ETC: Everyday Thoughts Collected

While in DC, at a Pastor’s conference, I did a local debate regarding the APA silencing people holding the “ex-gay” viewpoint from speaking into a symposium they had scheduled and then canceled at the last minute.  Someone forwarded the transcript to me.  I phoned in to the local CBS affiliate there in town because it [...]

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From the Exodus Press Office …
ABC’s 20/20 to Focus on ‘Gay Gene’ Debate Tonight
Orlando, FL- ABC’s 20/20 examines the “gay gene” debate tonight in Where Does Sexual Orientation Come From? Tonight’s show features interviews with a variety of individuals including Dr. Stanton Jones, co-author of Ex-Gays? A Longitudinal Study of Religiousy Mediated Change in Sexual [...]

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God bless him for even trying. This is fun.

Hat Tip: Newsbusters
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Seriously, Randy Thomas is narrating the Oscars :).
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I don’t want to try to do the “live” blogging thing of American Idol this time around.  That said, I am so very happy that this year is obviously going to be better than last year.  I was very depressed over last year’s season as compared to the year before when Daughtry should have won.
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Alan Chambers Featured on Christian Broadcasting Network’s The 700 Club

Orlando, FL- The Christian Broadcasting Network will feature an interview tomorrow with Exodus President Alan Chambers. CBN’s show, The 700 Club, will explore recent research showing sexual orientation change through religiously mediated programs to be achievable. Alan Chambers, one of several experts intereviewed for this program, [...]

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ETC initial post here.  Thanks for the tip C!
Hutcherson’s Wife Says Family Is Being Harassed
www.komotv.com/news/local/15436121.html
KOMO TV
February 7, 2008
Feb 7, 2008 at 11:50 PM PST
SNOQUALMIE, Wash. — The family members of pastor Ken Hutcherson say they have been under attack ever since the pastor made controversial comments during a school assembly. [...]

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I watched the show Bewitched a lot after school when I was growing up. I loved that show. One of the characters was named Gladys Kravitz. Gladys was always peeking out of her windows and she knew everything that everyone was up too. Invariably, some sort of Bewitching would happen, Samantha [...]

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Earlier I wrote a post about being featured in an MSNBC article More Evangelicals say God is Green, about the environment of all things, unfairly.
Today I got an email from the reporter, Alex Johnson, sharing his thoughts …
Dear Mr. Thomas:
Sorry I didn’t realize sooner that there was a problem with how I quoted you [...]

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