Who better to lead a Southern Baptist Convention panel promoting gender stereotypes than a cabal of gender-confused ex-gay political activists?
Photos of the panel show it to be dominated by Exodus International president Alan Chambers and other Exodus leaders including South Carolina ex-gay activist Tim Wilkins, Florida ex-gay activist Christine Sneeringer, and Texas ex-gay activist and SBC gender-issues czar Bob Stith.
The panel appears to be all-white — and all-male except for Sneeringer. Some members are not Southern Baptist.
None of these “ex-gays” has demonstrated academic expertise in gender issues nor a commitment to equal opportunity for women.
Instead of educating the public about gender diversity and individuality, the SBC gender panel plans to recruit Southern Baptist financial support for ex-gay activists and to confuse Christian teen-agers, their pastors, and their parents into believing they aren’t truly manly or womanly unless they mimic a 1950s-era heterosexual “lifestyle.”
Hat tip: Good As You
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It will be interesting to see what happens with the SBC. They seem to have invested in this ex-gay nonsense. Their new President seems to have bought the whole ex-gay thing. Unfortunately, it will backfire as we see more Ted Haggards and John Paulks in the future.
Comment by Wayne Besen — June 11, 2008 @ 7:06 pm
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