as a rule of thumb i don't believe in EX gays

i don't think one can change from gay to straight or straight to gay. i think some people are confused about their sexuality (or more likely don't wish to admit it). i think some people are genuine bi. i think some people are deniers. well if you look at this story where 'ex' gays are demanding RIGHTS, fine. i just want EVERYONE to have EQUAL rights. and shite yeah, that goes for GAYS as well as 'ex' GAYS. (even though you do NOT exist)

‘Ex-gays’ a protected minority group, DC court rules

By Daniel Tencer
People who were once homosexual but changed their sexual orientation are a protected minority under human rights laws, a District of Columbia judge ruled earlier this summer.

The ruling, which was handed down in June but only brought to light when Washington City Paper reported on it Tuesday, sided against a support group for former homosexuals, Parents and Friends of Ex-Gays, in their lawsuit against the National Education Association. But, in siding against the group, the judge stated nonetheless that homosexuals who have changed their sexual orientation to straight are a protected minority under DC’s human rights laws.

The move is certain to cause mixed feelings in the gay-rights community, which is generally happy to see human rights involving sexual orientation expanded, but many of whose members reject the notion of homosexuality as something that can be voluntary changed.......

why charge 1000 a month,

when you can charge 2,000 for FOUR DAYS? it's silly isn't it? it doesn't take MONTHS to 'cure' homosexuality. it only takes FOUR DAYS dammit!

Christian 'Ex-Gays' Brainwash Thousands
By Casey Sanchez, Intelligence Report
John Smid has a high school diploma, a minister's license and five acres of land outside Memphis, Tenn., where he "cures" homosexuals. For most of the past two decades, Smid's residential "ex-gay" program was known as Love in Action. The majority of the young men who entered the program came from the kind of conservative religious upbringing where being gay is a sin that will cast a person out of church, family and home. To rid themselves of "unwanted same-sex attractions" they paid $1,000 a month, with some staying at the facility for years.
At LIA, as it was known, staff would lead clients in group sessions to trace out childhood trauma alongside lessons in throwing footballs, changing motor oil and learning how to cross their legs in a manly fashion. In much of the world of ex-gay ministries, same-sex attractions are thought to result from childhood sexual abuse or parents who failed to instill masculinity in their sons. Since the goal is to rewire parent-child dynamics, LIA clients were forbidden to call their families. ..............

...........Love In Action no longer describes itself as therapy but as a "ministry." It ditched its residential program in favor of a $2,000, four-day "intensive" encounter for families and teens called Refuge. Focus on the Family, the largest and wealthiest Christian Right organization in the country, now hires Smid to appear several times a year on an ex-gay lecture circuit called Love Won Out, where he speaks on masturbation and "healing homosexuality.".........

too bad there's not an organization to make someone

an 'EX' ass(hole)

Ex-gay leader has tantrum on CNN [VIDEO]

Posted by Pam Spaulding

The head of the anti-gay National Association for the Research and Therapy of Homosexuals (NARTH), Dr. Joseph Nicolosi, was featured on the CNN special on "What is a Christian: Sex and Salvation" last week, and reporter Gary Tuchman tried to engage with Nicolosi about his research and claims that effeminacy and affinity of the arts are signs parents to watch out for lest their child become a homo. ................