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It’s satire, and it is meant as an attack on ex-gays—i.e. gays who are religiously opposed to the homosexual lifestyle and seek a remedy for their homosexuality.

I got that. I just haven't gotten around to commenting on it yet.

There is a parallel to gay reprogramming in drug and alchohol counseling. The sucess rate there is less than 10%. Does this mean people of faith should just give up on addicts and alchoholics?

There is a parallel to gay reprogramming in drug and alchohol counseling. The sucess rate there is less than 10%. Does this mean people of faith should just give up on addicts and alchoholics? Heck no. I SUPPORT the ex-gay movement 100%, and I hope I didn't say anything to imply I don't. I just wish this issue wasn't so steeped in politics and political correctness, so scientists could research the causes of homosexuality and find effective ways to reverse it.

"I got that. I just haven't gotten around to commenting on it yet." Unfortunately, we appear to be the only people in this thread who got it. Responding to this article using real scriptural arguments is a sure sign someone didn't get the lame joke. This article isn't even GOOD satire--by "cleverly" changing "ex-gay" to "ex-straight," the author doesn't even make a pertinent point. Apparently we're supposed to read this and think, "gosh, when you look at it from this perspective, the ex-gay movement really IS silly." But we don't. It's non sequitur, because: 1) People who support the ex-gay movement don't consider the idea that a straight person could be turned into a homosexual to be silly or outlandish. In fact, that's a basic tenet of the ex-gay movement: homosexuality results from environmental circumstances acting on someone who is straight by nature, and becomes homosexual by nurture. 2) Ex-gays believe homosexuals should seek a cure to their homosexuality because homosexuality is wrong. From this belief, it does not logically follow that ex-gays should support changing from heterosexual to homosexual.