Posted on 01/29/2003 11:29:48 AM PST by Notwithstanding
Summary: You be the judge. A letter form the editor in chief.
... I bring these matters to your attention because of a threatening phone call I received a few weeks ago from a fellow psychologist. On page 78 of our last issue, PT ran a small ad for a book called A Parent's Guide to Preventing Homosexuality by Joseph Nicolosi, Ph.D., and his wife Linda. Nicolosi is a psychologist who specializes in trying to help unhappy gays become straight. Apparently feeling that this rather modest contribution to the literature on homosexuality wasn't getting enough attention, the psychologist, who identified herself as a lesbian activist, called me at home on a Saturday to tell me that PT should not have run such a heinous ad, that she was speaking for "thousands" of gays who were going to boycott PT, "and worse," that Dr. Nicolosi was a "bigot," that no gay person had ever successfully become straight, that homosexuality was entirely determined by genes, and that sexual conversion therapy had been condemned by the American Psychological Association. I told her that the editorial department at PT has no connection whatsoever with the advertising department, but she was unimpressed. She subsequently posted messages on the Internet urging people to harrass me at home (no one else ever did) and to send me complaint letters.
In all, I received about 120 letters, many of which exemplified a bad game of Telephone: Some people complained about an anti-gay "article" PT had published; others referred to an anti-gay book I had published and people who weren't subscribers said they were dropping their subscriptions. Several writers suggested I was a "Nazi" and a "bigot," and one compared me with the Taliban. A surprising number of letters asserted that gays have a right to be rude or abusive because they themselves have been abused. Most echoed the same points that my caller had made....
(Excerpt) Read more at psychologytoday.com ...
I'm sure most of this is lost on an intellectual light-weight such as yourself. Take a deep breath, wipe the spittle from you screen, take the short-bus back to wherever you came from, and once again check your info before you post.
The only thing that makes one "stupid" is the insistance on remaining ignorant.
As far as the article, it has no "cites" because it's a press-release.
Here's the cites. Have fun.
As far as "commercially driven", what's your source for that?
Neither are apples and oranges.
And I'm shcoked, SHOCKED I tell you that you sought out homosexuals and they actually ::gasp:: hit on you.
You refuse to answer this question, madg, because you are afraid to honestly do so. The majority of homsexual men engage in anal intercourse (a filthy and disgusting practice), as well as in a variety of other filthy and disgusting practices. I bring it up, because it is the truth about homosexual men. You cannot possibly expect people to think that homosexuality is normal, without their considering what it is that homosexuals do. You hide from the truth.
As I've said many times, a homosexual has the right to live out his life with his disorder - as long as he doesn't take away from the rights of others. But this is of course what many homosexuals try to do today - particularly when they want to get close to my children.
IOW, something stinks.
And it still isn't my shoes.
I agree - if you are talking about inclinations. I don't blame someone for having this disorder. But if you are talking about homosexual sexual practices, I want my kids to know that they are depraved, dangerous, disordered and filthy (and also sinful - as per my religion). They are. Finally, homosexuals do not have the same rights as others with regard to getting close to my children. A homosexual man does NOT have the same right to be in close quarters with my sons as does a normal man.
You're still afraid, madg. It is not my question that is inappropriate - it is the disordered and disgusting sexual practices that homosexuals engage in which are inappropriate. Sodomy defines male homosexuality. That's what homosexuals do. That's what they want everyone to consider normal. It's not. It's really not. I am sorry for you that you apparently cannot see or admit that. As I've said before, if you want to engage in such practices, that's your business. But don't tell me or my children that it's normal. It's not.
Get real, madg. I've never said anything at all about incarcerating homosexuals (unless they molest children). Your style of debate is puerile - when you don't want to address the subject at hand - then insinuate something ugly that I've never said.
Home is were the heart is.
Yes, you're right, madg. My heart is wanting my kids to know the truth about homosexual acts - they are depraved, dangerous, disordered and filthy (and also sinful - as per my religion). I love my children. I would never want them to get involved with the kinds of things that most homosexuals get involved in.
Look, madg, I can work with you. If you have this disorder (which you apparently do), then I'm sorry. If you are 'happy' having this disorder, that's fine with me. But when homosexuals want to be in close quarters with my children - when they want to try to teach my kids that homosexuality is normal - when they want to try to teach my kids that things like anal sex are normal, healthy or good (they're not) - when they want to call me a bigot or a hater for believing that homosexual acts are against the will of God - then it's a no go for me. I'm tired with and very angry about the homosexual brigade's trying in every which way to get near my children - both physically and with regard to what my children are taught. Homosexuals have the right to live their lives as they see fit. They do NOT have the right to be in close quarters with my children, or to indoctrinate them with stuff I believe to be harmful, dangerous, distorted, wrong, sinful and perverted.
I know a lot of them still. Some from high school, some from college, some later from work. I'm female. VERY female.
"Yes, these questions are pertinent. I doubt gays go about 'bragging' that they are recruiting 14 year old boys."
I also doubt all gay men go out trying to sleep with 14 year old boys. And I doubt you believe they ALL do either.
Sorry I didn't respond earlier. Busy all day...
I only asked about the drag shows in Sydney because they're famously amazing there. When they hosted the Olympics, they even had drag queens in their... opening or closing but it was closing ceremony, I believe. I went to a show on Oxford Street, and it was more of a straight tourist event than gay.
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