Monthly Archives: October 2012

No One Orders Lukewarm Coffee!

Posted on October 24, 2012 by ketcham

The following was recommended by a Pflag member who says it is one of the best essays she has read.  It is from Crumbs from the Communion Table, a blog by Justin Lee, Executive Director of the Gay Christian Network.  See … Continue reading →

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Gallup Study of WHO IS Gay

Posted on October 20, 2012 by ketcham

October 19, 2012,  NY Times Shades of Gay By CHARLES M. BLOW          (see http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2012/10/20/opinion/darker-rainbow.html?ref=opinion     for    actual statistical table of these results) Let me be upfront: The data here seem to raise more questions than provide explanations. Gallup and the Williams … Continue reading →

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Turned Away, He Turned to the Bible

Posted on October 10, 2012 by ketcham

LISTEN TO MATTHEW VINES by copying and pasting this link:   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ezQjNJUSraY.  This outstanding young man’s heartbreaking talk, seen by thousands on YouTube, presents an unemotional and rational argument based on extremely  well-researched scholarship.   Then read the NY Times story below. … Continue reading →

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Forty Years Ago, PFLAG Began….

Posted on October 7, 2012 by ketcham

Forty years ago (1972), Jeanne Manford marched alongside her gay son, Morty, in New York’s Liberation Day Parade after Morty had been badly beaten at a protest while police stood by and did nothing.  She marched while carrying a sign which … Continue reading →

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