Comments on: Top psych group: You can’t pray gay away

By: Greg

Greg — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 11:20:43 +0000

I don’t like broccoli. Maybe if I pray about it long enough, I can learn to like it.

By: MerlynHerne

MerlynHerne — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 11:51:39 +0000

I beg to disagree that it is a choice or all the other nonsense mouthed by fundamentalists. No wonder I embraced Paganism. My Gods and Goddesses do not hate–they created me as I am and I am good enough for Them. ‘Nuff said.

By: Mark Zamen

Mark Zamen — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 17:50:31 +0000

The APA has made it clear – as if it weren’t already – that aversion/conversion or “reparative” therapy is invalid as a concept; the idea that homosexuals are suffering from a disorder that needs correction is absurd on its face. Therefore, the APA has taken us one step farther in the right direction, but we have a long, long way to go. For it is a sad fact that a large segment of society still regards gay men and women as second-class citizens – or worse. That is the salient point of my recently released biographical novel, Broken Saint. It is based on my forty-year friendship with a gay man, and chronilces his internal and external struggles as he battles for acceptance (of himself and by others). More information on the book is available at http://www.eloquentbooks.com/BrokenSaint.html.

Mark Zamen, author

By: Bjørn14

Bjørn14 — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 14:23:56 +0000

As usual shrinks don’t regonize we all live in a sinful fallen world — just moral relativism.

By: You Can’t Pray Gay Away « Time Vampire

You Can’t Pray Gay Away « Time Vampire — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 21:35:46 +0000

[...] 2009 August 16 tags: APA, gay, sexual orientation, thearapy by taraSG Here’s part of an article from The Minnesota [...]

By: Dave Porter

Dave Porter — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 08:27:23 +0000

(correction):
Does anyone know whether a change in insurance company payment policies was involved in this development?
Were health insurance dollars being used for these so-called treatments? And did the insurance company underwriting policies change when (a) it became obvious there was no benefit, and/or (b) the Bush Theocracy was removed from the administration of our government?

By: Dave Porter

Dave Porter — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 08:25:15 +0000

Does anyone know whether insurance company payment policies had in this development?
Were health insurance dollars being used for these so-called treatments? And did the insurance company underwriting policies change when (a) it became obvious there was no benefit, and/or (b) the Bush Theocracy was removed from the administration of our government?

By: david

david — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 14:55:31 +0000

Comment to Michael: What does “lib-ruhl_ have to do with the “price of beans in China”…or good mental health programs…or damaging mental health programs…or gays…or prostitutes…or racists….or child molesters….or just plain old common sense….or right wing conservatives (define please)….or war mongers…or bad government…or good government…or anything else in this “lost and perverted world of ours”???

By: R Schott

R Schott — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 04:38:54 +0000

Finally, some sanity in this area. Psychologists have known for many years that sexual orientation is formed in the brain before birth, generally in the second trimester. It is a biological phenomenon which has nothing to do with upbringing or social environment.

By: Focus on the Family drops ex-gay program, faces budget shortfall | The Church of Jesus Christ

Sat, 15 Aug 2009 01:00:13 +0000

[...] Focus on the Family drops ex-gay program, faces budget shortfall Focus on the Family, James Dobson’s anti-LGBT empire and the largest organization in the religious right, announced earlier this week that it would be selling off its ex-gay therapy program called “Love Won Out.” The organization says it’s part of an effort to downsize in the wake of record profit losses of nearly $6 million. The news comes days after the nation’s largest psychological organization released a report condemning ex-gay therapies. [...]