.

• Focus on the Family activist wishes American Psychological Association would be more tolerant of ex-gay therapists.

• Cindy Adams does not appreciate foreign people coming to melting pot that is New York.

• Wow. The Spice Girls‘ London concert sold out in 38 seconds. Again: wow.

• Ridicule: more powerful than a nuclear bomb?

• Scottish and Mexican Anglicans want gay inclusion.

• Gay History Project growing.

Things aren’t looking good for anti-gay crusaders Focus on The Family: Focus on the Family is laying off 30 employees and reassigning 15 others, due in part to a drop in projected revenue and to growth in technology.

Most of the layoffs are in the department that answers mail and telephone requests, while the reassignments were prompted by growth in e-mail and Internet-based communications, said Gary Schneeberger, vice president of communications for the conservative Christian ministry.
Schneeberger says the group came in about $8 million short of its $150 million budget. Head honcho James Dobson says donations have fallen in recent months.

Tear, tear…

“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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Ex-gays will no longer hide in the closet. Religious treatment of homosexuality’s grown to unprecedented levels.

According to Boston’s Edge, there are over 150 Exodus ministries in 70 counties. The ex-gay movement proves to a formidable enemy in the protracted war for gay survival.

In the aftermath of “former” gay editor Michael Glatze’s so-called conversion, Edge has launched a four part series examining the ins and outs - or, not outs - of the ex-gay movement. One of the key aspects of the movement stems from the tension between religious ideology and personal salvation.
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• Focus on the Family, Southern Baptist Convention and other conservative groups (pictured above) are already pleading their case to the American Psychological Association, which will be conferring on reparative therapy. The groups penned a letter reading, “We believe that psychologists should assist clients to develop lives that they value, even if that means they decline to identify as homosexual.” These people have some fucked up value systems.

• Budapest Mayor Gabor Demszky thinks anti-pride homophobes are “”intolerant, primitive and cowardly.” Word up. Oh, and his party, The Alliance of Free Democrats (SZDSZ), want a parliamentary coalition against homophobia. Double word up.

• L’Oreal-owned Garnier plays hair politics. And pay fine for playing said hair politics.
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Online dating service Chemistry.com isn’t backing down from eHarmony.com’s lawerly threats. The brouhaha began last month after Barry Diller’s Chemistry.com started running television and print ads taking on the eHarmony’s gay ban.

Founded by Focus on The Family ally and James Dobson pal, Dr. Neil Clark Warren, eHarmony insists they don’t discriminate against gays because they disapprove, but because their patented psychological tests aren’t calibrated for the queer mind. Oh, and then there’s the whole no gay marriage thing - eHarmony boasts its marriage-oriented goals. Since gays can’t marry, well, eHarmony can’t invite them into the not-so-loving fold. Discrimination sure is convenient, huh?

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There’s a new player on the gay marriage playing field. California based gay think tank, The Rockway Institute, has gathered 100 gay politicos, scientists and leaders to serve as potential Congressional witnesses in the ever-important debates. The Institute’s founder, psychology professor Robert-Jay Green explains the need for his dream team: Focus on the Family and the Family Research Council are basically media machines churning out press releases, policy reports, appearing on talks shows constantly conveying their messages and distorting the actual research findings.

There is not a single iota of scientific evidence showing that children raised by lesbian and gay parents do less well than children raised by a heterosexual mother and father. Not surprisingly, Focus on The Family rebukes Green’s queer claims…
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Online dating site eHarmony has finally landed a date with a jury. Lesbian Linda Carlson’s lawyer filed the suit yesterday with the Los Angeles Superior Court and alleges the virtual breeding pool denied her because she’s gay. Though this may be the first lawsuit of it’s kind launched against the company, it’s hardly the first time they’ve come under fire for their anti-gay ways.

Rival dating company, Chemistry.com, recently launched an ad campaign deriding eHarmony’s discriminatory policies. Among the mud slinging clips, one will find one of a gay man wondering if his dick digging disqualified him from the site. eHarmony has since filed a lawsuit against Chemistry.com’s parent company, Match.com.

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