"I suppose the only question, then, is who is going to organize the protest?"

Well, I would. But seriously, when was the last time the gay community ever did anything for me?

I think it would be way more fun to have a couple fall in love in the "Hope for Those Who Struggle" break out -- I mean make out -- session. How much is registration?

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Hope for Those Who Struggle

Choosing to leave homosexuality is a difficult process. However, tens of thousands of men and women have successfully done just that. This breakout session is specifically for those battling unwanted same-sex attractions who are looking for practical tools and resources, a place to ask questions and some encouragement while on the journey.

I spent age 8-22 as an evangelical christian... i was even somewhat liberal about it once i got to highschool. i took the more 'understanding/conversational/ sin is sin its all equal' approach rather than the 'fire and brimstone/ shove docturine down your throat/ you are going to hell approach'. but still my convictions were cemented in the Bible being absolute truth.... i have been to billy graham crusades, on mission trips and attended countless 'revivals' that use james dobson materials. I can tell you a protest is not going to even phase the christians that are attending or supportive of this event. they will simply pity you, feel sorry that you are so lost and pray that the devil's influence be removed so God can show you the Truth and blah blah blah blah... MY POINT: protest all you want, it is good for the community to know whats happening there, but if you want to make any real impact or actually thwart the idealogy of this 'event' REGISTER. show up and go. SPEAK UP and argue with the 'logic' they use. Use your personal experience as an example because that can not be denied. of course it is like slamming your head into a brick wall and you may not change anyones minds, but at the very least you turned it into a dialouge or debate or argument. If enough time can be wasted that way, they they don't get to preach their bullshit.... just sayin.

You seem to be having a problem with repeats this evening. And: 'docturine' is either one of the funniest typoes I've seen in a long time, or was entirely intentional, in its characterization of doctrine.

What do I always say when I'm up against these awful, evil fucks? "That's my friends you're talking about, and that's my family you're talking about. You Do Not Fuck With My Friends, and You Do Not Fuck With My Family."
Bigots, deep down, still fall for that insularity/blind loyalty even more than Belief. These are not sharp minds we're discussing here.

They are well funded, though.

It's odd that the operator pressured you into getting the Focus On The Family newsletter. What does a right-wing newsletter/solicitation have to do with helping you with your or your loved one's gay tendencies?

It's also odd that the infamous Love Won Out's billboard (pics on that other free weekly's blog) doesn't mention Focus On The Family at all. Apparently they recognize that a right-wing group isn't really a selling point in Portland.

Sadly, I don't see Portland's own notorious ex-gay John Paulk on Love Won Out program. Paulk worked for FOTF, led their Love Won Out conference, and was a board member of the national ex-gay ministry Exodus. In 2000, Paulk was caught at DC gay bar. Plagued by the scandal, he eventually left the ex-gay industry and started a catering company here in town.

Last weekend, there were dualing ex-gay and ex-exgay conferences. The ex-exgay Survivors Conference featured a public apology by three former ex-gay ministry leaders who now regret the harm the ex-gay message has caused.

You're tainted! I must lay hands upon you to cleanse you of this evil.

In regards to getting the FoF newsletter-being upsold for free-they certainly don't think you got something for nothing.

They think they may have saved your soul. Short of that prayer every televangelist begs you to do with them at the end of each show they do, they'll take that as the next best thing.

And you are on their mailing list now...good luck getting off that one after the mailings stop being amusing.

And if anyone hasn't made the acquaintance of the blog of a group of highly irreverent (and funny as hell) ex-City Bible Churchers, http://citybusinesschurch.org, you should. Fun, fun reading for the unchurched, the heathen, and the disillusioned.

Yeah, that guy's not gay...