"Former homosexual" to host Biblical "straight talk" radio show

[Bluebear]

:rofl:


"Ex-gay" Stephen Bennett

Contact: Amanda Sova, Director of Media Relations for Straight Talk Radio, 203-926-6960

HUNTINGTON, Conn. Oct. 25 /Christian Wire Service/ -- Stephen and Irene Bennett, husband and wife, founders of Stephen Bennett Ministries, Inc., announce the launching of their national radio program, Straight Talk Radio, scheduled to debut in eight states on October 31.

Formerly a daily one-minute public service announcement running on numerous Christian and Conservative radio stations, Straight Talk Radio has been "revamped" into a new, lively, daily half-hour program.

To listen to Straight Talk Radio's 30 second trailer and show intro, please click on the links: http://www.straighttalkradio.org/commercials/trailer1.mp3 and http://www.straighttalkradio.org/commercials/showintro1.mp3

Straight Talk Radio is one of the very first – if not the first – daily, national Conservative Christian radio programs to deal exclusively with the number one, most controversial issue facing our culture today - homosexuality.

"Straight Talk Radio will feature the most outspoken guests, tackle tough issues and host very lively debates, while injecting a blend of adrenaline, compassion and a bit of humor," said Stephen. "When Irene and I get behind the microphones, watch out. There's no telling what's going to happen. That's what makes Straight Talk Radio so exciting and unique."

Irene replied, "I believe Straight Talk Radio is going to catch on like wildfire :rofl: and resonate with many individuals worldwide. We are going to educate, encourage, engage and equip people to understand this extremely important issue. I can easily see several hundred new radio stations within a year's time. We are already discussing syndication with a major radio network. There just is no other radio program out there like this."


What makes Straight Talk Radio even more unique are the hosts themselves.

Stephen Bennett is a former homosexual who abandoned his 11-year promiscuous homosexual lifestyle, along with a long term homosexual relationship, after becoming a Christian in 1992. Irene, who became a Christian in the 80's, was never involved in homosexuality. Fully knowing Stephen's past, Irene accepted Stephen's proposal for marriage in 1993 without any reservations.

Today, happily married over 12 years with two beautiful little children, the Bennetts travel and speak worldwide, educating people on the truths of homosexuality and dispelling many of the myths and misinformation promoted by homosexual activists and organizations.

In the last year and half alone, Stephen and Irene have spoken at over 75 events worldwide - from churches, television interviews and debates, to major conferences and national rallies.

In the next two weeks alone, the Bennetts are scheduled to speak in Connecticut, Massachusetts, Texas and Canada.

While the Bennett's primarily minister full-time as evangelists to the homosexual community and provide support for their families, the couple firmly believes they have a dual calling.

Stephen and Irene publicly and unashamedly address the issues of homosexuality, the homosexual agenda, and its effects on our children and culture.

"We have two little kids who are growing up in a very different world than we did as children. I bring to the table the undeniable truth that I was not born homosexual, and that homosexual men and women can completely change," said Stephen.


Stephen, Irene and Straight Talk Radio: the Perfect Match

"Stephen and Irene were meant for radio. Depending on 'which side of the fence' you are on, you'll either love 'em or hate 'em. With each broadcast, you will never know if you'll be laughing, crying or simply in shock at what's really going on in our culture," said Amanda Sova, Director of Media Relations for Straight Talk Radio. "As a couple, the Bennetts are extremely educated and articulate on the issues and compliment each other so well. Straight Talk Radio will address timely headlines dealing with a wide gamut of topics, stories, compelling testimonies, intriguing interviews and lively debates on the homosexual issue from a pro-family perspective. The program will also offer hope and encouragement to those struggling, as well as providing support and resources for family members, loved ones and friends."

The Bennetts say they will finally have their 'uncensored voice' to proclaim the truth about homosexuality, educate individuals and confront the homosexual agenda and its proponents head on – by a man who's been on ‘both sides' of the fence.

"For the last 13 years my husband has been repeatedly told he does not exist. As my loving husband and the wonderful father of our two children, I tell you Stephen does exist - and I am proud and humbled to be his wife. Stephen is a living testimony to the life changing power of Jesus Christ," Irene said.

Stephen replied, "I'm very excited about Straight Talk Radio. I can guarantee you, this will not be a dull show by any means, nor will we be whacking people over the head with the Bible. Make no mistake though, God's Word will boldly go forth. We're going to tackle many issues and stories few would dare to touch, even injecting a bit of the 'Bennett' humor (never though at the expense of any individual, well except maybe myself.)"

Straight Talk Radio will debut on one of the largest 50,000 watt Christian AM stations in America, KLTT 670 AM in Denver, CO, part of the Crawford Broadcasting Network. Other radio stations interested in carrying the program can call Straight Talk Radio at [phone].

Irene said, "Ultimately, Straight Talk Radio's main purpose is to bring truth, hope, healing and education to all those who listen - through glorifying Jesus Christ."

Straight Talk Radio will also stream daily worldwide on demand at www.StraightTalkRadio.org.

http://www.earnedmedia.org/sbm1025.htm

[ComerPerro]

I can't wait until that freak gets caught in bed with another man

[GreenPartyVoter]

3. Maybe the wife is another man already??

[GreenPartyVoter]

1. Well, I'll be sure to never tune into that.

[Bluebear]

4. What on earth will he talk about to be an ongoing show anyhow? nt

[northzax]

7. something like this:

"last night, while I was calmly sitting in a bar, a pervet man came up to me and forced me to engage in sexual acts against my will. The gays, they can't keep their hands off of me. When I was done, he wanted me to reciprocate, and I told him NO, he's going to hell, and left."

[Not Me]

2. Oh, puleeeeeeze

nt

[northzax]

5. I must say, this guy doesn't look like a big loss

for the gay community.

[ronnykmarshall]

10. No kidding ....

look at the awful blouse she has on.

[northzax]

16. I think he's an 'ex-gay'

because no self respecting gay man would have him.

[knitter4democracy]

20. If I remember right, he was never in a long-term relationship.

From his story, it sounded more like he experimented and then decided he was straight.

[Larissa238]

56. The article says that he was

If it is true or not is another story. How long is a long-term relationship, anyways?

[BOSSHOG]

6. "Tackle tough issues?"

Like what, covering up Christian Hate crimes? And what to do when your pecker starts tugging for HIM?

[ronnykmarshall]

8. Oh sissy, please!

When that one opens his mouth, a purse falls out.

[Maat]

28. Ronny, you just crack me up.

Your jokes may not exactly represent the epitomy of politcal correctness .. but you sure are funny.
:rofl:

[QC]

39. Get her! n/t

[gratuitous]

9. Herewith, the entire transcript of their airings

STEPHEN BENNETT: Hello, and welcome to "Straight Talk Radio." I'm your host, Stephen Bennett, and I used to be a promiscuous homosexual. Now I'm happily married to my beautiful wife of 12 years, Irene, and have two wonderful children. Okay, let's go to the phone lines . . .

No calls?

Anybody listening?

Anyone at all?

Uhm . . .

{Click}

VO: Hidey hi, friends and neighbors, this is your old pal El Monte Slim, tellin' ya to come on down to Wide Track City in Wilmington!

[Bluebear]

12. LOLOLOL!!!! nt

[ronnykmarshall]

18. More like this

STEPHEN BENNETT: Hello, and welcome to "Ssssssstraight Talk Radio." I'm your hossst, Sssssstephen Bennett, and I used to be a promiscuousssss homossssssexual. Now I'm happily married to my fabulousssss beard .... uh wife of 12 years, Irene, and have two snot nosed .... I mean WONDERFUL children. Okay, let'ssss go to the phone linesss . . .

HELLLLO???????

[Bluebear]

23. Caller: "Steve, is it true that the Holy Spirit changed your life?"

Steve: "Oh but YES, girl, it was faboo. I spoke in tongues and everything, then we all had Cosmopolitans and crudites to celebrate my conversion."

[crispini]

25. LOL!

[terrya]

38. LOL!

Yep, that sounds about right. :-)

[liberalitch]

11. I sent his pic to carl.... my notoriously gay neighbor....

he instant messaged me back... that and this is an exact quote:
"If he's straight now..... I'm a fuckin' buddhist sherpa monk!"
(he just found out what a sherpa is last night.... now he wants to be one.... except he's afraid of heights..... maybe he can be a city sherpa)

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

44. I was gonna say... he don't look so "EX" gay to me!

[XemaSab]

47. So seriously,

you think he has the brows waxed, or do you think he just plucks?

[bunkerbuster1]

13. 'by a man who's been on ‘both sides' of the fence'

must... not... make... glory-hole... joke...

[donco6]

14. Who cares if he exists? I don't want to be him.

Fundie freak.

[Stepup2]

15. hummmm

Did he give back his toaster oven?? :sarcasm:

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

17. Stephen and Irene are VICTIMS.

They have BAD SHIT coming their way, and it's all the fault of the ghouls who brainwashed them.

God, I hate fundamentalists. When they're not blowing up civilians they're fucking with their lives.

[knitter4democracy]

19. He came and spoke at our college once.

I remember him. It was a really controversial chapel (required attendance three days a week), and many people were really upset afterwards. You know why they were mad, though? Many at that evangelical college were mad that he said people couldn't be born gay and that they can be changed back to straight with counselling and small groups. Most people I talked with afterwards thought he was a fraud (or at the best, bi-sexual) and a dangerous one at that. He was never invited back.

[FreedomAngel82]

60. Oh wow

I wouldn't be surprised if he was a fraud either. I could care less if someone is ex-gay or whatever. It's personally none of my business and nobody else's what someone does in their life.

[MN ChimpH8R]

21. He should meet this fellow

[ronnykmarshall]

41. I love that queen!

[Ellen Forradalom]

22. So what's there to talk about

for the span of an entire show? Repeatedly?

What creeps me out is that they prominently feature Bennett's marriage and fatherhood to serve as implicit evidence of heterosexuality.

[MadHound]

27. Yeah, like maybe they're hiding the ol' turkey baster somewhere

And that we really shouldn't think anything bad about the fact that the show's theme song is "It's Raining Men".

This is just so much horseshit. Either this guy is in serious denial, and is going to have a major breakdown real soon, or he was just dabbling around a bit before he decided he was straight. Either way, I don't think he is a good role model or has any basis with which to speak.

[Ellen Forradalom]

32. You don't need the intervention

of fundamentalists to have a het relationship. I say serious denial.

[FreedomAngel82]

62. With me when I hear

that someone is now an ex-gay I always ask "how do you know you were gay in the first place?" How do you know you weren't just curious? :shrug: That's why I don't like all this going around and saying you're an ex-gay. How do you know for sure?

[XemaSab]

46. Totally

Like no gay person has ever gotten married and had kids.

I've known WAAAAAAAY too many "ex-straights" to fall for THAT one.

[FreedomAngel82]

61. Really

So since I'm not married and don't have children am I gay? Heck no. :eyes: Just because you're married and have children doesn't necessarily men you're hetro either. These people think that being gay is about sex. :eyes: All they care about is sex which is really sad I think.

[swimboy]

24. Bless his heart.

x( which is NOT a nice thing when said by a southerner

[Bluebear]

53. I hear that's true!

[readmoreoften]

26. Does he still look as gay as he does in this picture?

Or does heterosexual converstion therapy make you straight-looking as well? Will ex-gays still set my gaydar off?

[Ellen Forradalom]

33. I wasn't going to say it first

but mine went "WHOOP! WHOOP! WHOOP!" when I saw that pic.

[teenagebambam]

29. What's with the

Photoshop-blurred forehead?

[Bluebear]

30. Baptist Botox

kidding, kidding n/t

[hunter]

31. Evil Fuckers.

They hurt a lot of people.

They spew forth from the same barrel of putrid repressed sexuality as the pedophile priests do.

The devil owns them.

[Ellen Forradalom]

34. I'd just love to read what William Burroughs

would have had to say about this. He had an arsenal of choice locutions for hypocrites like these.

[Monkey see Monkey Do]

43. Not completely fitting, but it sprung to mind

"Admittedly, a homosexual can be conditioned to react sexually to a woman, or to an old boot for that matter. In fact, both homo - and heterosexual experimental subjects have been conditioned to react sexually to an old boot, and you can save a lot of money that way."

[QC]

35. He might have left the "lifestyle," but his gayface lives on.

I bet a Prada handbag falls out when she opens her mouth.

[Duncan Grant]

36. Xtian media are using the 'homosexual agenda' as a source of revenue.

Isn't is repulsive how they prey upon the ignorant and superstitious in order to make a buck? Talk about profane.
edit: subject line

[hunter]

45. Soul-sucking ghouls and they know it.

On their front page:

"Debuting Monday, October 31st."

"You can help SBM proclaim the truth about one of the most important and controversial topics of our day: homosexuality. Why not prayerfully consider SPONSORING the weekly program on your Christian Radio Station? Your sponsorship is 100% TAX DEDUCTIBLE and could help reach MILLIONS worldwide, and THOUSANDS in your immediate area!


This goes beyond mere hypocrisy. The kind of "hope" these people offer is toxic, smothering, and very corrosive to the families who embrace it.

They feed off the carnage they sow.

[Duncan Grant]

50. A perfect example!

That's exactly what I'm talking about. Churchifyin' the world is a dog eat dog business. :hi:

[lakemonster11]

52. "prayerfully"?

What a disgustingly out of place adverb!

[CatBoreal]

54. Debuting???

Shouldn't that be De-BUTT-ing??

Sorry!

Bad Caboreal! Bad! Bad Catboreal!

[demigoddess]

37. lord, preserve us and protect us from this sort

OH GOD!!

[tanyev]

40. Kind of like a former alcoholic working as a bartender.

[Aristus]

42. "...even MORE unique...."

Good. I was so worried that Straight Talk Radio was going to be only, you know, sort of unique.

[jmowreader]

48. "Ex-Gay Stephen Bennett" really needs a new makeup artist

The poor dear looks like either (1) a currently practicing homosexual belted him right in the nose...or (2) he has to get really, really stewed to lay down this particular line of bullshit.

[ck4829]

49. One of my gay friends just swore he saw a guy who looked just like him...

very recently outside a gay bar.

[FreedomAngel82]

63. I remember a while back

reading a story that two guys who were apart of this Christian Exodus group that claims to turn gay people straight that the owners ran off together! And a guy who was gay who worked for the "Focus on the Family" claimed to not be gay anymore and was caught in a gay bar in DC. He claimed he didn't know it was a gay bar but yeah right!

[fleabert]

51. has he heard the word 'bisexual' before?

that's more realistic than this drivel. Sad that he denies who he is to himself and the world.

[bertha katzenengel]

55. I've corresponded with this guy. He drank so fricking much Kool-Aid that

now his toilet is straight, his septic tank is straight . . . :eyes:

[gatorboy]

57. Shouldn't he call the show: "Homosexual Talk"? n/t

[Larissa238]

58. I know many gays get married

to try and hide the fact that they are gay. Its not uncommon at all. The thing is, they are unhappy. Very unhappy.

BUT there are those few who are bisexuals, or gay/lesbian that happen to find someone of the opposite sex that they are comfortable with. That is what happened to me. I am a lesbian. Yet I have a boyfriend. Most people dont understand this, and call me bisexual. But I am not attracted to other men at all. If it dosent work out (but I sooo hope it does) I will go back to women, and thats that.

So that could have been what happened to him... BUT I think it was mostly brainwashing from the church that has forced him to deny his true feelings, and get married and have kids. I was a fundie at one time, and thats what they did to me. I even dated another "ex-gay" guy (in a sham relationship that meant nothing to both of us). He is now once again gay, and so am I.

[FreedomAngel82]

65. Wow interesting

The sad thing is that the media only shows these "ex-gay" people and never people like you and this guy you knew who tried it and it didn't work. If the country is going to have a serious discussion about this we should hear all points and let people decide for themselves about the issue. I remember a few months ago CNN had a special about Christian therapy gay groups and they featured three different people. One guy claimed he was now straight but people here at DU said he slipped up and said he thought about guys instead of girls and than they had someone else who went through the program but didn't change and they had a boyfriend and did community social work and still went to church with their boyfriend. Oh and I hope things work out for whatever is best for you. :hug:

[Larissa238]

70. Well....

One thing: Me and this guy- still together. He's a mod here, knows my past, and introduced me to this site.

I know some churches (like the one at my school, USC ) that open gay people with open arms. the pastor is a woman who is currently dating another woman. She has this whole explination why its okay to be gay and Christian. I didnt really understand it, but I come from a fundie background. (not a fundie anymore)

[yellowcanine]

66. I have no proof but I believe it is easier for a lesbian to do this than a

gay person.

[Larissa238]

68. I dont know

I know that many women are more open sexually than males, tho. Look at the number of bisexual women versus bisexual men.

[FreedomAngel82]

59. Straight radio?

So what's everybody else who's straight radio? Gay? I guess someone should tell that to Rush Limbaugh and Bill O'Reilly. :eyes:

[yellowcanine]

64. The sad thing is this is dangerous, not harmless stuff at all. If this

guy was gay or bisexual he is still gay or bisexual and he is living a lie. He may also be sneaking around engaging in risky behavior - putting his health and his wife's health in danger - not to mention setting up the kids for a huge emotional trauma when they find out who their daddy really is.

If the guy was never gay or bisexual then he is just a liar and a fraud.

Either way, he is at the least a scumbag.

[FreedomAngel82]

67. In the end with this guy

Only he knows the truth either way. And if he is a fraud than that's sin too. Lying and cheating people is wrong too whether you're a Christian or not.

[Dob Bole]

69. Wow! That guy look TOTALLY ex-gay!!!

He has that whole shiny aura around him that only friendly gay...I mean, ex-gay people have!

[LiberalPersona]

71. I'd love to live

in that dream world where homosexuality is the "number one issue our culture faces." A culture in which there is no energy crisis, in which we are not looking straight into the black hole of imminent economic collapse, and numerous other earth shattering issues.