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X-Out-Loud responds to Politicians and Activists in Stormont
Opportunity to listen to those we support on their journey out of unwanted LGBT identities. Thursday 6th May at 6.30 PM Facebook LIVE[1] and also on X-Out-Loud YouTube[2]. You're invited to watch a...
Statement on the Ban Conversion Therapy in Northern Ireland Coalition
Core Issues Trust urges the Stormont Assembly to recognise the flawed, and controversial basis of this motion and to consider the rights and freedoms of the former LGBT minority it targets. The motion is a fundamental denial of basic freedoms of speech, belief, conscience and association for all persons in Northern Ireland. An assembly that supports such a motion has lost sight of the people it serves.
Film Release: Josesph Nicolosi – A True friend
One of our new movies, now available on CD, was premiered In the USA at the Alliance/NARTH Conference on the 20th of October 2017. It is now available in Europe. Apart from the main feature documentary, additional materials of recent interviews with Dr Nicolosi, including one with research colleague Dr Carolyn Pela, are also provided.
Is ‘fathering’ the casualty in the UK State’s understanding of Gender Mainstreaming?
The United Kingdom’s state apparatus has fully embraced the normalisation of homosexual practices and uses all means at its disposal to promote gender-mainstreaming to overturn any vestige of Judeo-Christian foundation in its political footprint.
Yes or No? Gay Marriage in Australia and Northern Ireland
Following the Australian SBS Dateline Programme released (12th September 2017) Mike Davidson reflects on view-point discrimination and the UKCP/BPA action against his ideas and thoughts on professional support for those leaving homosexual practices.
The conversion therapy controversy
Peter May reviews a hurried and unsatisfactory debate at the Church of England Synod.
Announcing the launch of Voices of the Silenced Online TV Platform (VOS TV)
We are proud to announce the launch of VOS TV, an online TV platform with open access, dedicated to promoting understanding around unwanted same-sex issues. www.voicesofthesilenced.tv
Citzen Go Petition on Media Bullying
Voice for Justice UK raises a Citizen Go petition: “Piers Morgan must not be allowed to abuse and bully those with whom he disagrees. Uphold freedom of choice
and speech for all” Please sign.
Nashville Statement
A coalition for Biblical Sexuality in partnerships with the Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics and Religious Liberties Commission has issued a new statement on human sexuality and the teaching of the church: “…in the hope of serving Christ’s church and witnessing publicly to the good purposes of God for human sexuality revealed in Christian Scripture, we offer the following affirmations and denials.”
Australian Medical Association Critiqued for Misleading Australian Public and Medics
One of the doctors who wrote a searing critique of the Australian Medical Association’s Position Statement on changing the Marriage Act repeated his call for the AMA to retract the statement following an address by Australian Medical Association (AMA) President Dr Michael Gannon at the National Press Club today.
Why patriarchy is the best solution for happy families and societies
In “The New Politics of Sex: the sexual revolution, civil liberties and the growth of government power” Professor Stephen Baskerville Professor of Government at Patrick Henry College, Virginia, offers an analysis that suggests that such a proposal as the above is the tip of an iceberg of the ever increasing power of state authorities to police activities that are beyond its competence.
Experts’ group: Govts must respect ‘freedom…right’ of gays wanting to overcome same-sex attraction
The IFTCC supports dedicated providers of services to individuals seeking to change their unwanted relational and sexual behavior, attractions and patterns, including unwanted same-sex attraction ....
‘Homosexuality’ vs ‘Homosexual Practice’ : the new binary
Many have articulated the idea that the binary sexuality model dividing the world of mankind into ‘gay’ and ‘straight’ (with a few ‘bi’) is past its sell-by date and has outlived its usefulness given the rise of notions of sexual fluidity. I am finding it increasingly difficult to stay within the semantic boundaries such models have forced us to operate in.
Comparing the Nashville Statement and one response from the Gay Christian perspective.
David Bennett’s response to the Nashville Statement, “Why I call myself a gay celibate Christian – and say ‘no’ to Nashville” provides a helpful perspective on the new Biblical anthropology promoted by ‘celibate gay’ Christians. The article is important because it reveals a particular anthropological perspective that is faulty, in my view.