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Scientology Homophobia

July 31, 2022 By Mike Rinder 12 Comments

This is the sixth "vacation" post, revisiting some of the more  important articles to have appeared on my blog over the years. The original post and comments is here.   Is scientology homophobic? There has been considerable discussion about this.  In today's world,  where it is no longer socially acceptable to be anti-gay, scientology has taken steps to attempt to portray itself as tolerant and welcoming of the LGBT community. But similar to scientology's claims that disconnection "doesn't exist" or is simply a "personal choice," the PR smokescreen hides an ugly and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: L Ron Hubbard, Scientology Tagged With: homophobia, homosexuality, L. Ron Hubbard, Scientology

Episode 63: Former SO Member Nora Ames

October 25, 2021 By Mike Rinder 22 Comments

This week we welcome Nora Ames, former SO member and outspoken whistleblower concerning the hypocrisy of scientology's rampant homophobia. She has one of the most incredible and harrowing escape from the Sea Org stories. We cover it in some detail, as well as what she did to get her mother out of scientology. Both her father and mother were scientology Guardian Office workers.   Nora's video from 2016 on Tony Ortega's Underground Bunker. Direct link to video on YouTube:   In the episode, Leah says to Google the Guardian's Office. These days, the Wikipedia … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Fair Game Podcast Tagged With: fair game, Fair Game Podcast, Guardian's Office, homophobia, Leah Remini, Mike Rinder, Murder Routine, Nora Ames, Nora Crest, scientology litigation, Sea Org, Sentencing Memorandum

The Astonishing Hypocrisy of Scientology’s STAND League

May 20, 2021 By Mike Rinder 11 Comments

The STAND League has me on a bit of a roll. This ragtag collection of "defenders of the faith" (some of them no doubt doing an "amends project" for some transgression, others doing it to gain "eligibility" for their OT levels) comes up with the craziest stuff. They try to categorize people by association. When Hollis Jane Andrews tweeted about a crazy list of duties for a babysitter job for a scientologist, she earned the ire of the passengers in the STAAD league clown car. Nobody claimed the bonkers list of demands she included were untrue, they simply went after her as a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: STAND League Tagged With: anti-Semitism, Hollis Jane Andrews, homophobia, Louis Farrakhan, racism, STAND League, Tony Muhammad

Episode 33: Media and Political Journalist Yashar Ali

March 22, 2021 By Mike Rinder 62 Comments

  We are joined this week by media and politics reporter Yashar Ali.  Yashar has done over a dozen stories related to scientology and more are coming. He has been a long-term voice against scientology abuses who has never been scared off by their Fair Game tactics. Yashar was recently named one of Time magazine's 25 most influential people on the internet: You can follow Yashar on Twitter: @Yashar,  Instagram: yasharali and Facebook: Yashar Ali With his background in politics and the media we had a lot to talk about: Scientology celebrities and how the media fails to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Podcast Tagged With: @yashar, 7 year old girl, Dianetics, elected officials, fair game, Fair Game Podcast, homophobia, Introduction to Scientology Ethics, Law Enforcement, Leah Remini, media, Mike Rinder, New Hope for Justice, Playbook, Science of Survival, scientology homophobia, Tone Scale, Yashar Ali

Scientology Lies About LGBTQ

December 26, 2018 By Mike Rinder 185 Comments

Someone sent this Instagram post to me recently. It is the perfect example of scientology saying one thing publicly to be “acceptable” (Hubbard called this an “acceptable truth”) and what they actually believe and practice. As you may have noticed, they also make a big deal about celebrating Christmas but do not believe in Christ. They also claim you can be a scientologist and any other religion but that is a lie that was disproven when asked about it by the IRS and admitted it was not true (it’s an indicia of a real religion that it’s a single faith - you are not both Catholic and Protestant, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: L Ron Hubbard, Scientology Tagged With: homophobia, L. Ron Hubbard, public relations, Science of Survival, Scientology

Scientology Homophobia

October 10, 2015 By Mike Rinder 464 Comments

Is scientology homophobic? There has been considerable discussion about this.  In today's world,  where it is no longer socially acceptable to be anti-gay, scientology has taken steps to attempt to portray itself as tolerant and welcoming of the LGBT community. But similar to scientology's claims that disconnection "doesn't exist" or is simply a "personal choice," the PR smokescreen hides an ugly and unpleasant reality. At its heart, scientology IS very homophobic. Here is the truth as I experienced it, growing up in scientology and then being a senior official in the church for many … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Special Feature Tagged With: David Miscavige, gay, Handbook for Preclears, homophobia, L. Ron Hubbard, Larry Wright, Lesbian, paul haggis, public relations, Science of Survival, The New Yorker, Tommy Davis

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