Here I am! :) Our resident (fah-laming) gay boy is now officially in the hizz-ouse. Don’t worry, mowens, you’re one too :).
Here’s why I don’t like this, despite this group’s seemingly non-religious affiliation and how they never come out and call it a “mental illness”:
This group isn’t about giving people options. If that were the case, then they would also support therapy to change someone from heterosexual to homosexual. They don’t believe the two are equal and that some people wish to be the other one, they believe that homosexuality is the inferior side, as evidenced by the titles of their lecture topics: “Protecting the Child, Preserving the Family, Honoring Life, Leaving Homosexuality.” It isn’t about acknowledging that some people are fine with homosexuality because homosexuality is normal, it’s about reinforcing a belief that it is always negative and always unwanted. It’s one of those “same shit, different asshole” things. Pardon moi Francais.
They talk about “society’s disapproval” as not being the only downside to homosexuality, well, I happen to think it is. In fact, I happen to think that 99.9% of the time, a person wants to change from homosexual to heterosexual because of society’s disapproval. This group does nothing more than strengthen society’s disapproval. Homosexuality is not a “lifestyle option”, it’s a sexual attraction. It’s up to you to do with it as you wish.
They keep stressing that “it doesn’t mean it’s normal”. Why? Why not? Why does it not have to be normal? I can understand someone maybe wanting to change it, but why do they have to keep stressing that it’s not “normal”? This shows that they are still ignorant as ever. Basically, no one knows what causes homosexuality, and I highly highly doubt it can be changed. But this group is not helping anything. The goal is to end the societal disapproval. That’ll help people learn to accept themselves to the point where they don’t feel the need to invest in religious zealotous, ignorant, and ineffective groups such as these.