Just yesterday, the NCC was back in action to affect government policy by hosting a webinar to uphold a "faithful budget." This electronic meeting combined 30 heads of religious denominations and religious organizations. One of the organization's officials, Douglas Grace, opened with the webinar's intention-"that the US Super Committee not balance the budget at the expense of society's poor."

Over 11,000 men who have sex with men were interviewed. This is an enormous sample. Kinsey's sample, large for its time, and with a much over-represented number of gay/lesbian people, only had about 1300 homosexual men. The paper interprets data from a CDC (Centers for Disease Control) project, and the research standard seems to be high.

Previous research has been criticized for not following the subjects over a significant length of time and for "relying on memory rather than following change as it occurs."

The study followed 98 people who entered ministries affiliated with Exodus International, which believes that "Christ offers a healing alternative to those with homosexual tendencies..."

When the episcopal church made it's decision(s) around all things GLBT, the process was political. We met in conventions and passed legislation. As such, the decisions were made in the realm of power and politics. Arguments were obviously provided, sometimes with great passion, but I am not sure how much actual discussion took place. Dialogue frequently means, "let's talk and then do what I want." That was certainly what I saw in this process.