Posted May 23rd, 2008 by Michael Airhart
Agence France Presse reports (via PageOneQ), and Pandagon comments, on phony rehab centers opened by the Roman Catholic Church in Poland to teach quack therapy, prayer, chastity, and sexist gender roles.
Men at The Odwaga Center reportedly are taught to play the post-Biblical sport of soccer, while women are taught to cook.
Watch the AFP video report here.
Posted April 30th, 2008 by Michael Airhart
On April 25, antigay activists — among them, Exodus and Focus on the Family — sought to disrupt antiviolence vigils in schools across the country. They sponsored walkouts and demonstrations in which religious activists, parents, and bullies sought to change the topic of the day from stopping violence in schools to venting prejudices and hostility toward gay youths. They followed up their efforts to shout down antiviolence vigils with a religious-right “Day of (Un)Truth” in schools on April 28; that day was dedicated exclusively to broadcasting religious rightists’ antigay prejudices and arrogant religious judgmentalism in public schools during school hours.
Because of antigay authorities’ refusal to stop antigay violence in schools, support for Days of Silence continues to grow. Plans are afoot for Days of Silence are afoot in Russia, Poland and Slovenia — regions where U.S. antigay pastor and Exodus speaker Ken Hutcherson has fueled antigay violence through his co-leadership of the Slavic hate group called Watchmen on the Walls. (Read More)