Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Dr. Aaron Belkin, director of CSSMM, expressed grave concern that the military continues to list homosexuality as a mental illness. "It's unclear why a DoD document would classify homosexuality as a mental disorder over thirty years after the psychiatric community acknowledged this is a mistake," said Dr. Belkin.

Perhaps because they don't subscribe to your leftist pro-homosexual political correctness.

1 posted on 06/20/2006 4:44:20 PM PDT by wagglebee
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | View Replies ]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-28 next last
To: DBeers; DirtyHarryY2K

HUGE HA Ping!


2 posted on 06/20/2006 4:44:42 PM PDT by wagglebee ("We are ready for the greatest achievements in the history of freedom." -- President Bush, 1/20/05)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies ]

To: wagglebee
This is a line in the proverbial sand. The military can kick anyones @$$ around the world, will they show moral fortitude or show they are a political pawn?
5 posted on 06/20/2006 4:51:18 PM PDT by stevio (Red-Blooded Crunchy Con American Male (NRA))
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies ]

To: wagglebee
"... dramatically increased in the last number of years as members have increasingly openly challenged the policy ..."

Um, doesn't that sorta imply impairment of mental function?

The military, moreso than most occupations, is not a place for people who are predisposed to poor risk assessment.

6 posted on 06/20/2006 4:51:59 PM PDT by NicknamedBob (I never submit to IQ tests. That way, I can honestly say that my IQ can not be measured.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies ]

To: wagglebee
A pro-homosexual group known as Center for the Study of Sexual Minorities in the Military (CSSMM), a think tank at the University of California, Santa Barbara..

When I see UCSB mentioned I know I need read no further.

7 posted on 06/20/2006 4:53:03 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies ]

To: wagglebee

What makes the CSSMM think that the APA is more accurate or influential in assessing the vocational attributes of soldiers than the Pentagon? Morons.


8 posted on 06/20/2006 4:57:54 PM PDT by Albion Wilde (Got freedom? Thank a veteran)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies ]

To: wagglebee
According to the CSSMM the Department of Defense Instruction that so categorizes homosexuality was signed by the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness in 1996

Wasn't Bill Clinton President in 1966. And isn't the Undersecretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness a civilian appointee Job?

9 posted on 06/20/2006 5:01:05 PM PDT by Common Tator
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies ]

To: wagglebee
I thought they've determined that people are born gay?

Good news Mr & Mrs. Johnson, you're child is a boy AND he's bi-sexual!

10 posted on 06/20/2006 5:01:45 PM PDT by The Brush
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies ]

To: wagglebee

Well, this makes me so proud to be a Gaucho .... /sarc


11 posted on 06/20/2006 5:03:39 PM PDT by GOP_1900AD (Stomping on "PC," destroying the Left, and smoking out faux "conservatives" - Take Back The GOP!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies ]

To: wagglebee

It was always considered a disorder until the pc police changed the tune.


12 posted on 06/20/2006 5:10:06 PM PDT by satchmodog9 (Most people stand on the tracks and never even hear the train coming)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies ]

To: wagglebee

Hollywood says it ain't so. Homos are normal. Just watch Will and Grace to witness the true portrayal of the exalted lifestyle. Next year they will produce the Will and Trigger show--Hollywood had great difficulty finding a homosexual stallion but finally, to prove homosex is normal in animals too, they located a horse with said tendencies--I recall there was one in the Seattle area. The idea being that if animals exhibit such behavior then it must be normal for humans to follow suit.


16 posted on 06/20/2006 5:24:01 PM PDT by Neoliberalnot
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies ]

To: wagglebee

Didn't Lincoln tell this story?:

Grandpa asked his Grandson, 'See that cow over there?'
How many legs does it have?
Grandson responds, "four"!
"That's right", says Grandpa.

"Now", he asks, "If we called her tail a leg, how many legs would that cow have?"

Thinking quickly the boy responds, "five!"

Disappointed, Grandpa makes his point, "Now son, just because we call his tail a leg doesn't make it one."
That cow still only has four legs!"


21 posted on 06/20/2006 5:42:07 PM PDT by G Larry (Only strict constructionists on the Supreme Court!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies ]

To: wagglebee

The most liberal sexologist in the country (Albert Ellis) considers it a mental illness. See his "Homosexuality: Its Causes and Cure." That's good enough for me.


23 posted on 06/20/2006 5:51:04 PM PDT by Salvey (ancest)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies ]

To: wagglebee

Although homosexuality has traditionally been considered a psychological disorder the American Psychiatric Association (APA) removed homosexuality from its list of mental illnesses over thirty years ago
_________________________________________________________
30 years ago they made a mistake.

For thousands of years homosexuality was considered a disorder and worse. It's time for the APA to take a another look based on the crucial evidence that has come out in the last 30 years.


24 posted on 06/20/2006 5:53:36 PM PDT by eleni121 ('Thou hast conquered, O Galilean!' (Julian the Apostate))
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies ]

To: wagglebee

Yooo Hooo... I'm over HERE!!!
25 posted on 06/20/2006 6:03:24 PM PDT by Chode (American Hedonist ©®)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies ]

To: wagglebee

Did they include liberalism? :)


26 posted on 06/20/2006 6:10:11 PM PDT by P-40 (Al Qaeda was working in Iraq. They were just undocumented.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies ]

To: wagglebee

No, homosexuality is not a "mental disorder". It is evil and the worst kind of perversion.


27 posted on 06/20/2006 6:10:55 PM PDT by stinkerpot65
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies ]

To: wagglebee
[Homosexuality] "implies no impairment in judgment, stability, reliability, or general social and vocational capabilities."

Must be pretty different from the guy-girl thing, then. ;^)

Seriously, are posters here suggesting that heterosexuals aren't crazy? I'm an old fart but I remember that part well enough.

28 posted on 06/20/2006 6:10:56 PM PDT by Grut
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies ]

To: wagglebee
implies no impairment in judgment

Trying to put a square peg in a round hole is not a sign of an impairment of judgment??!!!

29 posted on 06/20/2006 6:26:52 PM PDT by AmericaUnited
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies ]

To: wagglebee

Homosexual think tank? So a nothing closseted one person "think tank" is given credibility.

The APA also considers pedophilia non-harmful as long as the molester is "well adjusted."

The military has this correct.


31 posted on 06/20/2006 6:45:28 PM PDT by longtermmemmory (VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies ]

To: wagglebee

It is a psychological disorder for anyone who was born the sex they now are.

However, for those who were born with both sexes and had one removed as a baby, this is where "orientation" is one I leave alone.


32 posted on 06/20/2006 6:50:59 PM PDT by ConservativeMind
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies ]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-28 next last

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article


FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson