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HEALTH MAINSTREAM GROUP TO FIGHT LGBT SUICIDE I VIEWPOINTS HEALTH CARE TOWN HALLS A RECIPE FOR DISASTER I PLUS MUSIC I STAGE I DINING
Da^s &ICE
TEXAS
If U.S. Attorney's
Office won't
investigate
Rainbow Lounge
raid, who will?
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DALLAS PRIDE WEEKEND
Dallas Voice LGBT Pride Special Edition
Space Deadline Wed., Sept. 9 Publishes Fri., Sept. 18
VOLUME 26 I ISSUE 13
ESTABLISHED 1984
dallasvoice.com
AUGUST I 14 I 2009
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At left, Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison poses in July alongside
gay Republican leader Rob Schlein following a press con-
ference in Dallas. Would Gov. Rick Perry, above, have
even allowed Schlein in the room?
Lesser evil or 2 equals?
Conventional wisdom says Sen. Hutchison is more moderate than Gov. Perry, but what about on gay rights?
A picture may say a thousand words, but in
this case, it's a little unclear what those words
actually are.
Members of Log Cabin Republicans of
Dallas were photographed alongside U.S. sen-
ator and likely GOP gubernatorial candidate
Kay Bailey Hutchison following a press confer-
ence here last month to announce her fundrais-
ing lead over the incumbent, Gov. Rick Perry.
Log Cabin President Rob Schlein, who later
submitted the photos to Dallas Voice, said a
field representative for Hutchison's gubernato-
rial campaign, Emily Cornell, invited him to
the press conference knowing that he heads the
gay Republican group.
But Jonathan Neerman, chairman of the
Dallas County Republican Party, which hosted
the press conference, cautioned against reading
too much into the invi tation or the photos.
"I think you would be overstating it if you
were to say that the Log Cabins were specifical-
ly invited to this press conference," said
By John Wright News Editor
Neerman, himself an advocate for welcoming
gay Republicans into the GOP. "I don't think
you're going tosee someone cower away [from
a photo]."
Contacted about the invitation to Schlein,
Cornell said: "There were all sorts of support-
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"It's like choosing between the
guillotine and the rack."
Erin Moore, president
Stonewall Democrats of Dallas
55
ers there. They [Log Cabin members] attended,
but it was open to everyone,''
Cornell declined to discuss the matter fur-
ther, referring additional questions to
Hutchison's campaign office in Austin.
Campaign spokesman Hans Klingler didn't
return multiple phone calls from Dallas Voice
seeking comment.
In any case, Schlein said he intends to sup-
port Hutchison if she challenges Perry in the
March primary. Hutchison recently announced
her resignation from the Senate, and shefs
expected to formally announce her candidacy
for governor later this month.
"I've never talked to her about gay issues*
but my impression is she wants to be more
open-minded and inclusive [than Perry],"
Schlein said.
Indeed, it's widely perceived that Hutchison
is moderate compared to Perry — particularly
on social issues like abortion rights — and in
recent weeks she's been preaching a "big tent"
philosophy to broaden the party's base.
However, Hutchison hasn't specifically said
whether her "big tent" includes LGBT
Republicans, and local gay Democrats are
quick to point out that her record on gay rights
in Congress is abysmal.
See LESSER on PAGE 11
WEEKEND WEATHER
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SUN Mostly sunny
Autumn is on the way, can't you feel the difference? We won't get
above 95 Monday through Wednesday, and with lows in the mid-
70s, you could almost turn down the A/C a notch, from 10 to 9.
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CULTURE
Comedian Steven Jay
Crabtree takes super-
hero comics seriously.
He just wishes he could
get a boyfriend who'd
take him to Dallas
Comic Con. PAGE 18.
FINE ART
Light&Sie Gallery opens
its latest show, curated
by the late Andrew Sie,
who had a great eye for
juxtaposition, according
to business partner Stan
Light. PAGE 23.
THE PREMIER SOURCE FOR LGBT DALLAS/FORT WORTH
Straight-camp
survivor starts
support group
for ex-ex-gays
Stabile fell victim to 'Purity Siege'
on Cedar Springs strip 2 years ago
By Renee Baker Contributing Writer
They what doesn't kill us makes us stronger.
And so it seems for former "homosexual sin-
ner" James Stabile, who's still proud to be "out"
in Oak Lawn and has announced his new ex-ov
gay organization, Love Actually.
In May 2007, when he was 19, Stabile was
caught up in the "1-35 Light the Highways"
Christian intercessory
movement. He says his
Methodist and Catholic
church upbringing had
taught him that every-
thing homosexual was a
Sin, that he was a sinner,
and that he would burn in
"the lake of fire" if he did-
n't change his ways,
So when he was
approached one night during a "Purity Siege"
on the Cedar Springs strip, he was susceptible
to feeling the "fire" of religious indoctrination.
He didn't have a prayer in the world of
standing up to a team of seasoned intercessors.
The Light the Highways movement was
kicked off by Cindy Jacobs, a "prophet" of
Generals International. The group's only listed
location is a post office box in Red Oak, near
Waxahachie. The national 1-35 movement called
for churches from Laredo to Duluth, Minn., to
pray, evangelize and intercede all along the 1-35
corridor, for 35 days, based upon a biblical verse
in the 35th chapter of Isaiah.
Pastor Steve Hill of Heartland World
Ministries Church in Las Colinas was the lead
"radical evangelist" for the mission, and it was
Hill's group who approached Stabile, then at a
low point in his life, and prayed for his soul.
Stabile says he thought he was going to hell
for his sins.
He'd been "whoring himself out" in Oak
Lawn at the time, and when he was approached
See SURVIVOR on PAGE 12
James Stabile
Petropolitans
Christopher Watts goes
to jail to raise money for
the Muscular Dystrophy
Association. But he
always brings it back to
the dogs. PAGE 26.
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Nash, Tammye. Dallas Voice (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 26, No. 13, Ed. 1 Friday, August 14, 2009, newspaper, August 14, 2009; Dallas, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth239077/m1/1/: accessed April 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.