[I got this story in an e-mail from GLOBAL Diversity, the GBLT group at UIS, who got is from a news service called THE LIST, from hatecrime.org]

"EX-GAYS" HITTING HIGH SCHOOLS AND COMPANIES

The "ex-gays" - a fake organization that the religious right cooked up
years ago to help take away the civil rights of gay people - now have a
new target, youth and businesses. As you should know by now, about ten
years ago, anti-gay activists cooked up this idea that if they found a
few people who would pretend to be "gay people who prayed and went
straight," they would then sell this to the American public as "proof"
that any gay person could become straight. I am not joking. They're
incredibly hateful people. Spouting off about "science" that proves
gays are prone to molesting children, that the reason you're gay is that
you were sexually molested by your father (that one was news to my
dad), and that a lot of us are gay because God put a "curse" on us (not
kidding about that one either). These folks are 100% certifiable nut
cases.

Forget the fact that the number one "ex-gay" spokesman, John Paulk, was
caught hitting on a young guy in a gay bar two years ago in Washington,
DC (the "ex-gay" dope was hitting on an off-duty staffer of the Human
Rights Campaign, doh!) Forget the fact that their chief "ex-gay" youth
spokesman, Wade Richards, has now left them and admitted that they're
all fakes. Forget the fact that the largest "ex-gay" group in England,
Courage, has now closed it doors and admitted that it was a fraud.
Forget the fact that most of the heads of these "ex-gay" groups - the
folks who say they have the secret to preventing homosexuality in YOUR
kids - have gay kids themselves who they don't seem to be able to cure.
And forget the fact that most of the "ex-gay" success stories - all 5 of
them - are folks on the payroll of religious right bigots who make
money off of attacking gay peoples' civil rights.

Anyway, what these people are doing now is suggesting that high schools
and businesses adopt "ex-gay" non-discrimination policies and "ex-gay"
clubs. Major stumbling block here? There are no "ex-gays," so who you
going to sing Cumbaya with? Other than that, sounds like a chipper
idea. Perhaps we can have Santa Claus and Easter Bunny non-
discrimination policies too (I always thought Rudolph was a bit nelly,
and don't even get me started on that twink of a dentist-elf Hermey).