Category: In The News

MIDLAND DAILY NEWS
Midland, Michigan
May 7, 2006

(Commentary)

Group believes that homosexuals can be saved, changed
by Gary Glenn

The American Family Association of Michigan believes that homosexual behavior is harmful and wrong. Without apology, we oppose attempts by the Triangle Foundation and other homosexual activist groups to force their political agenda onto our children, our public schools and society at large.

We approach the public policy debate surrounding homosexual behavior with sincere Christian care and concern for individuals who we believe put themselves physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually at risk by engaging in such behavior, and with a spirit for protecting children and others put at risk by those who promote and enable such behavior.

We personally know parents who in 2004 helped gather signatures to enact a Marriage Protection Amendment to our state constitution — reaffirming marriage as only between one man and one woman — not because they “hate” their children who are involved in homosexual relationships, but because they love them.

The sincere Christian compassion which motivates our stand is marked by warning against — and protecting those we love from — harmful self-destructive behavior, not by the false compassion of enabling or passing special laws to protect such behavior.
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“A conservative Christian activist group plans to campaign against a gay rights ordinance that the City Council is expected to pass sometime this spring. Gary Glenn of the American Family Association of Michigan said Thursday he has already been contacted by a Ferndale resident concerning Ferndale’s consideration of a third attempt to pass a gay rights ordinance. …Openly gay Councilman Craig Covey raised the issue of bringing the gay ordinance back, saying he believes the council and city voters would now pass the measure. ‘I’m not surprised to hear that the extremist jackals of the religious right may once again descend on Ferndale to fight against equal rights,’ Covey said.” Continue reading “DAILY TRIBUNE — Conservative Christian group vows to fight gay rights ordinance”

BETWEEN THE LINES
(homosexual newsmagazine)
Detroit, Michigan
February 15, 2006

Glenn says ‘no’ to money for LGBT crime victims
State legislators vow to investigate
by Dawn Wolfe Gutterman

LANSING — Funding to help LGBT crime victims could be threatened if anti-gay family crusader Gary Glenn has his way.
As reported by Between The Lines in December, the Triangle Foundation has received a $40,000 grant from the state of Michigan to further its work assisting LGBT crime victims. The money was awarded by the state’s Crime Victim Services Commission under the Victims of Crime Act program, which collects federal court fines from perpetrators to be used for victim assistance. Triangle plans to use the money for its Anti-Violence Project, which assists LGBT hate crime victims in a number of ways, from guiding victims through the legal process to providing referrals to shelters, health care providers, counselors and attorneys. (See “Triangle receives state victim-assistance grant,” online at www.pridesource.com.)

However, Glenn, the president of the self-styled Christian organization American Family Association of Michigan, is opposed to using government funds to aid LGBT crime victims, and is urging state legislators to take the money away.

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BETWEEN THE LINES
(homosexual newsmagazine)
Detroit, Michigan
February 15, 2006

All Politics is Loco
A new threat, a new low
by Sean Kosofsky

On February 3, Gary Glenn of the American Family Association of Michigan sank to a new low. He issued a press release with the nastiest and most malicious rhetoric yet, demanding the State of Michigan take back funding it gave to Triangle Foundation to serve victims of anti-GLBT hate crimes. Since Triangle is the only agency in Michigan offering comprehensive services for GLBT hate crime victims, this could seriously jeopardize vital programs for our community.
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