What anti-LGBT activists say “off the record”

[DonViejo]

A listserv for leaders in the "ex-gay" movement provides a revealing look at how anti-LGBT activists really talk

BY KATIE MCDONOUGH

Anti-gay rights organizations like the National Organization for Marriage tend to rely on prepared statements about “family values” and “traditional marriage” to justify their opposition to full LGBT equality, but a recent look at a listserv for Christian activists in the “ex-gay” movement reveals how candid they become once off the record.

Alan Chambers of Exodus International is trying to sanitize his organization’s reputation by softening its rhetoric about “curing” gay people, and wants to see others in the movement do the same. Chambers recently invited writer and gay rights activist Jeremy Hooper to join a listserv of 70 socially conservative activists in an effort to expose the violent rhetoric circulating among others in the anti-LGBT equality movement.

As reported by Hooper and ThinkProgress, Laurie Higgins of the Illinois Family Institute didn’t react well to Hooper’s presence on the list:

Jeremy, Your utter rebellion against your creator, and your efforts to encourage others to join in your rebellion are sins and crimes of the highest order.

If you call yourself a Christian, you are twice the son of Hell. ...

full article
http://www.salon.com/2013/05/02/what_anti_lgbt_activists_say_off_the_record/

[Half-Century Man]

1. Off what record

70 computers hooked up via the internet, all going through a router and internet service provider, each left unguarded at somepoint each day......Do they understand what hits the web, is always on the web somewhere?
If their world is flat, I guess their internet is flat.

[markpkessinger]

2. Why is a "gay rights activist" participating in an effort to "sanitize" NOM's reputation?

How does he think it helps the cause of gay rights or gay marriage to assist Chambers in helping his organization to appear less noxious than it really is? This is akin to an abortion rights activist helping the anti-choice movement appear less extreme than it really is. This doesn't pass the smell test.