ArchivedCBN - Memphis Group under Fire for Trying to Transform GaysOnly when you're done making irrelevant comments about things I never said. Dr. Spitzer's study? :roll: I've already gone over this. His study was flawed. His samples were taken by the ex-gay groups themselves and his data was taken from those 'participants' at face value. Even Dr. Spitzer himself conceded that the chance of sexual orientation was "pretty low" and that all of his participants were unusually religious. In fact, I've actually read the Spitzer's report. All of his data was gathered through telephone interviews with people that the ex-gay groups hand picked. Gee, there's no bias there! :roll: I've seen some of his work and frankly, he makes many implications that are down right dishonest. For example, in an interview, when asked if sexual orientation can be changed, he continued to talk about people who experiment homosexual sex and end up being straight. Well, NO DUH. People experiment heterosexual sex and end up being gay too. His rants had hardly any relevance to the question. And while he stopped short of making blatant assertions, his implications are simply just downright dishonest. Worse still, fundamentalist Christians take his work and take it even farther by making the claims he simply implies. Seriously, Aineo, why don't you make your own arguments instead of telling me to read this and that. I simply don't have the time to read all of his work, ESPECIALLY when he's that dishonest. Wrong. Homosexuality is NOT a pathological condition. There are those who may have been abused in childhood and as a result, is confused about their sexual orientation. However that is ENTIRELY DIFFERENT from the vast majority of gays and lesbians whose sexual orientation is neither pathological nor a disorder. Again, this equation of homosexuality with people who suffer from abuse is another dishonest comparison of the religious community. I can't believe that you and many others would be so reprehensible as to create that impression as a justification to deny gays and lesbians basic civil rights. I will bet that the vast majority of people who require counseling regarding their gay orientation are really in need of reassurance that their feelings are normal and fine. Especially when there is so little evidence to suggest that anyone can simply change their sexual orientation, telling that they can is simply horrendously dishonest, dangerous and wrong. What's even worse is implying that their feelings is not normal and that following them is self-destructive. What a load of lies! Why do I think that it's not a coincidence that the rate of GLBT suicides is highest in the most religious and anti-gay states? |
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