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From the book My Genes Made Me Do it - a scientific look at sexual orientation by Dr Neil Whitehead. Please use with acknowledgement. See www.mygenes.co.nz. Chapter Twelve Can You Change Your Sexual Orientation? One of the strongest arguments against homosexual­ity as an inborn, unalterable condition is change in sexual orientation. In this chapter we describe how the scientific literature shows that sexual orientation is anything but fixed and unalterable; rather, it shows that sexuality is fluid. People move around on the homosexual-heterosexual continuum to a surprising degree in both directions, but a far greater proportion of homosexuals become heterosexual...

NEW YORK (AP) - So you're between the ages of 13 and 24. What makes you happy? A worried, weary parent might imagine the answer to sound something like this: Sex, drugs, a little rock 'n' roll. Maybe some cash, or at least the car keys. Turns out the real answer is quite different. Spending time with family was the top answer to that open-ended question, according to an extensive survey—more than 100 questions asked of 1,280 people ages 13-24—conducted by The Associated Press and MTV on the nature of happiness among America's young people. Next was spending time with...

Homosexuality came easy to me, because I was already weak. My mom died when I was 19. My father had died when I was 13. At an early age, I was already confused about who I was and how I felt about others. My confusion about "desire" and the fact that I noticed I was "attracted" to guys made me put myself into the "gay" category at age 14. At age 20, I came out as gay to everybody else around me. At age 22, I became an editor of the first magazine aimed at a young, gay male audience....

Is there a "fraternal birth order effect" (FBO) that makes some boys more likely to become homosexual? This theory is explained by the researchers in this subject with the "maternal immune hypothesis," which argues for an immune attack within the mother's uterus on her male fetuses which later causes them to develop SSA (same-sex attraction). New studies on people with predominantly opposite-sex attraction (OSA) mixed with some same-sex attraction (SSA) are challenging this popular belief that FBO affects male sexual-orientation development. Looking At OSA Males With Some SSA There are far more OSA people who are tinged with SSA ("nearly...

NARTH President Joseph Nicolosi, Ph.D., has issued a statement of protest to Alicia Salzer, M.D., a psychiatrist who serves as the After Care Coordinator for the Montel Williams Show. During the March 15 Montel show, which featured a carefully orchestrated attack against reparative therapy and the ex-gay movement, Dr. Salzer claimed that "science shows that 96% cannot change" their sexual orientation. Dr. Salzer is also the producer of the new film, "Abomination: Homosexuality and the Ex-Gay Movement," for the Association of Gay and Lesbian Psychiatrists, and has been exhibiting the film at professional conferences. As Dr. Nicolosi pointed out in...

The American Academy of Physician Assistants (AAPA) is being pressured by gay activists to vote on a resolution condemning reparative therapy. The AAPA Committee on Diversity (COD) has sent a resolution to the Academy that opposes "the practice of treatments intended to alter sexual orientation." According to COD Chair Jim Anderson, "We're trying to make sure that we're in line with the views of other mainstream organizations to treat our patients with the very highest care we can. If I give someone in my office who's gay information on not being gay, that's not the very best care because it's...

Movement Seen as Distancing From GOP, Homosexuality, Taking up Global Warming The evangelical movement has long been considered a powerful political entity. An estimated 65 million Americans consider themselves conservative Christians. Their anti-gay, anti-abortion views are well known as is their support for mostly Republican political candidates. But times are changing. Now there are evangelicals speaking out on global warming and supporting adoption. Neither would have been endorsed only a few years ago. "There's a great deal of foment in the evangelical community right now," John Green, senior fellow at the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life told...

[Title slightly abbreviated to fit] Francis S. Collins, one of the world's leading scientists who works at the cutting edge of DNA research, concluded that "there is an inescapable component of heritability to many human behavioral traits." However, he adds, "for virtually none of them, is heredity ever close to predictive." Dr. Francis S. Collins In reviewing the heritability (i.e., influence of genetic factors) on personality traits, Dr. Collins referenced the research of Bochard and McGue for the estimated percentage of these traits that can be ascribed to heredity. The heritability estimates for personality traits were varied: General Cognitive Ability...

NEW DELHI/MUMBAI: Executives from US retail giant Wal-Mart toured Indian stores on Thursday as they work on a deal that could change the face of the country's $300 billion retail sector and has sparked fears of mass job losses. In New Delhi, over 100 demonstrators waving banners and shouting slogans marched on government buildings to protest against the entry of the world's largest retailer into India. Some broke through police barricades and burnt an effigy of a dummy with "Wal-Mart Down" scrawled on it. "Go back Wal-Mart," protesters shouted, waving placards saying: "Save Small Retailers". But there were no protests...

The stone tablet on the U.S. Supreme Court's East Frieze until 1975 was described as representing the "Ten Commandments." Since then it's been changed to the "Ten Amendments" based on an unsigned letter that conflicts with other evidence It's looking a lot like a cover-up at the U.S. Supreme Court, where officials appear to be suppressing evidence of representations of the nation's Christian heritage at the court building, according to a pastor whose research is published at lacconline.org and gives evidence of that heritage. "I'm not a conspirator," Todd DuBord, senior pastor of the Lake Almanor Community Church, wrote...

Arrested for sharing the Gospel? An expected outcome in North Korea, China or any Muslim country on the globe. But in Pennsylvania? Yep. Arlene Elshinnawy, a 75-year-old grandmother of three, and Lynda Beckman, a 70-year-old grandmother of 10 (along with nine others), were arrested for sharing their faith on the public sidewalk in Philadelphia, Pa., USA. They faced 47 years (the rest of their lives) in jail for spreading the Gospel because of a Pennsylvania "hate crimes" law that is nearly identical to H.R. 254 – the "hate crimes" bill reintroduced in Congress and said to be on the "fast...

JENIN – WND was granted access through the Islamic Jihad terror group to a 23-year old Palestinian man who has volunteered to become a suicide bomber and who the organization says has "great potential" to carry out one of the next attempted suicide attacks against Israeli civilians. According to Islamic Jihad leaders, the potential bomber interviewed is one of over "hundreds" of young Palestinians in the northern West Bank who passed necessary recruitment stages and is available to attempt to infiltrate Jewish population centers wearing an explosive belt with the goal of blowing up as many Israelis as possible. The...

("Childhood Family Correlates of Heterosexual and Homosexual Marriages: A National Cohort Study of Two Million Danes," by Morten Frisch and Anders Hviid, Archives of Sexual Behavior Oct 13, 2006; [E-publication ahead of print]) A major study is about to be published in the prestigious peer-reviewed journal, Archives of Sexual Behavior, which provides striking new evidence for the influence of childhood family factors on sexual-orientation development. The study used a population-based sample of 2,000,355 native-born Danes between the ages of 18 and 49. Denmark -- a country noted for its tolerance of a wide variety of alternative lifestyles, including homosexual partnerships...

Despite all that their angry-mob front groups argue in front of television cameras to the contrary, radical homosexual activists despise the institution, and more importantly the sanctity, of marriage. That is the fundamental reason why they are seeking to destroy the institution. This week – dateline Trenton, N.J. – a unified panel of seven judges agreed that illegitimate sexual unions should be made equitable under law to that of monogamous married persons. Without the consent of the governed, these tyrants in black robes sat in judgment of healthy families across the universe and demanded that New Jersey residents accept immoral...

New entrants to the US workforce are “ill-prepared” and sorely lacking in basic academic skills and more advanced applied skills, according to a report to be released on Monday.The survey of 431 business leaders comes as many political and industry leaders are concerned about the US losing its competitive edge to fast-growing economies such as India and China. Conducted by business research organisations including The Conference Board and the Society for Human Resource Management, the survey found nearly three quarters of incoming high school graduates were viewed as deficient in basic English writing skills, including grammar and spelling. Almost 30...

SALT LAKE CITY, September 21, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Louis DeSerres, co-founder of Preserve Marriage - Protect Children's Rights, addressed the issue of harm to children's rights resulting from same-sex marriage at symposium on marriage held at Brigham Young University Law School last week. The 'What's The Harm? How Legalizing Same-Sex Marriage Will Harm Society, Families, Adults, Children and Marriage' symposium was jointly sponsored by The Marriage and Family Law Project at Brigham University Law School and The Marriage Law Project at the Catholic University of America's Columbus School of Law. The symposium was held on September 15-16, 2006. DeSerres asked...

BOSTON, Massachusetts, September 21, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) - The state of Massachusetts’ decision to issue marriage licenses to homosexual couples, under the direction of Governor Mitt Romney, went directly against the state constitution and was in fact illegal, a Boston-based coalition of lawyers has charged. “No argument for the legality of homosexual marriage in Massachusetts can survive an examination either of the state constitution or of the Supreme Judicial Court’s own case law,” said lawyers in a statement to the head of the Washington D.C.-based Family Research Council, Mr. Tony Perkins. The state Supreme Court ruling in Goodridge vs. the department...

(Editor's Note: The following analysis by Dr. van den Aardweg is of the recent study, "Delinquency, Victimization, and Substance Use Among Adolescents With Female Same-Sex Parents," published by the Journal of Family Psychology, Vol. 20, No. 3, pgs 526-530.) Dr. Gerard van den Aardweg: As it is well-known, activist homosexuals and lesbians devote their lives to their Great Ideal: convincing themselves and others of their normality. A dubious brand of what passes for academic psychology provides them with marvelous tools for that, namely, unvalidated, quick-and-easy (and mostly ad hoc) questionnaires, oral or self-administered. With a few questions, you can "assess"...

Surrounded by President-Elect Sharon Stephens Brehm, CEO Norman Anderson and other prominent members of the American Psychological Association (APA), President Gerald P. Koocher voiced support for the treatment of those distressed by unwanted homosexual attractions. In a Town Hall Meeting dedicated to open exchange between members and APA leaders, Dr. Koocher fielded a question from NARTH President Joseph Nicolosi about APA's position on the treatment of unwanted homosexuality. Highlighting the importance of client autonomy and self-determination, Dr. Koocher stated, "APA has no conflict with psychologists who help those distressed by unwanted homosexual attraction." Ex-gays picket the APA to show that...

Christians and non-Christians alike should be alarmed by the advance in California of a series of legislative proposals that target free speech and thought, according to Focus on the Family Action. James Dobson, the president of the action affiliate of Focus on the Family ministries, has issued an urgent call to the millions of radio program listeners to contact California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger before he is asked to sign the bills. "What all four bills will do, they will reinforce homosexuality, bisexuality and transgenderism in a positive light," Focus State Issues Analyst Mona Passignano told WorldNetDaily. So what's wrong with...