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San Francisco reporter sneaks into ex-gay ranks.

  • 28-12-2004 12:37pm
    #1
    damien
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,290 ✭✭✭


    Longwinded but entertaining read about a SF Weekly reporter who infiltrates some "ex-gay" groups.

    http://www.sfweekly.com/issues/2004-12-22/news/infiltrator.html
    SF Weekly's Harmon Leon infiltrates ex-gay cells near San Francisco. After they pray for him (or his alter-ego Monty) not to fall into homosexual sin, he's a little unsure. There are tissues so he figures he's supposed to be crying. "Wow!" I remark, moving my hands to emulate some sort of energy field. "Yeah, that was really great. I really felt something there. Yeah, it was like feeling a force or something like that. Yeah, that's it: a force!" Then he and a friend visit a parents' support group as the ironically named Gaymores, seeking help for their gay-ish 7-year-old.


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  • #2
    segadreamcast
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    "My son designs Web sites. He said to me, 'Mom, look at this Web site I designed.' He brought it up on the computer, and these male figures came up. And it was a gay porn site!" the large woman says. "My mouth had dropped, and I said, 'Oh my God! What are you doing?'"

    "You had to look at them, too," Debbie sympathizes.

    "Was there any tea-bagging going on?" I ask, gravely concerned.

    Funny guy. Though I doubt he actually said that.


  • #3
    elivsvonchiaing
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,575 ✭✭✭elivsvonchiaing


    Jaysus! Only in America (I hope)

    "And Jesus said 'Get thyself behind me Satan!'" Mathew [6;66] (possibly?) :rolleyes:


  • #4
    Stark
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    Interesting, if disturbing.


  • #5
    swiss
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    As far as homoerotic images go, Jesus on the cross is probably one of the most alluring known to humanity. Think about it: an almost-naked guy, draped in a skimpy cloth, with long hair and ripped washboard abs, apparently into blood sports.

    On the other hand, what Christian anti-gay groups stress as the reason for falling into a gay lifestyle is a lack of Jesus in one's life.
    Words fail me. I've seen the phenomenon of the religious right's attempted conversions of gay people on quite a few occasions, but the logic (or lack thereof) behind this motivation never ceases to amaze me.


  • #6
    elivsvonchiaing
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,575 ✭✭✭elivsvonchiaing


    swiss wrote:
    Words fail me. I've seen the phenomenon of the religious right's attempted conversions of gay people on quite a few occasions, but the logic (or lack thereof) behind this motivation never ceases to amaze me.
    "Mr Swaggart my son is gaaay! I have $250,000 here... can ya'all help me out!" "Thank ya kinldly ma'am - Jesus will surely cure him of his affliction!" - nods to heavy guys: sign -language conversation - hooker - her kid - whatever drugs needed - photos! :p


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