Comments on: ‘Ex-Gay’ Group Cancels Conference Due to Lack of Interest http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2012/05/04/ex-gay-group-cancels-conference-due-to-lack-of-interest/ Hatewatch is a blog of the Southern Poverty Law Center Thu, 23 May 2013 22:03:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Aron http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2012/05/04/ex-gay-group-cancels-conference-due-to-lack-of-interest/comment-page-1/#comment-454362 Aron Mon, 14 May 2012 15:57:31 +0000 http://www.splcenter.org/blog/?p=9133#comment-454362 Yewtree, The President of the United States is considered the Leader of the Free World. Yewtree,

The President of the United States is considered the Leader of the Free World.

]]> By: Yewtree http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2012/05/04/ex-gay-group-cancels-conference-due-to-lack-of-interest/comment-page-1/#comment-454346 Yewtree Mon, 14 May 2012 15:23:35 +0000 http://www.splcenter.org/blog/?p=9133#comment-454346 Great that they have had to cancel their event. So-called ex-gay so-called therapy is evil and destructive and harmful. Chris Lines, Obama is not the leader of the free world, he is the president of the USA. I am very pleased that he supports marriage equality, though. It is a very significant culture change. Great that they have had to cancel their event. So-called ex-gay so-called therapy is evil and destructive and harmful.

Chris Lines, Obama is not the leader of the free world, he is the president of the USA. I am very pleased that he supports marriage equality, though. It is a very significant culture change.

]]> By: Chris Lines http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2012/05/04/ex-gay-group-cancels-conference-due-to-lack-of-interest/comment-page-1/#comment-452939 Chris Lines Fri, 11 May 2012 21:40:13 +0000 http://www.splcenter.org/blog/?p=9133#comment-452939 The leader of the free world just endorsed same sex marriage. Let's see how much longer Exodus can survive? LOL! Buh Bye Exodus. The leader of the free world just endorsed same sex marriage. Let’s see how much longer Exodus can survive? LOL! Buh Bye Exodus.

]]> By: Aron http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2012/05/04/ex-gay-group-cancels-conference-due-to-lack-of-interest/comment-page-1/#comment-452659 Aron Fri, 11 May 2012 15:25:45 +0000 http://www.splcenter.org/blog/?p=9133#comment-452659 Oh dear. I just realized how dirty what I wrote might sound. While it is quite funny, I had not intended it to sound like that. Ho ho! Oh dear. I just realized how dirty what I wrote might sound. While it is quite funny, I had not intended it to sound like that. Ho ho!

]]> By: Aron http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2012/05/04/ex-gay-group-cancels-conference-due-to-lack-of-interest/comment-page-1/#comment-452657 Aron Fri, 11 May 2012 15:24:49 +0000 http://www.splcenter.org/blog/?p=9133#comment-452657 Miguel, I'm still waiting and hoping. I've developed a siren and lightbar, but my pumps and ladder are really quite depressingly small. I'm hoping as time goes on, they enlarge with age. Miguel,

I’m still waiting and hoping. I’ve developed a siren and lightbar, but my pumps and ladder are really quite depressingly small. I’m hoping as time goes on, they enlarge with age.

]]> By: Reynardine http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2012/05/04/ex-gay-group-cancels-conference-due-to-lack-of-interest/comment-page-1/#comment-452607 Reynardine Fri, 11 May 2012 14:16:51 +0000 http://www.splcenter.org/blog/?p=9133#comment-452607 Terry, I'm ex-blue-eyed. They changed to hazel when I was maybe six months. Terry, I’m ex-blue-eyed. They changed to hazel when I was maybe six months.

]]> By: Rene http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2012/05/04/ex-gay-group-cancels-conference-due-to-lack-of-interest/comment-page-1/#comment-452407 Rene Fri, 11 May 2012 08:53:44 +0000 http://www.splcenter.org/blog/?p=9133#comment-452407 We recently had a mayoral candidate announce that her platform was fighting the gay agenda. Jobs, infrastructure, nope, fighting the gay agenda! Come to find out she's a lesbian who went through this quackery, married a man who was into the Quiverfull philosophy and now has 8 kids. She came across as so mentally unstable that even the GOP in our northern Kentucky town told her to fold her tent. You have to feel sorry for people who have been so conditioned to hate themselves. She literally was telling people that gays were demon possessed. We recently had a mayoral candidate announce that her platform was fighting the gay agenda. Jobs, infrastructure, nope, fighting the gay agenda! Come to find out she’s a lesbian who went through this quackery, married a man who was into the Quiverfull philosophy and now has 8 kids. She came across as so mentally unstable that even the GOP in our northern Kentucky town told her to fold her tent.

You have to feel sorry for people who have been so conditioned to hate themselves. She literally was telling people that gays were demon possessed.

]]> By: Reynardine http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2012/05/04/ex-gay-group-cancels-conference-due-to-lack-of-interest/comment-page-1/#comment-451960 Reynardine Thu, 10 May 2012 21:44:28 +0000 http://www.splcenter.org/blog/?p=9133#comment-451960 Miguel, you have to ask Aron. I only know what didn't work to turn me into a yellow gas station. Miguel, you have to ask Aron. I only know what didn’t work to turn me into a yellow gas station.

]]> By: Dr. James http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2012/05/04/ex-gay-group-cancels-conference-due-to-lack-of-interest/comment-page-1/#comment-451959 Dr. James Thu, 10 May 2012 21:43:05 +0000 http://www.splcenter.org/blog/?p=9133#comment-451959 Exodus International (and all of the other lunatics out there) are relatively harmless and meaningless compared to the dangerous cultural icon that young gay men and women believe... that getting married will change everything, that their gay urges are just a passing phase. Literally tens of millions of marriages are racked with misery because of ignorance. Ignorance is always dangerous, no matter its form. Exodus International (and all of the other lunatics out there) are relatively harmless and meaningless compared to the dangerous cultural icon that young gay men and women believe… that getting married will change everything, that their gay urges are just a passing phase. Literally tens of millions of marriages are racked with misery because of ignorance. Ignorance is always dangerous, no matter its form.

]]> By: Miguel http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2012/05/04/ex-gay-group-cancels-conference-due-to-lack-of-interest/comment-page-1/#comment-451944 Miguel Thu, 10 May 2012 21:18:50 +0000 http://www.splcenter.org/blog/?p=9133#comment-451944 I'm more interested in the future fire truck bit, to be honest. I’m more interested in the future fire truck bit, to be honest.

]]> By: Karen, a tired old lesbian http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2012/05/04/ex-gay-group-cancels-conference-due-to-lack-of-interest/comment-page-1/#comment-451875 Karen, a tired old lesbian Thu, 10 May 2012 19:28:28 +0000 http://www.splcenter.org/blog/?p=9133#comment-451875 As a former gay hotline counselor, one of the things we were taught is that people who received psychological "counseling" to change their sexual orientation have an elevated suicide risk. Exodus International is nothing but evil quackery. Good riddance! As a former gay hotline counselor, one of the things we were taught is that people who received psychological “counseling” to change their sexual orientation have an elevated suicide risk.

Exodus International is nothing but evil quackery.

Good riddance!

]]> By: Ellen Myers http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2012/05/04/ex-gay-group-cancels-conference-due-to-lack-of-interest/comment-page-1/#comment-451868 Ellen Myers Thu, 10 May 2012 19:14:39 +0000 http://www.splcenter.org/blog/?p=9133#comment-451868 If anyone is bored with the subject, then they can skip over it and read something else. Personally, I'm glad the info was made available so that I anyone else who's interested could know about it. Thank you for including it. If anyone is bored with the subject, then they can skip over it and read something else. Personally, I’m glad the info
was made available so that I anyone else who’s interested could know about it. Thank you for including it.

]]> By: Terry Washington http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2012/05/04/ex-gay-group-cancels-conference-due-to-lack-of-interest/comment-page-1/#comment-451781 Terry Washington Thu, 10 May 2012 17:01:46 +0000 http://www.splcenter.org/blog/?p=9133#comment-451781 CAN you be an "ex-gay"? Any more than you can be an ex-black? Terry CAN you be an “ex-gay”? Any more than you can be an ex-black?

Terry

]]> By: Reynardine http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2012/05/04/ex-gay-group-cancels-conference-due-to-lack-of-interest/comment-page-1/#comment-450776 Reynardine Wed, 09 May 2012 16:14:28 +0000 http://www.splcenter.org/blog/?p=9133#comment-450776 Actually, Aron, I knew myself that racehorse was out. I'm only fifteen hands two, sort of short-legged, and knockkneed with it. Actually, Aron, I knew myself that racehorse was out. I’m only fifteen hands two, sort of short-legged, and knockkneed with it.

]]> By: Reynardine http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2012/05/04/ex-gay-group-cancels-conference-due-to-lack-of-interest/comment-page-1/#comment-450742 Reynardine Wed, 09 May 2012 15:48:48 +0000 http://www.splcenter.org/blog/?p=9133#comment-450742 Aron, in fact, my late jurat brother was a racehorse vet in Ocala in his salad days, and he advised me long ago I'd never make the grade (it was my dad, a mechanical engineer, who told me I couldn't grow up to be a yellow gas station) Aron, in fact, my late jurat brother was a racehorse vet in Ocala in his salad days, and he advised me long ago I’d never make the grade (it was my dad, a mechanical engineer, who told me I couldn’t grow up to be a yellow gas station)

]]> By: Aron http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2012/05/04/ex-gay-group-cancels-conference-due-to-lack-of-interest/comment-page-1/#comment-450660 Aron Wed, 09 May 2012 14:15:16 +0000 http://www.splcenter.org/blog/?p=9133#comment-450660 Rey, How's the equitransmogrification going for you? Because I know that at twenty-five, I'm still waiting to become a firetruck. I only mention my age because it's my understanding that you're just a <I>tad</I> older than myself. So I am presuming that some folks from Ocala generally come calling by your homestead asking about training you for the races. (That was beyond ridiculous and I'll shut up now. Apologies.) Rey,

How’s the equitransmogrification going for you? Because I know that at twenty-five, I’m still waiting to become a firetruck.

I only mention my age because it’s my understanding that you’re just a tad older than myself. So I am presuming that some folks from Ocala generally come calling by your homestead asking about training you for the races.

(That was beyond ridiculous and I’ll shut up now. Apologies.)

]]> By: Reynardine http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2012/05/04/ex-gay-group-cancels-conference-due-to-lack-of-interest/comment-page-1/#comment-450074 Reynardine Tue, 08 May 2012 22:05:16 +0000 http://www.splcenter.org/blog/?p=9133#comment-450074 I have seen that posted twice. He advised beating four-year-old boys like that. At that age, I wanted to grow up to be a yellow gas station. When I found out I couldn't, I wanted to grow up to be a horse. I have seen that posted twice. He advised beating four-year-old boys like that. At that age, I wanted to grow up to be a yellow gas station. When I found out I couldn’t, I wanted to grow up to be a horse.

]]> By: Concerned Citizen http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2012/05/04/ex-gay-group-cancels-conference-due-to-lack-of-interest/comment-page-1/#comment-449887 Concerned Citizen Tue, 08 May 2012 16:54:21 +0000 http://www.splcenter.org/blog/?p=9133#comment-449887 Did anyone hear or read about the pastor in Fayetteville, NC who got up in the pulpit and tells the fathers in the congregation to punch their sons if their son are gay and to reign their daughters if they are too butch? I thought I'd bring this to the audience out there. Did anyone hear or read about the pastor in Fayetteville, NC who got up in the pulpit and tells the fathers in the congregation to punch their sons if their son are gay and to reign their daughters if they are too butch? I thought I’d bring this to the audience out there.

]]> By: James M. Martin http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2012/05/04/ex-gay-group-cancels-conference-due-to-lack-of-interest/comment-page-1/#comment-449340 James M. Martin Mon, 07 May 2012 23:40:18 +0000 http://www.splcenter.org/blog/?p=9133#comment-449340 Thanks for the laughs. I need to laugh more often. This hit the spot. Thanks for the laughs. I need to laugh more often. This hit the spot.

]]> By: Reynardine http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2012/05/04/ex-gay-group-cancels-conference-due-to-lack-of-interest/comment-page-1/#comment-449304 Reynardine Mon, 07 May 2012 22:21:07 +0000 http://www.splcenter.org/blog/?p=9133#comment-449304 I note that Mr. Peterson's post is the only serious one here, and the rest of us have posted to say how bored we all are with this nonevent (Mr. Peterson, I'm not making light of your post-it's valuable, but it deserved an article more worthy of it). I note that Mr. Peterson’s post is the only serious one here, and the rest of us have posted to say how bored we all are with this nonevent (Mr. Peterson, I’m not making light of your post-it’s valuable, but it deserved an article more worthy of it).

]]> By: Sam Molloy http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2012/05/04/ex-gay-group-cancels-conference-due-to-lack-of-interest/comment-page-1/#comment-447865 Sam Molloy Sun, 06 May 2012 04:19:30 +0000 http://www.splcenter.org/blog/?p=9133#comment-447865 Oh darn. I wanted to go to that to find a new boyfriend. Oh darn. I wanted to go to that to find a new boyfriend.

]]> By: Gloria Watanabe http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2012/05/04/ex-gay-group-cancels-conference-due-to-lack-of-interest/comment-page-1/#comment-447036 Gloria Watanabe Sat, 05 May 2012 04:34:49 +0000 http://www.splcenter.org/blog/?p=9133#comment-447036 Favorite quote from the article : "Gary Cooper (no relation to the actor) and Michael Bussee, who were heavily involved in the group’s early years, fell in love with each other and subsequently left." Favorite quote from the article : “Gary Cooper (no relation to the actor) and Michael Bussee, who were heavily involved in the group’s early years, fell in love with each other and subsequently left.”

]]> By: Gregory Peterson http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2012/05/04/ex-gay-group-cancels-conference-due-to-lack-of-interest/comment-page-1/#comment-446957 Gregory Peterson Sat, 05 May 2012 02:50:30 +0000 http://www.splcenter.org/blog/?p=9133#comment-446957 As I wrote on Box Turtle Bulletin's report: Legacy Church’s legacy is one of anti-gay activism, including co-sponsoring with a couple of Catholic groups, Scott Lively, for an anti-legal pregnancy termination rally. I wonder what Smothermon’s response to the cancellation might be. Smothermon has lobbied hard against full citizen equality in Santa Fe. He was on the Police Oversight Commission, and has carefully cultivated a very close relationship with the sheriffs department which has had held some events in his church. Smothermon regards conservative Christians as God’s privileged nobility. http://www.tonycooke.org/free_resources/articles_others/at-your-core.html This reads like a white privilege apologetic to me, though I’m sure that he’s not a “white” supremacist. He is, however, obviously a believer in a religious, self proclaimed privileged nobility. (Come to think of it…wasn’t that a Christian Reconstructionist conceit?) “A noble birth is not to be taken lightly. It places an individual above the common man and carries a distinction of honesty and integrity.” If memory serves, Legacy’s academy uses the low intellectual integrity curriculum of A Beka Book and Bob Jones University Press. As I wrote on Box Turtle Bulletin’s report:

Legacy Church’s legacy is one of anti-gay activism, including co-sponsoring with a couple of Catholic groups, Scott Lively, for an anti-legal pregnancy termination rally. I wonder what Smothermon’s response to the cancellation might be.

Smothermon has lobbied hard against full citizen equality in Santa Fe. He was on the Police Oversight Commission, and has carefully cultivated a very close relationship with the sheriffs department which has had held some events in his church.

Smothermon regards conservative Christians as God’s privileged nobility. http://www.tonycooke.org/free_.....-core.html This reads like a white privilege apologetic to me, though I’m sure that he’s not a “white” supremacist. He is, however, obviously a believer in a religious, self proclaimed privileged nobility. (Come to think of it…wasn’t that a Christian Reconstructionist conceit?)

“A noble birth is not to be taken lightly. It places an individual above the common man and carries a distinction of honesty and integrity.”

If memory serves, Legacy’s academy uses the low intellectual integrity curriculum of A Beka Book and Bob Jones University Press.

]]> By: Reynardine http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2012/05/04/ex-gay-group-cancels-conference-due-to-lack-of-interest/comment-page-1/#comment-446815 Reynardine Fri, 04 May 2012 22:51:51 +0000 http://www.splcenter.org/blog/?p=9133#comment-446815 I note we're not very interested in it, either. I note we’re not very interested in it, either.

]]> By: Erika http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2012/05/04/ex-gay-group-cancels-conference-due-to-lack-of-interest/comment-page-1/#comment-446761 Erika Fri, 04 May 2012 21:21:09 +0000 http://www.splcenter.org/blog/?p=9133#comment-446761 I wonder how many "relapses" occured during their "ex-gay" conventions - my guess is several. I wonder how many “relapses” occured during their “ex-gay” conventions – my guess is several.

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