Excerpt from the PFOX article “New Jersey Sen. Barbara Buono Called on to Stop her Hate Against Sexual Minorities:” “Trenton, N.J. … In a statement made during a New Jersey Senate committee hearing on March 18, 2013, Sen. Buono said she was glad to have sponsored non-discrimination legislation that did not include ‘formerly gay individuals’ because she had ‘never heard of that phrase uttered before.’”

“‘Sen. Bouno knows I am openly ex-gay,’ said Greg Quinlan, a former homosexual and president of the Parents and Friends of Ex-Gays & Gays (PFOX) board of directors. ‘She disagrees with my sexual orientation and so pretends people like me are not members of society. Buono accepts people who change their gender identity, or who engage in same-sex behavior, but is intolerant of those who change their sexual orientation from gay to straight. This discrimination has no place in our state of New Jersey,’ said Quinlan. “‘We call on Sen. Buono to apologize to the ex-gay community.’”

Excerpt from Joseph Farah’s opinion piece on World Net Daily: “But I want to return to this constant refrain from Daly that homosexuality is not a super sin. He has said it over and over again in trying to explain why Focus rarely touches on the subject any more. Recently, in another interview, he said: “I think one of the great tragedies of our time is we’ve set this up as some super sin or super debate about homosexuality.”

It raises the question, “Who said homosexuality is a super sin?” No one that I know. A super sin to me is one that, perhaps, is unforgivable by God. That is certainly not the case with homosexuality. In fact, it is true of only one sin, according to Jesus – the sin of blaspheming the Holy Spirit.” In other words, Jim Daly is setting up a straw man argument.

The new website is genderwholeness.com/lds. The website offers “an expansive section on how homosexuality seems to develop, including comments from well known experts on the topic of sexual orientation” and “descriptions of the therapeutic approach that is helping men resolve issues underlying their same-sex attractions, and thereby often diminish the attractions themselves.” Link to a Christian News Wire article on the website.

Excerpts from the PFOX article “PFOX Files Ex-Gay Brief in Supreme Court Cases:” “Washington D.C. — Parents and Friends of Ex-Gays & Gays (PFOX) has filed an amicus curiae brief in the genderless marriage and Defense of Marriage (DOMA) Supreme Court cases being heard this week. As the only ex-gay organization to file a brief in these historical Supreme Court cases, PFOX appears as amicus to address the purported immutability of homosexuality. Dean Broyles, chief counsel of the National Center for Law and Policy, authored the brief on behalf of PFOX.”

“In its Supreme Court filings, PFOX (like the APA and many gay organizations) affirms that sexual orientation is fluid, and can and does change over time. PFOX explains that a growing number of governmental authorities and other organizations recognize the existence of ex-gays.”

“As a non-profit organization that advocates for the ex-gay community, PFOX explains to the Supreme Court that far from being an immutable characteristic determined at birth like race or gender, sexual orientation is a complex and amorphous phenomenon that defies consistent and uniform definition. “Homosexuality has not been shown to be innate or genetic – individuals can change their sexual orientation,” said Regina Griggs, executive director of PFOX.”

Excerpts from the article “Christ or Coffee? Ex-Homosexual Turned Evangelist Dumps Daily Dose of Starbucks After CEO Remarks” on the Christian News Network: “An ex-homosexual who now serves as an evangelist states that he has decided to join the boycott against the coffee king Starbucks following recent remarks made by CEO Howard Schultz regarding the company’s support of homosexual ‘marriage.’ ‘It’s an unGodly, Christ-hating position,’ he said of Schultz’s comments.”

“Robert Breaud of Wisconsin told Christian News Network that he had been involved in the homosexual lifestyle until his 30′s, but has served Christ now for nearly 20 years. … However, from 1990-1994, Breaud felt that God was drawing him to a walk with Himself. A number of those in Breaud’s life began sharing the Gospel with him, most notably, a very special relative. ‘I found out that my aunt Rose, who had been a Christian for decades, had prayed for me a long time,’ he said. ‘I didn’t know she had been praying for me so long.’”

… “So, in 1994, after coming into agreement with God and His design for creation, Breaud, who had also been struggling with alcoholism, repented of his sins and believed the Gospel. ‘It felt like the power of death and sin was just broken off of me,’ he recalled.”

“In 2005, following Hurricane Katrina, Breaud decided to take his story and the Gospel of Jesus Christ to the streets. He still does so today as he speaks on college campuses and at other public venues.”
“‘I use Romans Chapter 1 just like my aunt Rose used on me,’ he stated, adding that he also points hearers to 1 Corinthians 6, which glories in those who have been set free from behaviors such as homosexuality, declaring, ‘and such were some of you.’”

“‘I always remember to get to that verse,’ Breaud said. ‘There’s hope. You always have to offer hope.’”
“He outlined that he receives a mix of reactions to his testimony, especially from college students. ‘An old preacher said, ‘You either make them mad or you make them glad,’ Breaud said. ‘Some of course say, You’re lying! You were never a homosexual! I say, I can put you on the phone with a number of people back in New Orleans who can testify [that] it was how I lived for a long time.’”

The following excerpts are from a PFOX website article: “Many times when a library patron sees a gay themed exhibit at their local library, they become upset because there is no opposing viewpoint. What you can do to ensure that the library exhibits the full and complete facts about sexual orientation is to put up an ex-gay exhibit at your local library.”

• “Ask one of the librarians for the application to set up a local community exhibit in the library.”
• “Fill out the information on the form and state that you want to set up an exhibit about sexual orientation and tolerance for the ex-gay community.”
• “The American Library Association’s exhibit policy mandates that exhibit space should be made available ‘on an equitable basis, regardless of the beliefs or affiliations of individuals or groups requesting their use.’ See http://www.ala.org/advocacy/intfreedom/librarybill/interpretations/exhibitspaces”

[G. Rope was able to do an ex-gay library display. Rope's testimony follows:] “Our ex-gay library display was put up on January 3rd of 2013 and was up for the full month. Most of our literature was taken and many were blessed to see another view displayed for all to see. I kept my display board and hope to do this as a yearly endeavor. Why not? I wouldn’t mind even expanding to some local fairs this summer. We must get the word out about the ex-gay community. What a freeing message that we have to share. Let’s get out there and do it!”

A United Kingdom High Court justice ruled that the barring of ex-gay advertisements on London buses was a legitimate decision because the ads were in line with the transit authority’s policies. The justice also ruled that advertisements by gay organizations that were allowed on the buses should not have been allowed either.

Excerpts from Christian Concern’s report of the judgment: “Reacting to the judgment, Andrea Minichiello Williams, Director the Christian Legal Centre, … said: ‘According to the judgment, adverts placed by Stonewall and the British Humanist Association were in breach of TfL’s own guidelines. Yet they were allowed to run, even though they proved to be highly controversial at the time. Then, as soon as a Christian group responded to Stonewall’s provocation and dared to challenge the reigning political orthodoxy, the message was banned by the Mayor’s Transport Authority.’”

“‘This case vividly exposes the huge asymmetry and censorship that characterises public debate at the moment, especially around sexual ethics. The message that some people are ‘Ex-Gay’ should not be considered offensive or controversial. Some people choose not to act on same-sex attraction. They should not be ostracised for doing so but helped. Mike Davidson and Core Issues Trust simply want to offer such help to those who experience same-sex attraction but would prefer to change that.’”

“‘The role of Boris Johnson [London’s mayor] is also very worrying. If further evidence comes to light that he was not only abusing his position in light of the Mayoral election but also seeking to cover it up, then the political implications could be huge.’”

Press Release from the Pacific Justice Institute: Sacramento, CA–The Pacific Justice Institute is announcing the launch of a new website and resources designed to counter two legislative bills that threaten the existence of the Boy Scouts and would mandate some of the most aggressive invasions of privacy, freedom of association and religious freedom ever proposed in the name of LGBT rights.

The new site, www.GenderInsanity.com, spotlights two bills pending in the California legislature. Senate Bill (SB) 323 threatens to revoke tax exemptions from the Boy Scouts and many other non-profits, including religious schools, that do not affirm transgender or homosexual lifestyles. Meanwhile, Assembly Bill (AB) 1266 would require that K-12 public schools allow any student to use any “facilities” such as bathrooms and locker rooms, and join any sports team, based solely on the student’s subjective “gender identity,” not anatomical gender.

Brad Dacus, president of Pacific Justice Institute, explained, “Forcing boys and girls to share bathrooms, locker rooms and sleeping arrangements is not equality; it is insanity. We are taking the extraordinary step of launching this new website and leading this fight because we see these mandates as a line in the sand we cannot afford to cross. Almost every family in California will be affected to some degree.” Dacus further explained the need for united action. “We can defeat these bills, but it is going to take parents being willing to write letters and make phone calls to their legislators. It is going to take Boy Scout troops showing up at the Capitol. Our greatest enemies are not rogue politicians, but complacency and a false sense of inevitability.”

Much more information, including sample letters and legislators’ contact information, is available at www.GenderInsanity.com.

Excerpts from an abcnews.go.com article entitled “Chris Christie Comes Out Against Gay Conversion Therapy”: “‘Governor Christie does not believe in conversion therapy,’ spokesman Kevin Roberts said in a statement to the New Jersey Star-Ledger. ‘There is no mistaking his point of view on this when you look at his own prior statements where he makes clear that people’s sexual orientation is determined at birth.’” …

“‘I’m of two minds just on this stuff in general [comment regarding New Jersey legislation to ban conversion therapy]. Number one, I think there should be lots of deference given to parents on raising their children,’ Christie said at the press conference. ‘Generally, philosophically, on bills that restrict parents’ ability to make decisions on how to care for their children, I’m generally a skeptic of those bills. Now, there can always be exceptions to those rules and this bill may be one of them.’”

Excerpt from the article “Psychiatry’s New Normal: ‘Transgendered’ Persons” in the National Catholic Register: “BOSTON — The term “gender identity disorder” has been eliminated from the new edition of the American Psychiatric Association’s official guide to classifying mental illnesses, known as the DSM-5.”

“Whereas previously a man who ‘self-identified’ as a woman (or vice versa) could have been classified as mentally ill, now the DSM-5 uses the term ‘gender dysphoria,’ which means it is only a mental illness if you’re troubled by this self-identification. Elated activists in the ‘LGBT’ community had lobbied the APA for the change for years.”