Posted on 08/17/2005 7:58:48 AM PDT by Dr._Joseph_Warren
This pretty much makes the study useless. It is no better than an internet poll.
I'm not a homosexual activist; I'm a libertarian. The government needs to stay out of people's business. This whole thread wouldn't even be an issue if government would just stay out of education in the first place.
Let me add that the discussion you seek may be better entertained on DU. Homosexuality is abnormal and can not be discussed into normality...
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Quite right.
Honest answers only work if you are open minded enough to see the non-leftist view.
Seems to be doing fine here. Over 300 replies so far.
Does it shock you that so many Freepers disagree with you?
Is there a difference? LOL
I do not know what you are -if you do homosexual activism I would consider you a homosexual activist that happens to be a libertarian or uses the libertarian moniker to attempt to conceal the objectively obvious...
P.S. The subject of this thread concerns an openly homosexual deviant teaching children -no bedrooms or privacy issues are involved...
And frankly, this thread is beginning to remind me of one discussing evolution (guilty pleasure).
I demonstrated from their website they are not. From their site: "These are not religious groups. Men of all faiths -- or no faith -- are welcome. We do not discuss or debate religion, although men are welcome to share their own personal spiritual journeys and what is helpful for them. " Because some discuss their faith doesn't make People Can Change a religious organization.
Regarding Spitzer: Instead of trying to find bogus faults with the study, what you need to do is figure out why Spitzer changed his mind that gays can go straight, considering who Spitzer is and what he has said and done in the past.
My view is that these "homosexually curing therapies" don't actually cure anyone of homosexuality. The people who are "cured" weren't gay in the first place- they were bisexual.
Yes it would and I would have my child moved to another teacher's class. To me, "Openly gay" means that this teacher let's everyone know what his/her sexual preference is.
TEACHER'S SEX LIVES ARE NO ONE'S BUSINESS.
I truly hope it is you, not I that is right. But even if all of what you allege true, that it is happening anywhere is frightening to me. You know, mustard seed=largest tree, slippery slope, etc. Again, I much prefer your fantasy, and I think you need to do more research and see if the scary one I seem to have is a fantasy or not...I didn't just conjure this up out of thin air, friend
It's interesting how the people trying to "cure" homosexuality tend to rely on, shall we say, less than reliable scientific sources. Same tactic as the creationists, in many ways.
The democrat party may disagree with me -morally devoid libertarians may disagree with me -you assume that a majority of FR may disagree with me... so what -my truth is not based upon polls or popularity contests.
Shocking... no more shocking than your consistent unbiased support of all things homosexual...
Why do you have such a low opinion of Dr. Spitzer, considering who he is and what he's done in the APA? Why do you think the backlash he has received was so severe?
If the study is faulty, any conclusions drawn from such a study are also faulty.
A study based on self-selecting volunteers is worse than useless. It is wholly misleading. That's statistics 101.
There is no reason to be "openly" gay around children.
You chose to miss my point. The government shouldn't have a stake in who is or isn't teaching our children in the first place.
"I demonstrated from their website they are not... Because some discuss their faith doesn't make People Can Change a religious organization."
Then why the emphasis on God in their Q&A?
"Instead of trying to find bogus faults with the study..."
Nothing bogus about pointing out flaws in experimental design.
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