>>I think most gays just want to be left alone.<<
Sorry but my experience with gay friends and my own sister says that Gays are in your face kind of people. They don't want to be left alone, they want to be accepted where they should be treated. The head of the APA that took the Homosexual diagnosis out of the DSM was gay himself according to a report on NPR. He went against his entire group to do it. If homosexuals could be treated we would see less of them.
And please do not assume that every "Old Maid" or "Bachelor" was gay. I was accused of that until I shocked many people and married at 36. Sex is not everything and some of us do not feel that we should put out for everyone because society says if it feels good, do it.
The head of the APA that took the Homosexual diagnosis out of the DSM was gay himself according to a report on NPR.
They just want to be politically correct, so correct that they are willing to:
The Pedophilia Debate Continues--And DSM Is Changed Again
Although pedophilia remains illegal, and our culture still considers it morally wrong, recent changes in the APA's own diagnostic and statistical manual (DSM) have reopened the discussion of the psychological dimension of pedophilia.
History of the Diagnosis.In the DSM-III, the American Psychiatric Association contended that merely acting upon one's urges toward children was considered sufficient to generate a diagnosis of pedophilia. But then a few years later, in the DSM-IV, the APA changed its criteria so that a person who molested children was considered to have a psychiatric disorder only if his actions "caused clinically significant distress or impairment in social, occupational or other important areas of functioning." In other words, a man who molested children without remorse, and without experiencing significant impairment in his social and work relationships, could be diagnosed by a clinician as a "psychologically normal" type of pedophile.
Challenged by NARTH to defend the change, the APAstated categorically that it had, in fact, no intention of normalizing pedophilia. However, "man-boy love" advocates cheered that DSM shift as good news.
This was the homosexual community's biggest victory. It permitted them to claim that "homosexuality is normal" and set the stage to present this "normalcy" to the general public via a well planned media campaign ( outlined in 'The Overhauling of Straight America' ), and to kids in the public schools via Kevin Jennings' GLSEN. Kids as young as kindergarten age are now being indoctrinated with "homosexuality is normal."
For documentation of homosexual activism in both the APA's and the AAP, see the following replies in scripter's "Homosexual Agenda: Categorical Index of Links (Revision 1.1)" thread:
American Psychological Association: 121, 240, 242, 300, 329, 331, and 336.
American Psychiatric Association: 46, 139, 213, 232, 237, 239, 241, 243, and 246 and 300.
American Academy of Pediatrics: 284
Additional References:
Selling Homosexuality to America
The Overhauling of Straight America
The Homosexual Propaganda and Media Manipulation Game
Homosexual Agenda Platforms from 1972 - 2000 [plus other resources]
Teaching Kindergarten Kids About 'Human Differences' and Homosexuality Isn't 'Easy' in Newton
NEA Cautioned Not to Accept American Psychological Association's "Just the Facts"