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Psychotherapist Renounces Reparative Therapy

Dr. Robert Spitzer, a renowned psychotherapist who conducted research in 2001 which seemed to say that Reparative Therapy could change gays to straights, now repudiates that research and says it was misinterpreted by people who felt being gay was a choice.   … Continue reading

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THANK YOU, TIMES-NEWS, FOR THIS STORY:

On Sunday, May 13th, the story printed below ran on page 2 of the first section of the Burlington Times-News.  We’ve read stories like this before, but we still need to be reminded of the fact that personal friendship is a … Continue reading

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PACE OF SOCIAL CHANGE ACCELERATING NATIONALLY

FROM THE NEW YORK TIMES By PETER BAKER WASHINGTON — When Bill Clinton was president, he waited until almost 1 in the morning in 1996 to sign a bill defining marriage as the union of a man and a woman. … Continue reading

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We All Need to Laugh…..

Satirical Video:        “Ten Reasons Why Gay Marriage                           is WRONG !” CLICK ON      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Um6x13TMw44     We do need to laugh!

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A Personal Post from an Ally: Thursday morning

Yesterday I heard good friends tell how this defeat impacted their personal emotions and their lives.    I don’t think I had fully understood before this that the usually unspoken prejudices of many of our Alamance County neighbors would SHOUT through the election—-shout hatred and … Continue reading

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So What do we do now?

PflagAlamance invites you to make suggestions on our FACEBOOK page, pflagAlamance. We will continue to meet monthly, 2nd Tuesday, and our agenda always includes both support to families and also Advocacy work. Bringing speakers to Alamance County is one of … Continue reading

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So Many Influential Voices Against…..see below

For the first time in history, a sitting President has publicly condemned an anti-gay amendment. The one he picked is the one on the ballot here in North Carolina on May 8th. Both the Charlotte Observer and the Raleigh News … Continue reading

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WHY OPPOSE THE AMENDMENT— some quotes

Representative Jim Crawford, who sponsored the amendment, stated this week that, “I will definitely vote against it because I think it goes too far.” Some other quotes (from http://www.ProtectAllNorthCarolinaFamilies.org ) “Some of the consequences (of Amendment One) may harm women, children … Continue reading

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AUDIO INTERVIEW WITH JIMMY CREECH

Frank Stasio interviews Jimmy UNC  Radio, April, 2012   http://wunc.org/tsot/archive/Meet_Jimmy_Creech.mp3/view Jimmy Creech had been an ordained United Methodist minister for 14 years before he came to understand the plight of homosexuals within his congregation. A parishioner, whom he calls Adam, … Continue reading

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Durham Church-Goers Speak on Video Against Amendment One

Copy and Paste:       http://pamshouseblend.firedoglake.com/2012/04/02/watch-15-year-old-bull-city -residents-video-of-church-members-opposing-amendment-one.   I wish this could go viral on Facebook.

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