Thanks to the unscientific, unregulated underworld of ex-gay therapy, frauds and hacks of all stripes are getting away with any kind of therapy they can think up.
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Ex-gay? No way, the experts agree
Ex-gay? No way, the experts agree
By Doug Marshall-Steele
Despite all scientific evidence to the contrary, many religious conservatives insist that gay people can and must become heterosexual, since they think homosexuality is a sinful choice rather than a human variant.
Ex-gay "reparative therapy" or "conversion therapy" proponents assert that counseling, prayer and sometimes aversion therapy, exorcisms, fasting and lipstick-application seminars for lesbians are sufficient for flipping sexual orientation.
The scientific community, however, resoundingly agrees that sexual orientation cannot be changed, and such "therapies" may in fact be harmful.
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By Doug Marshall-Steele
Despite all scientific evidence to the contrary, many religious conservatives insist that gay people can and must become heterosexual, since they think homosexuality is a sinful choice rather than a human variant.
Ex-gay "reparative therapy" or "conversion therapy" proponents assert that counseling, prayer and sometimes aversion therapy, exorcisms, fasting and lipstick-application seminars for lesbians are sufficient for flipping sexual orientation.
The scientific community, however, resoundingly agrees that sexual orientation cannot be changed, and such "therapies" may in fact be harmful.
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February 1, 2009
October 29, 2008
’Model’ Ex-Gay Couple Divorces
"Ex-gay" activist Greg Quinlan, founder of the Pro-Family Network, has seen his mixed-gender marriage end and his credibility be called into question after he made a claim that Nobel Prize-wining geneticist Francis Collins had declared that no "gay gene" exists, reported Ex-Gay Watch. [FULL STORY]
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