1) Among psychology/psychiatry professionals, homosexuality until 1973 was diagnosed as an obsessive-compulsive disorder.
Yes. Until 1973.
Quote: Wonder Boy said: 2) That there are still many studies and centers that STILL treat homosexuality as a treatable disorder, despite what the mainstream of the psychology/psychiatry profession has removed from the list of disorders out of pro-gay bias and political correctness.
First, you say that many studies and centers treat homosexuality as a treatable disorder. Could you give a side by side comparison in the number of those who do and those who don't? I'd venture to state that many more STILL do not treat homosexuality as a disorder of any kind.
I suppose if 10,000 scientific studies said the world is flat, and only Magellan said the world is round, we should reject Magellan's work ?
I suspect that the psychological community, much like the news media, is dominated by liberal individuals sympathetic to the gay cause.
And the few that aren't are trashed for their studies that report to the contrary of the politically correct pro-gay agenda.
And many more are intimidated from doing sincere inquiries to avoid similar professional trashing and intimidation.
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And, of course, the latter part of your statement is an opinion, not a fact. It's no more than an accusation.
I see no factual counter-argument in your post.
My own assertions, in contrast, are based on the reports of psychological professionals, who are themselves former homosexuals.
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Quote: Wonder Boy said: 4) That the studies I posted were all done by psychologists WHO ARE THEMSELVES FORMER PRACTICING HOMOSEXUALS, who certainly have no lack of compassion for, or firsthand knowledge of, the gay experience.
I'd disagree here. Many FORMER PRACTICING HOMOSEXUALS would have a lack of compassion for the gay experience. That is why they are FORMER.
I see no factual basis in this statement of yours either.
Reading the sites for the psychological centers, they offer therapy to treat homosexuality as a disorder, and do so in a caring, supportive, understanding and compassionate way.
I saw nothing on any of their sites to indicate otherwise, despite your assumptions.
Quote: Matter-eater Man said: Wonder Boy do you honestly feel those studies are legitimate? Last time I checked they all were funded by groups with a definite political agenda. Ways they were conducted call into question any findings that these groups siezed upon to further their political agenda.
And on Matter-Eater man's point, I fail to see that simply having ties to the Christian community nullifies their studies.
I'm confident you wouldn't feel the same way about gay support for pro-gay-agenda studies, which surely exist with similar pro-gay funding ties on the other side of the psychological community.
Liberals who bemoan discrimination, intolerance, restraint of Constitutional freedoms, and promotion of hatred toward various abberant minorities, have absolutely no problem with discriminating against, being intolerant of, restricting Constitutional freedoms of, and directing hate-filled scapegoat rhetoric against conservatives.
EXACTLY what they accuse Republicans/conservatives of doing, is EXACTLY what liberals/Democrats do themselves, to those who oppose their beliefs.
