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Nice work, Wayne. Although there is a big push to "pray away the gay" by the Love Won Out groups and others within some religious organizations, I find the strides in doing away with the homosexuality, or ignoring it until it goes away runs deeper and outside that ring. There is still the misconception that sexual orientation may be tweaked on its own as it is believed to be a conscious choice.
Some, including members of my own family believe it to be a phase and eventually will subside. I don't know that many of these hopefuls even heard of Love Won Out ~ I had not until recently. Even I had myself believing I could turn it off and on by calling myself bisexual until about 2 years ago. It was a realistic and self-preserving goal during that time.
At least this large group may be confronted head on as they are visible. The non-visible pose a different type of threat, IMO. I see evidence of this daily. Props to you for your tenacity...
posted by TrevorHere, at
2/23/2009 1:35 PM
Wayne, you should challenge some of the "ex-gay" types to take a polygraph where they would be asked whether they still had same sex attractions, viewed gay porn, or had gay sex.
Of course most likely they would refuse but it could be a great PR move that would show they had something to hide.
I also hope that "Ex-gay" survivors would sue these "ex-gay" groups. I wonder if any self proclaimed "ex-gay" would testify under oath that they were really "cured" and didn't have same sex attractions anymore?
These ex-gay groups have to be challenged and must be branded as a fraud and shown to be a fraud.
posted by Unknown, at
2/23/2009 7:53 PM
