Posted on 12/07/2004 6:56:46 AM PST by Laissez-faire capitalist
August 9, 2004 - An Australian medical ethics expert told an audience at a marriage conference recently that homosexuals are excluding themselves from marriage and family by refusing to join the great "circle of life."
Dr. David van Gend told the audience, "By its very nature, homosexuality has excluded itself. It has stepped outside the circle of life--the timeless, endless natural circle of male and female, parent and offspring."
He notes that the origins of homosexual behavior are complex, but "whatever its origins, the outcome of homosexuality is best understood as a very complex state of confusion over sexual identity."
Van Gend cites the National Health and Social Life Survey published in 1994 in the U.S. In this survey, 8% of the 16-year-olds thought they were gay--but, "significantly, that by age 18 only 4% still thought they were gay, and by age 25, only 2 percent still thought they were gay. What that means is that most sexual confusion in school children clears away if left to iteslf. It doesn't need therapy or counseling. It is a passing phase..."
CNSnews.com has more details on this story: "Homosexuals Are Excluding Themselves From Marriage, Family." The Thomas More Centre in Brisbane has posted a speech on homosexuality from a medical perspective by Dr. van Gend on its web site: Thomas More Centre.
"What that means is that most sexual confusion in school children clears away if left to iteslf.
Could this be one of MANY reasons why these freaks are stalking our school systems?
YES! Bingo
First of all there is no identity between "over the top gay groups" and propnents of traditional morality.
Secondly people do all manner of bizarre things without reasonable cause such as whack their dongs off and pretend they are a girl. Is that as morally neutral to you as SSAD?
Don't think... KNOW!
"Van Gend cites the National Health and Social Life Survey published in 1994 in the U.S. In this survey, 8% of the 16-year-olds thought they were gay--but, "significantly, that by age 18 only 4% still thought they were gay, and by age 25, only 2 percent still thought they were gay. What that means is that most sexual confusion in school children clears away if left to iteslf. It doesn't need therapy or counseling. It is a passing phase..."
This is the most important point. It explains why the APA / "Ann Landers" approach to adolescent sexuality is so wrong.
False propaganda alert.
I'm really suprised with alot of people on this forum. You cant publicly attack jews or blacks anymore without getting looked at funny, so everyone seems to be taking out their frustration now on gay people. I think y'all are just jelous of the lifestyle. No money-pit children, crying at 4am, and getting a dui with the family car at 17. No wife that turns into a cow approximately 30 minutes after she says I do. No minivan. Just oodles of expendable income, luxury cars, restaurant dinners, and vacations. But hey, at least you have sunday services and your vinyl sided house an a half acre lot.
I replied to your post with some analogies that I believe refute your point. You respond with ad hominum attack. That makes *you* the bigot.
p.s. anyone else's bedroom activities is noyb
Since they're so good at helping teens overcome their anxieties, maybe they should start handing out other brochures, like "Maybe I'm Ugly," "Maybe I'm Stupid," and "Maybe No One Really Likes Me."
Why would anyone choose to be manic-depressive, or neurotic, or to be obsessive-compulsive, or....
The point being, it may not be a matter of choice, but it is also not necessarily a good thing. It's pretty obvious that homosexuality is a disordered sexuality.
Let us not pretend that it is a healthy and normal thing. Because we already know that it's not.
Please cite your source or sources for the 10% figure. I believe you have fallen for a way over the top gay group's propaganda. The NIMH report I remember has the number at closer to 5%.
Why would anyone choose to be a pedophile?
Why would anyone choose to be an alcoholic?
Why would anyone choose to be a drug addict?
The answer is, no one chooses one day to be any of those things. It's something they enter into unconsciously, one step at a time.
It's my business if they want schools to teach my kids that it's ok for them to be "gay."
I hope Van Gend understands how much trouble he can get into for telling the truth on this subject.
Shalom.
Multiple studies show that homosexuals only constitute between 2-4% of the total population:
http://209.157.64.200/focus/f-news/1034938/posts
The 10% figure was a statistical distortion started by Alfred Kinsey, and he later recanted it and stated that homosexuals make up only about 4% of the total population.
lol, false propganda? have u stepped on a college campus lately?
"The answer is, no one chooses one day to be any of those things. It's something they enter into unconsciously, one step at a time."
Come on now. That's absurd. Each step is a choice. There's nothing unconsious about it at all.
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