APA Has No Disagreement With the Treatment of Unwanted Homosexual Attraction

NARTH ^ | August 12, 2006

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[cvq3842]

I'd like to see the psychological evidence in connection with homosexuality, period. What caused the APA to take the positions it has over the years?

[cripplecreek]

I once had a homosexual try to tell me that straight people not "dating" homosexuals was a form of discrimmination and that he thought the ACLU should take it up.

[scripter]

From what we were discussing a week or two ago, here's another that believes homosexuals should be able to seek therapy, and this one is the current president of the APA:

Dr. Koocher stated, "APA has no conflict with psychologists who help those distressed by unwanted homosexual attraction."

And he was surrounded by President-Elect Sharon Stephens Brehm, CEO Norman Anderson and other prominent members of the American Psychological Association (APA)

That should go a long way towards educating folks that change is possible.

[scripter]

I'd like to see the psychological evidence in connection with homosexuality, period.

Indeed!

What caused the APA to take the positions it has over the years?

According to many in the APA, including homosexual activist and scientist Simon LeVay, it was gay activism that removed homosexuality as a mental disorder. It certainly wasn't science...

[scripter]

I once had a homosexual try to tell me that straight people not "dating" homosexuals was a form of discrimmination and that he thought the ACLU should take it up.

Years ago I'd have a hard time believing somebody would think that. But not today. The times have certainly changed.

But now that the APA president and other prominent APA members have come out and said homosexuals should be able to seek therapy if that condition is stressful to them, perhaps we'll see some things start to reverse.

[Clint N. Suhks]

This will be all over the MSM like when they found WMD and the Armitage Plamegate connection.

[scripter]

The I Do Exist video tells the story of 5 ex-gays.

[scripter]

This will be all over the MSM like when they found WMD and the Armitage Plamegate connection.

A very good point. It's a good thing we have FreeRepublic and the internet to get this news out there.

[oyez]

I thought homosexuals had mixed feelings about mixing with they call straights.. Those they would mix with would be bisexual and some consider them to be a kind of pariah.

I'll never figure those people out and its probably a waste of time trying to understand.

[OneWingedShark]

I once had a homosexual try to tell me that straight people not "dating" homosexuals was a form of discrimination and that he thought the ACLU should take it up.

That's kinda creepy... especially if you're a straight that's been hit on by a homosexual.

[scripter]

The People Can Change website has a lot of great information. Including:

Is Change really Possible
Root Causes, Homosexual Consequences

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Homosexuality and the possibility of change

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Latest Scientific Research: Those Struggling with Homosexuality Can Be Set Free

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Dr. Koocher clearly emphasized that providing psychological care to those distressed by unwanted homosexual attractions was well within APA's Code of Ethics

I was beginning to think it would be a cold day in... before the APA supported client autonomy here.

[scripter]

Dr. Byrd noted that in a symposium earlier that day, Dr. Nicholas Cummings, Dr. Bonnie Strickland and Dr. Frank Farley (all former APA presidents) had raised serious concerns about APA's misrepresentation of science to the American public. They had specifically focused on the "corrosive effects of the socio-political ideologies" in the APA, the "liberal biases" in the APA, and had characterized the organization "a politically correct profession, with crowd control by the thought police."

Yes! Folks all over the world are probably feeling just a little vindicated with the above statements.

[HamiltonJay]

Homosexuality was in the DSM IV as a mental disorder for a very long time.... in the late 70s bowing to political pressure.. not to any new studies proving otherwise it was voted to be removed from the DSM.

[cvq3842]

That's what I thought.

[little jeremiah]

This is awesome. Revolutionary!

And the dude is all worried about who paid for/printed the book, not its CONTENTS!

This news cheers me immensely.