Posts Tagged: Fundamentalism


10
Jan 10

Homosexuality On Trial

Tomorrow, the federal case filed by the American Foundation for Equal Rights seeking to overturn California’s Proposition 8 begins winding its way through the courts, likely ending up before the U.S. Supreme Court. (Read more here about the risks and reasoning behind the case known as Perry v. Schwarzenegger.) With the upcoming debate in mind, Gay Rights Media presents the tour de force mock trial ‘Homosexuality: The Verdict Is In. Not A Sickness! Not A Sin!’ produced by SoulForce.org with Mel White.

“Before a judge and a jury, anti-gay charges are presented by more than a dozen public figures who have attacked God’s gay children in television specials and on nationally distributed video tapes. The most recent biblical, medical, psychiatric, psychological, and scientific evidence is presented to combat the myths and lies often used against gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender persons by anti-gay religious leaders and institutions. Come and hear the evidence and decide for yourself!” via SoulForce.org

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4
Jan 10

The Influence of American Evangelical Fundamentalist Christianity in Uganda

“Last March, three American evangelical Christians, whose teachings about ‘curing’ homosexuals have been widely discredited in the United States, arrived here in Uganda’s capital to give a series of talks. The theme of the event, according to Stephen Langa, its Ugandan organizer, was ‘the gay agenda — that whole hidden and dark agenda’ — and the threat homosexuals posed to Bible-based values and the traditional African family.

Uganda Weighs Death for Gays Bill, Photo by Marc Hofer

Demonstrators denouncing homosexuality in Kampala, Uganda.

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7
Dec 09

Ted Cox on Shocking the Gay Out

“These programs have been around since the 1970s. In earlier versions, men would have their testicles strapped to electrodes and they’d be electrocuted while being shown pictures of men. This was the idea of shocking the gay out of you,” said writer Ted Cox who, over the course of the past two years, posed as a gay man. He attended weekly meetings for several months at two churches in California and a two-day camp at a ranch in northern Arizona in February, both geared toward one end: turning homosexual men and women straight.

Gay Conversion Therapy

Gay Conversion Therapy 'Journey Into Manhood' Brochure Image

via Going Undercover in the Crazy, Tragic World of Christian Gay-Conversion Therapy.


5
Dec 09

Fresh From Hell Morrell Visits Yale

Jesse Morrell — a 25-year-old evangelist preacher from Cheshire, Conn., who said he did three stints at the juvenile detention center on Whalley Avenue for selling drugs — says he knows where most Yale students are headed: hell.

Evangelist Jesse Morrell Preaches to a Skeptical Crowd of Yale Students.

“No one converts more young people to atheism than an earnest evangelist on campus,” say I.

via Yale Daily News.


8
Aug 09

A Texan Stands Up to Anti-Gay Preachers

Responding to a barrage of criticism leveled against members of El Paso City Council for its decision last week to provide domestic partner benefits, Lisa Turner stands up.