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The conservative conference Trump spoke at today featured an exhibit on gay conversion therapy
Business Insider UK ^ | 13th October 2017 | Joe Perticone

Posted on 10/14/2017 7:21:01 AM PDT by Ennis85

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump delivered a speech at the Values Voter Summit on Friday, hosted by the far-right Christian organization The Family Research Council.

The convention also featured an exhibit on gay conversion therapy, which seeks to navigate homosexuals and their family members from an anti-gay perspective.

The Parents and Friends of Ex-Gays and Gays (PFOX) organization, which was founded in 1998 "to be an alternative to the misinformed gay family groups which insist that parents can only prove their love for their gay child if they support gay rights and affirm their child's self-proclaimed gay identity," distributed a number of pamphlets and literature about guiding families on what do when they learn their child is gay. The pamphlets include two descriptions of the types of homosexuals: "the struggler" and "the seeker."

The struggler, PFOX says, is "someone wrestling with unwanted feelings of sexual attraction for the same-sex."

"This person is struggling to understand what it all means, but often feels that no one will understand them or their struggle," a pamphlet read.

The seeker is "someone who has been, or currently, on the journey of overcoming unwanted same-sex attraction."

"They are the 'ex-gay' — the person who at one time perhaps publicly identified as gay, but made a decision to change their life," it read.

At the PFOX booth, volunteers were also distributing small buttons that read "Ex-Gay Is OK!" in Comic Sans font.

Other items distributed included pamphlets and guidance on dealing with being transgender, citing one individual who "overcame" his transgenderism and converted back to being a man after having transitioned to being a woman.

"Through fundraising efforts, PFOX raised enough money for Darryl to reclaim his masculinity by undergoing numerous surgeries to reverse his appearance as female," the pamphlet read.

(Excerpt) Read more at uk.businessinsider.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: bornagain; christians; conservative; conversiontherapy; exgays; gay; ministry; pfox; redemption; trump; valuesvoters
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1 posted on 10/14/2017 7:21:01 AM PDT by Ennis85
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To: Ennis85

Good


2 posted on 10/14/2017 7:22:20 AM PDT by madprof98
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To: Ennis85

I have a dear friend whose son is now an ex-gay. He told her, “Satan tried to steal my manhood.”


3 posted on 10/14/2017 7:27:10 AM PDT by stars & stripes forever (Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord. Psalm 33:12)
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Well, if there’s a statement in Comic Sans, it is obviously wrong... We all know how evil Comic Sans is...

I mean, really, why would a reporter ever think about putting that little detail in? I’ve never seen a news item mention the font used for a button before.


4 posted on 10/14/2017 7:28:34 AM PDT by kingu (Everything starts with slashing the size and scope of the federal government.)
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To: Ennis85

The left has been pretty sore about it thats for sure.

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5 posted on 10/14/2017 7:30:30 AM PDT by Ennis85
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To: Ennis85

Finally, a ray of common sense to get help for deeply sick people. My good friend’s son went through the successful conversion and has been happily married to a sweet woman for more than a decade.


6 posted on 10/14/2017 7:34:05 AM PDT by Neoliberalnot (Marxism works well only with the uneducated and the unarmed)
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To: Ennis85

That’s what free speech is about


7 posted on 10/14/2017 7:34:15 AM PDT by silverleaf (A man who kneels for the national anthem doesn't stand for much of anything)
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To: Ennis85

Since people go from being normal to being “gay”, turnabout is fair play.


8 posted on 10/14/2017 7:34:45 AM PDT by LouieFisk
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To: Ennis85
the far-right Christian organization The Family Research Council.

Author Joe Perticone seems rather butt hurt over gay conversion therapy.

9 posted on 10/14/2017 7:36:07 AM PDT by Jeff Chandler (https://imgoat.com/uploads/645920e395/39513.gif)
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To: kingu

>> I’ve never seen a news item mention the font used for a button before.

It used to be very common in desktop publishing magazines.


10 posted on 10/14/2017 7:37:50 AM PDT by Lisbon1940 (No full-term Governors (at the time of election!)
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To: Jeff Chandler

“Author Joe Perticone”

To borrow his style, it’s “far-left author Joe Perticone”.


11 posted on 10/14/2017 7:38:56 AM PDT by LouieFisk
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To: Ennis85

The horror /s


12 posted on 10/14/2017 7:41:35 AM PDT by Williams (Stop tolerating the intolerant.)
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Every morning I wake up and know there is going to be another day FULL of handwringing and wailing from the left. I never knew a Donald J Trump presidency was going to be this much fun.


13 posted on 10/14/2017 7:41:50 AM PDT by HokieMom (Pacepa : Can the U.S. afford a president who can't recognize anti-Americanism?)
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To: Jeff Chandler

How dare the evil Christians try to effect a Democrat Voting Demo!


14 posted on 10/14/2017 7:45:27 AM PDT by tcrlaf (They told me it could never happen in America. And then it did....)
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To: Ennis85

Let’s see:

If a person has an addiction to cigarettes, he can purchase medication to quit, obtain counseling or hypnosis, or even go “cold turkey” and vastly improve his life.

If a person has a somatic disease, he can go to a doctor, receive diagnosis and treatment, and hopefully, a cure.

If a person struggles with mental illness, he can seek professional help, and, either through medication or therapy, at least be able to control his illness and lead a normal life.

If a person is addicted to hard drugs, there are programs available to withdraw from them, clean up, and get a life.

If a person is an Alcoholic, he can go to the nearest church basement and attend AA to get his life back.

However, if a person experiences gender confusion, same-sex attraction, gender disphoria, or trapped in a self-destructive lifestyle, it is either taboo, politically incorrect, or even illegal to help him, even if he is your own minor child going through this.


15 posted on 10/14/2017 7:45:58 AM PDT by left that other site (You shall know the Truth, and the Truth shall set you free.)
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To: Jeff Chandler

Anyone anti-perversion is far-right to them.


16 posted on 10/14/2017 7:46:17 AM PDT by Rennes Templar (Morning in America Again, again.)
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To: kingu

>>I mean, really, why would a reporter ever think about putting that little detail in? <<

What, no kerning factor?


17 posted on 10/14/2017 7:47:00 AM PDT by freedumb2003 (ALL records destroyed/faked, books rewritten, statues renamed, dates altered and more.../1984)
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To: kingu

I can’t see any homo going straight for anything less than 36 point Arial Bold.


18 posted on 10/14/2017 7:48:12 AM PDT by bigbob (People say believe half of what you see son and none of what you hear - M. Gaye)
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To: Ennis85

Was there a display next to it or elsewhere highlighting what Islam does to homosexuals?


19 posted on 10/14/2017 8:04:30 AM PDT by Reno89519 (PRESIDENT TRUMP, KEEP YOUR PROMISES! NO AMNESTY AND BUILD THAT WALL.)
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To: Ennis85
I guess now comic sans is a “dog whistle.” Like Pepe, they will tell us that it is used by white supremacists to signal each other.
20 posted on 10/14/2017 8:05:45 AM PDT by Fido969 (In!)
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