Monique I researched this issue several years ago, both looking at
current methods and alternatives such as Reparative Therapy. I found
no data in a methodologically adequate article from a peer reviewed
reputable journal that reliably demonstrated that homosexuality could
be changed. The best I could find is a few poorly done behavioral
studies that barely fiti into my criteria for including into a
meta-analysis. In other words there is no scientific evidence that you
can make gay people straight.
Then there are scams like the various Christian based reparative
therapies. I do not use that word lightly. I contact the offices of
most of the groups. None refuse to release sucess rates, drop out
rates, followups or any other data that would indicate how well they
are doing. The organizers of the largest group in the 90's came out
again and detailed how the scam was done. I did however interview
several people who went through this sort of program. Not one was
straight not one has stopped being gay. Several were very unhappy. One
was relatively happy and relaxed. He was in a long term committed
relationship with a same sex partner.
Combine that data with the very strong line of data which support the
physiological basis of homosexuality. What I can only conclude is that
gays should not be discriminated against because of something they
cannot change, and that is as much a part of them as your being a
woman and being black. Therefore changing the constitution to reduce
their rights is akin to repealing the 13th or 19th amendments.
Besides why should all of us straights be miserable. If homosexual
and lesbian couples could marry we could spread the misery around. :)
larry
On Thu, 15 Jul 2004 16:56:07 -0400, Monique Boea
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Ask an ex-gay person what they think of that.
>
> (They do exist)
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