Gay "cure" ads hit a TV near you.If you thought the barrage of advertising touting touting the making of personal representations by a veterinarian to persons who are not clients in an attempt to solicit their business. the ex-gay movement was finally over, think again. A group billing itself as the Center for Reclaiming
1. pertaining to, characteristic of, or directed toward the same sex. 2. one who is sexually attracted to persons of the same sex. lifestyle." The TV campaign, which follows full-page ads in major metropolitan daily newspapers, depicts ex-gays describing the "recovery process." In one ad Tom Cole, identified as a "former homosexual," says, "The dream that I thought I could never have--a wife and children--has come true." To counter the ad blitz Noun 1. ad blitz - an organized program of advertisements ad campaign, advertising campaign crusade, campaign, cause, drive, effort, movement - a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end; "he supported populist campaigns"; , the Human Rights Campaign announced on the same day the launch of the Ray of Light Project, which promises to highlight the "abuses" of so-called ex-gay ministries." The National Lesbian and Gay Task Force, meanwhile, released Calculated Compassion compassion, n a profound awareness of another's suffering coupled with a desire to alleviate that suffering. : How the Ex-Gay Movement Serves the Right's Attack on Democracy, which the group says is the "most-in-depth" study ever done on the political character and role of the ex-gay movement." |
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