"It's not torture, it's therapy the parents consented to, and homosexuality is wrong anyhow." *sigh*
People scare the shit out of me.
http://www.samesexattraction.org/
http://www.narth.com/docs/camft.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Association_for_Research_%26_Treatment_of_Homosexuality
These bigoted bastards are allowed to exist and operate....
Another thing that makes this even more complicated is that there is really no reason why adult people who want to undertake therapy to change their sexual preferences shouldn't be allowed to do so. It just has to be made clear some way that forcing one's kids (or anyone else) to undertake such therapy isn't healthy.
You're looking at it from the wrong angle: the operators are frauds and expensive ones at that. They shouldn't be allowed to defraud these people....
"Same-sex Attraction Disorder. And what troubles me is why the folks in Big Pharmaceutical
haven’t invented a pill for this disease. Clearly, they’re in the business of selling sickness. If there was a profit
to be made, they would make it. And with an estimated gay population of over 10 million in the U.S. alone,
there’s certainly a big enough market. Could it be that they can’t cure it? Well, not to worry. If Big
Pharmaceutical can’t do it, maybe Big Religion can. And they are. They’re the ones who coined the term,
“Same-Sex Attraction Disorder.” It’s a very good name. Very important, a good name. It’s a crucial first step in
disqualifying homosexuals as a segment of the population and categorizing them as a disease. Makes
homosexuals seem less like people and more like the flu. And with terrible, awful symptoms, [makes a face]
but curable, and therefore less concerning when it comes to things like an individual’s rights: freedom, privacy,
marriage. Big Religion is very concerned with marriage. Big Religion is the one filling the pockets of Congress.
It actually got them to propose a Constitutional ban on gay marriage. Think about that. A governmentally
imposed, systematic prejudice against a class based on their sexual orientation. Never mind that one of the
most trusted evangelical advisers to the President was himself having a homosexual affair on the side. Never
mind that one of our Congressmen was writing naughty e-mails to his teenage male pages. Isn’t it just a
disease? And I thought it was curable. That’s what they told me down at the church. Well, you can legislate
against it. You can give it a clever name and treat people for it. You can shut your eyes, have sex with your
wife, and pretend it all feels right. You can join the church and swear to be celibate. You can drive around on a
Saturday night with a baseball bat and try to beat it out of some poor soul you happen to meet. You can even
come to a courtroom and testify as to your new leaf and how well it’s all working. What a miracle! My only
response is: Give it time. We’ll see. Meanwhile, these companies take $40,000, promising to cure gayness.
Only in America! Only in a country that overtly and notoriously celebrates its prejudice
against a class of people by proposing Constitutional amendments. God bless us all! Home of the brave!
Shame on them. Couldn’t they have at least offered a money-back guarantee, and thrown in a blender?"
[Steps off soapbox]
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